Following Ishikawa's intelligence report, Kusanagi heads to Taiwan to investigate a lead on Kuze. She learns that Kuze's presence had a powerful effect on the refugees, and that people believe this has encouraged the formation of a smuggling ring for narcotics and explosives. As she prepares to leave the police station, the detective discloses that her plane will not leave until tomorrow, giving Kusanagi some much-needed free time. While on the street, Kusanagi meets a street kid named Chai with aspirations of make it big in the drug trade. Chai is already in trouble for stealing cocaine from a rival gang called the Xiaojie, and reveals to Kusanagi that he and his friends intend to pressure-mold the drugs into animal figurines for shipment overseas...