Major Kusinagi is called off of a case when Section 9 is called in to handle a hostage crisis involving a major government official and two foreign lobbyists.; A Section 9 assault team, led by Major Kusinagi and independent of the police, storms the geisha house where the hostages are being held by malfunctioning android geishas.; Using camouflage technology, Batou and Togusa infiltrate the Geisha house.; Inside the Geisha house, The Major and her team attempt to take out the renegade android Geishas.; While The Major and Togusa search for a reason for the hostage situation, Batou, Borma and Paz run down the person responsible for hacking the android Geishas.; The hacking suspect prevents questioning from Section 9. Meanwhile, a member of the Military branch surreptitiously suggests a motive for the hostage attack.; Chief Aramaki fishes for information from friends in the government. Togusa has a brainstorm.; Togusa figures out the plot behind the hostage assault. The Major and Chief Aramaki rush to apprehend the man behind it.; Chief Aramaki and Togusa apprehend the mastermind.; The suspects resist.; Togusa explains the intricate plot behind the hostage situation to the other members of Section 9. Chief Aramaki and The Major meet with Minister Kubota.; The Tachikoma units unintentionally wreck havoc on a construction site.