Nashida

A cybernetic left leg carries much of the story about Nashida's body, a replacement he wears alongside a shaved scalp and a short gray goatee. His eyes are gray as well, framed by dark-rimmed glasses, and he keeps to the plain uniform issued to the bank's security detail.

Three decades of loyal service have curdled into resentment now that Nashida understands why he is really employed. He knows the branch tolerates him mainly for the government money attached to hiring the disabled, and that humiliation hardens into a readiness to betray the institution outright, siding with thieves against the manager he despises.

For thirty years Nashida stood watch at the branch, and on the day of the heist he first plays the part of a helpful guard, assisting a customer struggling with a PIN before manager Takao Ochi sweeps in, waves the man through, and belittles the guard's competence. When two gunmen storm the lobby, Nashida drops the act: he is their accomplice. He seizes the customer, Kaede, at shotgun point and forces Batou to give up, while hinting that Takao's supposed business meeting hides something uglier.

The plan unravels when the robbers cannot crack the vault and Batou reveals the cash inside is traceable by serial number. Kaede seizes the moment, knocks Nashida flat, and takes his weapon, flipping the entire standoff. With police ringing the building, the group fakes a hostage crisis while Batou, moved by their suffering under the Synchronized Global Default, converts funds into untraceable American cryptocurrency. The SWAT raid finds the culprits gone. That night Nashida and his partners toast the score, pleased that the blame has landed squarely on Takao.