The network covers the whole globe, and the development of the information network reaches its acme. In this age, there are two developed worlds; the "real world" and "wired" — the virtual network world. Souma Tooru belongs to a group of hackers called Steppen Wolf, surfing the network freely. On their last job they attacked the database of the UN forces. During this attack, he loses Nonomura Yuuya, his friend and team leader. Tooru is arrested by the army. In exchange for letting him free, he has to work for an anti-hacker organization, the first squad of the UN Security Force Information Administration Bureau. Working for them, Tooru searches for the person that killed his friend, while the other members also have their own reason to fight. The three-way battles between the terrorist group, the security enterprise, and the army, continue from day to day. And when several seemingly unconnected events occur during these skirmishes, it becomes quite clear that something big is afoot.
First Contact
Nov 10, 2006
Souma Tooru, once a fearless hacker, is forced to join the ranks of FLAK. Indentured into service and out for revenge, the young man reflects on the dead of the past as a ghost takes shape in the present.
Again
Dec 8, 2006
A joint exercise between VSS and FLAK goes horribly wrong. Tooru's hunt for Yuuya's killer is interrupted by an encounter with a strange little girl named Ren.
Truth
Feb 9, 2007
Tooru's life is in chaos after the discovery of who killed his best friend and the sudden disbanding of his platoon. Complicating matters, strange Ren has become the target of a furious manhunt.
Rebuilt
Apr 4, 2007
The Wired Ghost is crashing the entire system. Some wish to destroy the threat. Some hope to capture and exploit the menace. Tooru knows that he must free the abomination once and for all.
