Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."

In Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “cybernetic ghost market”. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing consciousness, exploitation, technology, identity, mortality.