2045-й год. Простая, на первый взгляд, работа по выслеживанию торговца оружием на западном побережье США втягивает группу наёмников ПРИЗРАК, состоящую из бывших членов Девятого отдела Бюро общественной безопасности Японии, в конфликт с невиданной доселе угрозой — постлюдьми, существами, значительно превосходящим киборгов. Члены Девятого отдела собираются вместе, чтобы противостоять этой новой угрозе.

The year is 2045, and artificial intelligence has undergone tremendous developments. Governments use them as weapons, engaging in never-ending warfare to sustain their economies. The mercenary group GHOST, headed by Major Motoko Kusanagi, is no stranger to this landscape. However, the rapid innovation of this technology causes a new threat to loom over the horizon.

Having left Public Security Section 9, Kusanagi and her group are involved in many operations worldwide related to these proxy wars. But a seemingly simple job of locating an arms dealer drags GHOST into a hidden conflict against cybernetically enhanced individuals, who have inexplicably gained extreme intelligence and physical abilities. Dubbed "post-humans," their emergence sets off a chain of events leading to the reunion of Section 9. Armed with a new mission, it is up to Kusanagi and her reestablished team to prevent global chaos at the hands of these post-humans.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]