This Omake was inspired from the mission killing in the name, but this time Motoko is the one trolling half the net.

If you didn't get it Gilbert Ryle was a British philosopher principally known for his critique of Cartesian dualism, for which he coined the phrase "ghost in the machine."


POV V

"Ok let's see what all the hype is." I think to myself as I jump up the fire escape and start snooping for clues. But before I can start to look around, the sound of some malware starts squeaking in my ear.

"Something something Arasaka, blah blah blah Mikoshi meaning of life and what not" I mostly tune him out at this point, honestly i'm getting a little good at it.

"Hey, are you even listening?"

"Ofc ofc, just give me a sec will ya? I need to look around" I say as I continue using my Kiroshi's to scan the walls looking for clues.

"Why are we even out here? I doubt we'll find anything, and even if we do, this gig is not exactly going to give a lot of eddies. We need better gear V, and I doubt Nancy will pay well for thi-"

"Found it!" I say in my head as I look at the router attached to the wall, a quick tug and I'm already starting to cut through the ICE. But I could still feel the annoyance wafting off behind me as I cut Johnny mid-sentence.

"Oh come on Johnny don't tell me you're not curious. We're waiting for Takemura to contact his "associates", and none of the other fixers have work for us so I might as well do this to pass the time." Silence is my answer as I focus on cutting through the rest of the ICE.

I get a ping in my messages when I'm done slicing through the router, "Huh, another location." as I open the GPS and mark it on my map.

"Ha, I think someone's messing with you, V. You'll follow this breadcrumb trail and at the end of it all, when you have connected the dots all you'll see is a dick, I'll 50 eddies on it.

Johnny POV

"Oh my god this is fucking hilarious." I think as V walks up to "Gilbert Ryle".

"Ha! Come one, come all for the prophet of Night city! Ha ha!" I exclaim as I wipe a tear from my eye.

"Honestly the look on peoples faces when they realize that Gilbert Ryle is just a wind up philosopher in a box!"

"People on the Bartmoss collective forums are going to have an aneurysm once they realize they just spent weeks of their lives trying to decipher words of a chat bot."

"Come on V you have to agree with me here, this is fucking beautiful! Half the net's getting tweaked on wisdom from a puppet; hairs are being torn and spit is flying all over interpretations."

A twitch in V's eyes tells me a lot about what she's feeling but "Come on, hurry and connect to the router and find out who set this up. I have to shake the hand of the man who made this work of art."

Even more eye twitches follow as a text message pops up on the left of V's vision "U followed all the clues well aren't you just a cute doggy XD Well here's your prize - 7hePurp1eM4jo2"

Giggling can be heard in Motoko's room as she finishes uploading this a small clip to a shard in her neck, "Haha the look on her face! This is going to be the best Christmas present, V's going to flip out when she see's this."

The End