hey what's up guys
today I'll show you a science fiction series: "Altered Carbon, Season one, Episode 2"
spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
Takeshi often dreams about his past experiences as a soldier
fighting in a war of hundreds of years ago
he has been haunted by those nightmares
Takeshi didn't sleep well
in the morning, Takeshi wakes up to find the receptionist of the Raven hotel
standing in front of his bed with a pretty young woman in his room
Takeshi mistakes her for a prostitute
she is actually a lawyer who has been working for Laurens for years
today she is assigned to assist Takeshi in investigating the murder
they are going to a company called Psychasec to gather information
it is a world-class sleeve manufacturing company
that provides the top of the market in augmented and designer-enhanced sleeves
the sleeves produced here are high-end fine works
and they only provide customized sleeves for elite clients
including Laurens, who is their regular customer
this company even builds a huge vault exclusively for Laurens' family
where all his family members' sleeves are stored and taken care of
every one of them has several spare sleeves
the bodies' brains are blanked, and the cortical stacks are empty
the personnel here will electrically stimulate the bodies periodically
to maintain the muscle tone
so that the bodies can be ready to use at any time
Laurens has his clone sleeves in many countries
before the night Laurens was killed, he was in Japan for a business meeting
but he didn't go there in person
whenever he needs to go on a long trip, he would just transfer his memory
from the cortical stack remotely to the clone in the destination country
when the clone finishes the business, he then uploads the memory
which is convenient and time-saving
however, it is very risky to switch among sleeves in different physical conditions
people might have personality frag and become crazy
but rich people don't need to worry about this
because all the sleeves they use are their own clones
in other words, their sleeves are all in the same conditions so they won't have this problem
they can live as long as they want if they have money
Takeshi comes here to see the videotape sent back from Japan before Laurens was killed
unfortunately, to protect client's privacy, the company only records a very short moment
since Takeshi can't find anything useful from the footage, he soon leaves the company
after the murder, the police have been investigating over a hundred suspects
to rule out the killer
though the killer has not been found, the interrogation is recorded and saved
Takeshi thinks he might be able to find something from the interviews of the suspects
analyzing from the killer's perspective, Takeshi assumes that Laurens got into somebody's way
that's why he got himself killed
as a super-wealthy, Laurens is quite arrogant
he might have offended many people without knowing
he receives countless death threats every day
somebody may not just threaten him but also take action
thinking that the killer might have sent him a threat as well
Takeshi begins to view the death threats that Laurens received before he was killed
but there are thousands of them, so Takeshi can't view them all
most of the senders of the death threats just wanted to vent their anger
which is not worth watching
after filtering those threats, there are only dozens left
those senders have something in common: thoughtful, cruel, and committed crimes before
the person who killed Laurens is likely to be one of them
suddenly, a video in which a man was holding a gun gets Takeshi's attention
in this video, the man claims that he was going to revenge for his girl Lizzie
and he would blow Laurens's head off and splatter his brains over the wall
that is exactly what happened the night Laurens was killed
thinking about this, Takeshi finds this man very suspicious
Takeshi zooms in and finds a special number on the gun
this gun is a military weapon
all owners of military weapons are recorded on file permanently
it won't be hard to find out who owns that gun
according to the record of the number, Takeshi traces the owner's residence
the house is dark and messy
while he is looking around in the house, a man comes out from the room
not long after he enters the house, he has a fight with the man who lives there
with better combat skills, Takeshi grabs the man's gun and knocks him out
when the man wakes up, he finds himself being tied firmly to a chair
Takeshi learns the man has a beautiful wife and a daughter through a photo in the house
his wife has been sentenced to prison for 30 years since she was caught for being a hacker
before Takeshi asks about his daughter, he notices that there are marks on the man's temple
which should be resulted from wearing a headset device recently
Takeshi searches his house and finds a headset attached to a stack in the man's bedroom
