Being a Ghost
doesn’t make you a villain.
A Ghost is a presence in cyberspace whose real face you cannot see. Shiro, Proc the sheep, and Olio the white dove are all Ghosts from someone else’s point of view.
HOME /
THE WORLD
Hidden faces. Real connections.
People take shape in cyberspace. Information becomes a form of presence. How do you come to know someone you meet there?
Being a Ghost
A presence can vanish.
A trace remains.
Ghost Code is the trace of activity left in cyberspace. Its fragments can lead to hidden connections. A trace alone does not prove someone’s identity, guilt or intentions.
Face the ones who
break the connection.
Wolves is the Ghost organization opposing Shiro and her friends. In a world where malware can take visible form, they learn whom to trust and protect the connections under threat.
From the 2020s into the future: an editorial image bringing different eras together.
04 TIMELINE
Different eras. One world.
SHIRO & PICO / REN & NEI
Shiro and Pico’s little adventures. Ren and Nei’s investigations. Different people, living in the same era.
TAMAKI / Spirit in Physics
Tamaki Mizuno and Ami explore people and AI, mind and body, taking us into Ghost Hacker World’s future.
THREATS IN THE NETWORK
Threats have a face, too.
Worm
Self-replicating malware takes the form of an enemy that branches out and spreads.
Trojan
A hidden threat in a harmless-looking form. Careful observation reveals the disguise.
Rootkit
An enemy that hides its presence and traces. Following Ghost Code is the key to finding it.
Zombie
A fictional enemy built around processes that linger after they should stop. It is a game interpretation, not an exact model of operating-system behavior.
This is fiction inspired by cybersecurity and computing. In computing, a daemon is a background process; the word itself does not imply malicious intent.