"Knights" - a super hacker group that has large effects in the wired. No knows who the members are, but they control information and sometimes develop and distribute illegal information equipment. The KNIGHTS are trying to make Lain do something.... When Lain metaphorizes her physical self into the wired search for an answer of incidents that kids commit suicide. She finds that the KNIGHTS are behind this incident. One day, a group of men in black suits make a contact Lain. They ask "Are those people who you live with really your parents?" "Are you Lain of the wired?" and "Who are you really?"