Air date: February 2003
Back on the Net, the reappearance of the Laughing Man was the talk of the day. A dedicated chat room offers a wide range of ideas to help solve the case, and Kusanagi joins in to get to the bottom of it. She then notices someone monitoring the chat room. What caused Kusanagi's uneasiness for such a long time?

Script: Dai Sato
Storyboard: Kenji Kamiyama
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Animation Director: Kyoji Asano