this equipment allows the user to enter the world in the stack
Takeshi puts it on, and his consciousness enters the stack immediately
he finds a girl with dark skin
lying on the ground in agony outside of a club in the red-light district
this girl should be the owner of the stack, Lizzie
Takeshi tries to talk to her, but she seems scared and is in shock
she can't say anything but keeps screaming
he has pity for the girl, but she can't answer any of his questions
Takeshi doesn't want to waste any time
so he takes the headset off and returns to the real world
he needs to ask the man why Lizzie became this
the man has no idea what happened to his daughter
he only knows she works in a club in the red-light district, and she is Laurens's favorite
after spending a night with Laurens, she died in front of the club mysteriously
Laurens must be involved in her death
Lizzie's stack is still intact, but the man doesn't have the money to buy her a sleeve
when he misses her, he would wear the headset and meets her through the stack
that's the only way he can see his daughter
the man is enraged when Takeshi mentions his daughter
he can't imagine what Laurens had done to her before she died
his hatred for Laurens is so intense that he would like to kill him at once
Takeshi can tell the man is not the killer who murdered Laurens
the man is not dumb, for he knows if he kills Laurens
Laurens will just come back to life in another sleeve and revenge him
once he dies, his daughter will be alone forever
he doesn't lose his mind because he loves his daughter deeply
knowing the man is not the kill he is after
Takeshi leaves the house and continues his investigation
he doesn't have much time left
Takeshi decides to look into Lizzie
first, he needs to figure out the relationship between her and Laurens
depending on the scenes he saw in Lizzie's stack, he finds the club where she worked
here is a place where men are looking for fun
this club is filled with dim lights, flirty music, and coquettish girls
but today he is not coming here for fun
he just wants to get some clues from Lizzie's colleague
the girls working there won't tell him things easily
so he pretends to be Lizzie's mother, who was arrested recently
he is lucky to get an assassination assignment that pays him well
as long as he kills the target
he can earn enough money to buy a whole new sleeve for him and Lizzie
but the task doesn't go well
somebody is stopping Lizzie's sleeving secretly
he wants to know who the person is
he is wondering if Lizzie's clients have something to do about it
then, Takeshi false claims his identity to Lizzie's colleague
and his acting is so convincing that the colleague believes that he is Lizzie's mother
the girl is cross-sleeved
and tells him that a rich man called Laurens was very interested in Lizzie
he is Lizzie's regular
during the conversation, Takeshi notices she becomes a bit nervous
and can't help touching her neck
he takes off her necklace and sees scars all over her neck that Laurens did to her
it turns out that Laurens is a freak
every time he comes here, he would play some weird hormone games with the girls
some girls are wounded, and some are killed
if Laurens kills any girl by accident, he will buy her a better sleeve set
because of that, girls here think Laurens is a generous man and takes care of them
Takeshi gets lots of useful information from the girl
just before he leaves the club, Lizzie's father stops him with a gun at the door
seeing Takeshi is investigating Lizzie, he worries that Takeshi is up to no good
so he wants to kill Takeshi to protect his daughter
before he shoots Takeshi, some hitmen appear and attack Takeshi and Lizzie's father
one of them is armed with mechanical arms and is incredibly strong
they are professional hitmen but are still no match to Takeshi
just when Takeshi is about to kill the strong guy
Beauty arrives and arrests Takeshi for fighting
Takeshi is working for Laurens now
once he has trouble, Laurens will help him
so he only stays in the police station for a short while
before Laurens' lawyer comes to bail him out
it is a long day for Takeshi
exhausted, he returns to the hotel at night, hoping to get some rest
he didn't expect to see Laurens's wife in his room
she has been with Laurens for hundreds of years and knows each other thoroughly
but now she is attracted to Takeshi, who was an interstellar warrior
she admires his bravery and his charm that doesn't belong to this era
Takeshi understands why she is here, and he doesn't reject her
they have a fast hormone game in the hotel room
however, although it's pretty fast
what they did in the room has been well recorded and streamed by a hidden camera
those hitmen never intend to let him go that easily
Takeshi has no idea that he's already fallen into big trouble
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