Tsukie Saruta

Tsukie Saruta is a special investigator for the International Crime Enquiry Organization, or the ICE for short. She has a cybernetic implant in the right side of her head, which allows her to connect to and access electronic devices.The "tsuki" part of Tsukie's given name means "moon" in Japanese, tying into how her daughter Hoshie's name means "star". Tsukie Saruta was first introduced in the Atom: The Beginning manga series.

Story
Eighteen years before the present timeline of Atom: The Beginning, Tsukie and her mother were involved in a brutal accident that severely injured Tsukie and killed her mother. Tsukie's father, Dr. Hikozo Saruta, created a bionic implant for her that replaces both her eye and the damaged part of her brain.

In the present timeline, Tsukie works for the special investigations department of the International Crime Enquiry Organization. Whenever Tsukie has to be away for work, she leaves her daughter Hoshie in the care of Dr. Saruta. During a mission, Tsukie happens to meet, and then rescue, Umataro, Hiroshi, A106, and Ran whom are being trailed by two mysterious men in black (one being a young Skunk Kusai).

Later in the story, Tsukie is sent to infiltrated the J-Dome in Vietnam with other ICE agents. They are instead captured by an enormous security robot called the Hecaton-Maiden. Tsukie is imprisoned with several other prisoners at the base, including Count Aaron Bremner and Hiroshi's grandfather, and she works with them to escape.

Appearance
Tsukie Saruta is a middle-aged Japanese woman aged somewhere from her late 30s to early 40s. She has long black hair (dark brown in the anime) that she styles over her eye implant, and ties it back with a scrunchie as a low ponytail. She is almost always dressed in business casual attire.

Tsukie's glass prosthetic eye is nearly identical to her normal eye, but with a dilating silver lens instead of a pupil and iris. The reconstructed part of her face is outlined with a thick but faded scar. Tsukie has a lot of common with Black Jack in how they both have a facial scar, were in an accident that killed their mothers, and received reconstructive surgery by Dr. Saruta.

Abilities
Tsukie is a cyborg, thanks to the cerebral implant designed by her father. The implant replaces her right eye, a portion of her frontal lobe, and the associated nerves. Not only does it allow Tsukie to see again, but the robotic part of her brain is able to connect to electronic devices. This is called the Brain Link, which allows Tsukie to:


 * connect to her digital assistant, Rabbie
 * "look" into computer databases
 * manipulate the actions of low-AI robots

However, this ability can only be used for short amounts of time, and very infrequently, due to how physically taxing it is on Tsukie. While the Brain Link is quite helpful, it exposes Tsukie's brain to the same amount of data and radio waves of the device she is interfering with.