2029, a near-future Japan. The full cyborg Motoko Kusanagi envisions a task force that preemptively strikes emerging threats. She and her team are scouted by Daisuke Aramaki as Public Security Section 9, AKA the \"Shell Squad.\" An international conspiracy hints at a hacker known as The \"Puppet Master.\" What fate awaits Kusanagi? What is the hacker\'s endgame? A new era of cyberpunk action begins!