 Section 9 operatives develop a theory that a hacker known as the Puppeteer is responsible for Siak agents ' forced suicides and Togusa discovers sixteen kidnapped children who were intended carriers of the virus . All the children are listed as the children of Noble Rot Senior Citizens and Section 9 begins to suspect a larger conspiracy when they are part of a larger body of 20 @,@ 000 children . Soon afterwards , the Puppeteer causes the disappearance of the sixteen children and Batou reveals to Togusa that he believes Kusanagi to be the Puppeteer . Section 9 next intercepts a Siak sniper that is targeting the supposed mastermind of Ka Rum 's assassination . After his capture it is revealed the informant and the target are one in the same . The sniper says that the Puppeteer is a mechanism in the Solid State and cannot be killed . 
 Section 9 operatives develop a theory that a hacker known as the Puppeteer <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>responsible for Siak agents <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'</mark></a>forced suicides and Togusa discovers sixteen kidnapped children who <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> intended carriers of the virus . All the children are listed as the children of Noble Rot Senior Citizens and Section 9 <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>begins</mark></a> to suspect a larger conspiracy when they <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>are</mark></a>part of a larger body of 20 @,@ 000 children . Soon afterwards , the Puppeteer <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>causes</mark></a> the disappearance of the sixteen children and Batou <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>reveals</mark></a> to Togusa that he <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>believes</mark></a> Kusanagi to be the Puppeteer . Section 9 next intercepts a Siak sniper <a href='null_relcl' title='9'><mark>that</mark></a>is targeting the supposed mastermind of Ka Rum <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>assassination . After his capture it is revealed the informant and the target <a href='drop_aux' title='11'><mark>are</mark></a>one in the same . The sniper <a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>says</mark></a> that the Puppeteer is a mechanism in the Solid State and cannot be killed . 
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