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Narrator: In July 4th, 1947, a strange flying object dropped at a desert in New Mexico, USA.
Narrator: In July 4th, 1947, a strange flying object dropped into a desert in New Mexico, USA.


Narrator: Even now, its identity has not been ascertained.
Narrator: Even now, its identity has not been ascertained.
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Lain: Who is it?
Lain: Who was it?


Lain: Who is it?
Lain: Who was it?




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Narrator: Roscoe Hillenketter, who was the director of the CIA when the Roswell incident happened, was the chief of the 12 people.
Narrator: Roscoe Hillenketter, who was the director of the CIA when the Roswell incident happened, was the chief of the 12 people.


Narrator: Now it is well known that President Truman's signature was copied from another document.
Narrator: It is well known now that President Truman's signature was copied from another document.




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Ear: I see, then, since when have we been here?
Ear: I see, then, since when have we been here?


Ear: I know we have not been here since the beginning of this world.
Ear: I know we didn't start existing at the beginning of this world.


Eye: That's nothing to be concerned about!
Eye: That's nothing to be concerned about!
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Narrator: John C. Lilly explored the human unconscious an experiment with sensory deprivation by using drugs and an isolation tank.
Narrator: John C. Lilly explored the human unconscious in an experiment with sensory deprivation by using drugs and an isolation tank.


Narrator: He thought that he was connected to something like an existence in space.
Narrator: He thought that he was connected to something like an existence in space.
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Taro: !
Taro: !


Lain: It's you, Taro, right?
Lain: It was you, Taro, right?


Lain(w): You're one of the Knights, aren't you?
Lain(w): You're one of the Knights, aren't you?
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Lain(w): The only other me with a body only appeared in the club.
Lain(w): The only other me with a body only appeared in the club.


Lain(w): It would be enough if you modify the memories of people who were there.
Lain(w): It would have been enough just to modify the memories of people who were there.


Taro: I can't...
Taro: I can't...
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Taro: It wasn't me...
Taro: It wasn't me...


Taro: But I know that the data that JJ receives has such effect.
Taro: But I know that the data that JJ receives can have such effects.


Lain(w): If I install this chip, what will happen to me?
Lain(w): If I install this chip, what will happen to me?


Lain(w): Would I suicide? Or would I go insane?
Lain(w): Would I commit suicide? Or would I go insane?


Taro: I don't know. I'm too young to be a formal member of Knights. I'm only...
Taro: I don't know. I'm too young to be a formal member of Knights. I'm only...
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Taro: You're strange. That's why the Knights are interested in you.
Taro: You're strange. That's why the Knights are interested in you.


Taro: Knights fight in order to make the only truth real.
Taro: Knights fight in order to make the only truth become real.


Lain: I don't understand. What's the only truth?
Lain: I don't understand. What's the only truth?
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Taro: Truth is justice because it is true.
Taro: Truth is justice because it is true.


Taro: Don't you think this is very persuasive?
Taro: Don't you find it convincing?


Taro: Don't you also want such a truth?
Taro: Don't you also want such a truth?
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Narrator: Ted Nelson, who learned from heretic pioneers Vannevar Bush and John C. Lilly,
Narrator: Ted Nelson, who learned from heretic pioneers Vannevar Bush and John C. Lilly,  


Narrator: made a plan for a digital library in orbit that can be used anywhere on earth through electromagnetic waves and a telephone network.
Narrator: made a plan for a digital library in orbit that can be used anywhere on earth through electromagnetic waves and a telephone network.
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Narrator: Eiri Masami was a chief research worker in Tachibana Labs.
Narrator: Eiri Masami was a chief research worker in Tachibana Labs.


Narrator: He improved the theory of Earth's neural network.
Narrator: He caused the theory about Earth's neural network to progress.


Narrator: He advocated that every human's unconscious should be connected to a wireless network without devices through the Schumann effect.
Narrator: He advocated that every human's unconscious should be connected to a wireless network without devices through the Schumann effect.
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Narrator: When Tachibana Labs found out, they fired him.
Narrator: When Tachibana Labs found out, they fired him.


Narrator: One week later, Eiri's corpse was found run over and killed at the railway on Yamanote line.
Narrator: One week later, Eiri's corpse was found run over and killed on the railway on Yamanote line.


Newspaper: Mr. Eiri Masami
Newspaper: Mr. Eiri Masami
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(Adapted from [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors/09protocol_en.txt] and from memory.)
(Adapted from [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors/09protocol_en.txt] and from memory. Originally translated by Keisuke Shindo.)
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