 The film is set in 2034 , two years after the events of 2nd GIG . Togusa is now the team leader for Public Security Section 9 , which has increased considerably in size . Section 9 deals with a series of complicated incidents , including the assassination of Ka Rum , a former dictator of the Siak Republic , which leads to a terrorist plot using children as vectors for a cybernetic virus . Investigations reveal that a hacker nicknamed the " The Puppeteer " is behind the entire series of events . 
 The film is set in 2034 , two years after the events of 2nd GIG . Togusa <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>now the team leader for Public Security Section 9 , which <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> increased considerably in size . Section 9 deals with a series of complicated incidents , including the assassination of Ka Rum , a former dictator of the Siak Republic , which <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>leads</mark></a> to a terrorist plot using children as vectors for a cybernetic virus . Investigations reveal that a hacker nicknamed the " The Puppeteer " is behind the entire series of events . 
The film is set in 2034 , 2 years after the events of 2nd GIG . Togusa now the team leader fir Public Security Section 9 , which done increased considerably in size . Section 9 deals with a series of complicated incidents , including da assassination of Ka Rum , a former dictator of the Siak Republic , which lead to a terrorist plot using children as vectors fa a cybernetic virus . Investigations reveal dat a hacker nicknamed the " TdaPuppeteer " is behind the entire series of events .