PSS9 meets with Japanese PM Tate and John Smith, who informs the group there are 14 known Posthumans around the globe (including the two killed earlier) and three of them are in Japan, but there is no footage of them after they transformed. Aramaki offers to let each member decide if they want to work with PSS9 on this new case. Motoko tasks Togusa with rooting out the mole in Tate's office. After Togusa roots out the identity of the group spying on Tate, PSS9 gets their requested budget and collectively decides to take on the Posthuman case.