The Loom

The thought police slipped away without hesitation.

The Six Departments, whose full name was the Six Great Observer Departments, had five ranks for their members: junior, intermediate, senior, special, and department-head level, which was above special.

As an ordinary "thought policeman," he was only a junior member. After running into these big shots, what else could he do but slip away?

"Tsk, tsk. The powerful computing power brought by the Electronic Brain Project was indeed allocated to the Six Departments first. They've actually managed to research a replica of the Cyber Killer."

Engineer Gao said cheerfully, seemingly not noticing the trio frantically winking at him.

Engineer Gao's gaze fell on the last woman.

The woman had short purplish-red hair and red pupils. Upon closer inspection, they were top-of-the-line bionic eyes—the kind that could communicate with armed space stations in outer space.

Her figure was equally stunning. Her tight black combat suit hugged her curves and was highly alluring. Over the skin-tight outfit, she had casually thrown on a red vest, making her look both sexy and capable.

"This must be Miss Motoko Yagami. I've long admired you. Your reputation has resounded like thunder."

"You know me?" Motoko Yagami asked softly.

"Uh, although we've never met, I've still heard of your reputation, ma'am. You're the number-one female powerhouse in the Ghost in the Shell Department, the first-line captain of its action division, and a Deep Web Chosen One."

"And a female Tyrannosaurus," Collision muttered from behind him. Hitomi immediately shot him a vicious glare. Are you trying to get yourself killed? If you don't value your life, we still do! Don't you know the captain's furious right now?

Contrary to the trio's expectations, however, Motoko Yagami did not explode in anger. Her attitude was far calmer than they had imagined. In