Section Nine operatives Batou and Togusa are on the trail of Major Motoko Kusanagi, who disappeared without a trace several weeks ago. As they dive deeper into Japan's criminal underbelly in search of the Major, they uncover a conspiracy stretching all the way to the glittering spires of the Lion City - Singapore. It is here where Major Kusanagi has to infiltrate the headquarters of a gang rumored to be developing an illegal new Net program set to revolutionize the sex industry. Can Motoko save her childhood friend from being an unwilling guinea pig, or will she lose herself in this depraved new world and become another Ghost of Paradise...