If that's the case it would be a simple matter to switch places with the Major, let her die, assume her identity and carry on to fulfill his goals. As his most formidable opponent would than be dead, he would have been free to do what ever he wanted. I only know of two people who have been able to hack Batou and we all know that they are extremely skilled people. It is not something I can attribute to Kuze. Motives are also not Kuze like, he didn't care about Japan, but about refugees. If he would do anything it would be to help them and not the people of Japan.
I'm sorry glyph, but there is no real evidence to support that Kuze is alive.
This, which I believe only the major heard anyway, as you don't see her lips moving as it is said:
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does not hold with this:
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She told Batou and the Tachikoma to backup the record of her dive. Batou's may have been erased, though when the Kugutsu Mawashi messed with Section 9's minds to forget about the hack(and what else, I wonder?), while she was blacked out, and possibly that Tachikoma's also, or maybe it was covering for the Major out of loyalty (or out of fear at his or her vengeance. ).
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Because if you have complete control, you don't have to make up a lie, meaning why erase a memory when you already put the blame on something else.
ps: Another interesting note why I believe that no lie was told at the end. At the end we hear about the "Vanishing Mediator", another referents to one of Fredric Jameson's writings.