Togusa accidentally helps John Smith confirm GHOST's identities while being warned not to dig any further. Motoko's Tachikoma ask Togusa to help repair their damaged comrade. Aramaki finds out the NSA is using GHOST, but can't recover them through his contacts, forcing him to ask the Prime Minister to intervene. GHOST is dropped into action near Beverly Hills, where they realize their target is a robotics entrepreneur named Patrick Huge, and that the mission is not a rescue but an abduction.