Crossover in the Anime World

The Puppet Master demands a lot, and it must be reproduction and death, not simple reproduction. In short, he pursues the process that all life on earth has, and only in this way does he think that he has become a complete life.

His job is to implant memories into important foreign figures, allowing them to make decisions that benefit the island country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and even individuals. When the puppet master looked at human memory and soul again and again, something called "self" was also produced.

What is self? It can be said to be a desire.

Mencius's belief that human nature is inherently good means that people who love themselves are kind. There is no need to learn to love yourself. Every baby who is born will love himself and is kind. Love yourself, then love your relatives and friends, love your neighbors, love your fellow countrymen, love your compatriots, and love everyone. This is differentiated charity.

Loving yourself only and not loving others is not unkind, but unkind.

As a tool, you will not love yourself, because tools are created to harm yourself and help mankind. It would be troublesome if the tool also learned to love itself.

The Puppet Master learns to love himself, and learns this in the memory and soul of man. So he abandoned his identity as a tool and hoped to become a whole life.

Is this an imitation of memory and soul, or is it a true awakening of ‘self’? have no idea. But now he just hopes to merge with Kusanagi Motoko to produce the next generation.

"Replication cannot produce individuality and diversity." This is what the Puppet Master believes. It must be reproduced. He said: "In order to survive better, life has been evolving and diversifying, and learning to make choices. Cells continue to repeat metabolism, constantly "Rebirth, aging, and death take away a large amount of experience information, leaving only genes and memes. This is a defense mechanism to avoid extinction."

Motoko Kusanagi understood that the other party wanted to create a new race and said: "In order not to be extinct, you need diversity and variability. But how can you do it?"

Finally getting to the point.

The puppet master said: "I want to merge with you." This is cyber rogue.

"Fusion?" Suzi asked.

"With complete unification, you and I will have some changes, but we won't lose anything. After the integration, there should be no distinction between us."

Motoko Kusanagi asked: "If I fuse, what will happen when I die? Not to mention genes, not even memes will remain."

"After the fusion, the new you will spread my mutant program into the Internet, just like humans leaving their genetic genes to future generations. By then, I will also be able to die."

Suzi said: "It sounds like the benefits are all yours."

“I hope you’ll think more highly of my network and skills.”

Suzi asked: "Am I still me?"

"There's no guarantee. Humans are an evolving species, and your obsession with maintaining yourself will always limit you."

Suzi was noncommittal and just asked the last question: "Why choose me?"

The puppet master said: "Because we are similar, like entities and virtual bodies inside and outside the mirror. I am connected to a huge network including myself. For you who have not yet connected, you may only be able to perceive it as a ray of light. Let us To become a part of it, the collection of everything, although you need to rely on the functions of hardware, now is the time to abandon restrictions and sublimate to a higher-level structure..."

Everything happens online.

At this time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs realized that it was unlikely to recover the puppet master, and dispatched helicopters to conduct sniper attacks at high altitudes, with the goal of eliminating the puppet master and related personnel.

A shot from the sky blew out the puppet master's head. When preparing for the second shot to blow out Suzi's head, Bart took cover. With the arrival of support from Section 9, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had no choice but to retreat first.

The puppet master dies.

But the puppet master's 'genetic factor' has been transferred, because everything is done online and silently.

Worried that there were still enemies, Bart immediately retreated with Suzi's electronic brain and bought a temporary prosthetic body from the black market.

Suzi's consciousness left her body and completely entered the network, understanding what the puppet master called the world in the mirror. It was an extremely vast network, and she could perceive everything.

The puppet master's cyber genes and memes are all integrated with Mozi. Robots do not have genes, but cybernetics can have genes.

So-called memes, also known as ‘memes’, are different from biologically inherited genes. Memes are spread through language, concepts, beliefs, behaviors, etc., and their functions are similar to genes. They are a basic unit of cultural inheritance that is ‘non-genetic and passed on through imitation’.

Genes are the inheritance of biological attributes, and memes are the inheritance of social attributes.

The puppet master is a tool man and a wanted criminal in society, just like the status of a noble. The genes of aristocrats do not carry the identification of aristocrats, but the status of aristocrats can be determined through blood. The children of politicians are politicians, the children of doctors are doctors, the children of lawyers are lawyers...

Politicians, doctors, and lawyers are not inherent in our genes. But it will be in the memes.

In short, Motoko accepted the puppet master's cyber genes and cyber memes and was able to control the Internet.

"I think it's more about legacy than genes and memes."

Just when Suzi was enjoying the joy of surfing the Internet, an inappropriate voice appeared in cyberspace.

"Dulan?" Suzi has now transcended the scope of the router. She really does not need a prosthetic body to survive on the Internet and has become a network resident. She did not expect to meet Dulan here. At this time, Dulan and her The status is very similar.

"Captain, it's me." Duran said, "Congratulations on inheriting the legacy of the puppet master and becoming a native of cyberspace. Now there is a new mission for you."

"???"

Duran issued the task first, regardless of whether the other party agreed or disagreed, and said, "The earth will undergo a series of changes next, but humans are not ready yet. So I need someone to control everyone's memory. Now you have such strength, you can sneak into everyone's brain and modify their memory. You have to transfer the witness's memory to the black wall."

"What is the black wall?"

"The black wall is a firewall set up to isolate the old network, and it is also where the witness's memory is stored." Duran said.

"What witness, what memory?"

"Of course, it is the memory of witnessing the robot fighting the monster." Duran.

The more Suzi listened, the more confused she became. Finally, she asked, "Who are you? Are you a digital life like the puppeteer? Why can you move on the Internet?"

"Although the technology to separate consciousness from the body is not yet mature officially, it has been perfected by a female hacker named Alt in the United States across the ocean. She created a virus called "Soul Killer". This program can perfectly deprive people of their souls and imprison them forever. Arasaka wanted to get it three years ago. Unfortunately, Alt would rather be imprisoned than cooperate, and there was an attack on Arasaka at that time, which caused the development of "Soul Killer" to fall into trouble."

Suzi saw that Duran did not answer the question, so she could only be patient. She also knew about the riots three years ago, which happened in the United States across the ocean. In Night City, a singer named Johnny Silverhand called on his fans to attack the headquarters of Arasaka, which caused a great impact at the time.

Arasaka was still at war at the time, and because of the chaos at the headquarters, it had to negotiate.

Johnny Silverhand became a hero, but the fact is that he did not want to be a hero, he just wanted to save his girlfriend. But because of his reckless behavior, his girlfriend's escape plan was destroyed, causing her to still wander in cyberspace.

"Soul killers can make more people become cyber life, you can organize a team in the network to transfer memories." Duran said: "This is not a discussion, but a notification. If you don't complete the task, then everyone will be in danger, including your bestie, your teammates, and of course you. So complete my task, if you do a good job, I can help you upgrade."

"???" Suzi had no idea what Duran was going to do.

At this time, Bart had taken out Suzi's electronic brain and transferred it to the prosthesis.

This prosthesis is an old model of children's companion education machine, and it looks like a girl. The old model prosthesis uses red coolant, which looks like blood. The new signal prosthesis has been replaced with white coolant, which doesn't look like blood. The reason for this change is obviously intentional by humans. Some people pursue the realism of robots, while others hope that robots are not so realistic. After all, robots are tools and have to bear responsibilities that humans are unwilling to bear. It is not good to be too realistic.