[Detective L]
[Episode 14] [Serial Arson: B]
Do you really think there's no connection between the three fires?
If there's another fire this coming Sunday,
what will you tell the public then?
This man has been setting fires in different places three weeks in a row
He's an outsider, but he didn't attract anyone's attention
This man must be very cunning and inconspicuous
Watch out for the floor.
Recently, my husband
has nightmares every night
He dreams of a fire in the house
and keeps on saying that a Mr. Jin is going to kill him
The nails on the floor,
the net in the patio
and the holes in the yard which show signs of being filled back up
weren't meant to catch a ghost,
but a human
I found it
Only Dr. Huo bought
from that batch of TSD last month
But I don't know
who he prescribed the drugs to
Exactly
It's TSD
Although you have an alibi,
the drug came from your clinic
Who has been prescribed the drug before?
Doctors have the right to protect
the privacy of every patient
Dr. Huo,
The serial arson
caused nine deaths so far
If you refuse to help us,
there could be more deaths soon
Okay
What if we made an agreement?
I can show you the medical records,
but you can only read them here, not take them away
Okay
These are all the files of the patients who are unrelated to the case
I hope you two can keep it confidential
Of course
Fifteen minutes of mental hypnosis?
You can perform hypnosis?
Detective Luo,
I have a PhD in Psychology from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria
The Shanghai Municipal Council has issued me a certificate as well
Hypnosis is putting someone to sleep?
It can put a person's consciousness into a state of relaxation and trance
and wake up their subconscious mind
so we can find out what's really in their mind
and find the crux of their psychological problem
Detective Qin, Are you interested in hypnosis?
There are twelve patients
who have been prescribed TSD
We can rule out the elderly who have limited mobility
Elderly
Female
There are eight left
Five of them have paranoid delusional disorder
They might have criminal tendencies
Who are they?
These three
And this one
That one
Rich kid
Obviously he has no expertise in arson
And him
He's fat
He wasn't the man who fought Xiao Man yesterday
That means there's only three of them left
Let's go
Luo Fei
Well
I'm going to a party the day after tomorrow
I want to invite Xiao Man
to accompany me as my female companion
I'm afraid that if I ask her directly, she'll be embarrassed and reject me
Would you be so kind as to help me invite her?
Thanks
[Hua Tong University]
What do you think of Huo Wen Si?
Dr. Huo?
He has an intelligent mind
and is easy to get along with
Very good
A psychologist is also not a risky profession
There shouldn't be any danger if you stayed with him
Tell me more about the suspects' circumstances
All in all, there are three suspects that Dr. Huo described to us
[Associate Professor - Chen Shun Chang]
The first one is Chen Shun Chang Assistant Prof. of Chemistry at University Hua Tong
He's proficient with all kinds of chemicals
He suffers from persecutory delusional disorder
and always worries that someone is out to hurt him
Fire!
-It's on fire! -Get out!
Quick!
Thank you
-Thank you -Prof. Chen?
Yes
And you are...
We are police detectives
We have a few questions
What?
Where were you last Sunday around 10 pm in the evening?
Watching a movie
What movie?
Blue Angel
It hadn't been released yet on Sunday
Yes
I got it wrong
Tender Is The Night
Can anyone prove that?
No
I...
I was watching it alone
What are you two after?
I'm a law-abiding citizen
I've never done anything bad
Don't kill me!
I know you were sent by the syndicate
I won't divulge your secrets
Let me go
The second suspect is Du Jin Bao
[Firefighter - Du Jin Bao]
He's a firefighter
and a sleepwalker
He once sleepwalked to a place where he had to put out a fire
This way please
That's Du Jin Bao
He was the first to arrive at the scene
of the fire last night
and saved five people
He received first class merit
Didn't you guys rush to the scene together
after receiving the report of the fire?
We have limited staff
Besides on-duty staff,
anyone who has heard the alarm
must leave their home and rush to the scene of the fire to help out
So he wasn't here when the fire
occurred on Sunday night?
He wasn't here
He's off-duty on Sundays
What a coincidence!
There was a fire on his day off
This...
What is it that you're after?
Did he act in a suspicious way recently?
For example,
did he say something strange?
You suspect that he's the arsonist?
That's simply absurd!
If there's nothing else,
please leave now
[Painter - Jiang Cheng]
You may have heard of the third suspect
The painter, Jiang Cheng
The modernist painter who just returned from France
He suffers from paranoid delusional disorder
He claims the end of the world is coming soon
and guilty men will suffer in the fires of hell
Hello
We are police detectives
There are a few questions
that we want to ask you
Where were you last Sunday around 10 pm in the evening?
I was on the road
On the road?
What were you doing?
Looking for inspiration
What kind of inspiration?
Inspiration to paint fire
Don't tell me you're looking for an inspiration to set fire?
Little girl
We don't need to set fire
Fire is alive
Fire is grand
You can't go near it
It's a life that you and I can't understand
My painting
I spent one month on it
You've ruined it
I didn't mean to
This is great!
Truly a stroke of genius!
Look!
It's God's fist
punching the sins of the world!
It improved the style of the whole painting
How wonderful
None of them have an alibi
and they are suffering from mental illnesses
But they have no exact motive for arson
In terms of ability,
one guy is physically weak
lit. "lacking the strength even to truss a chicken"
and another has an injured arm
I think the painter is the most suspicious one
Ability can be imitated
and injuries can be faked
But out of the three of them, one is a university professor
another one is a decorated firefighter
and one is a famous painter
If we can't find any conclusive evidence,
it's going to lead to a bad outcome for us
Unless we have a solid lead
the police station won't issue a search warrant
So, our next move...
What are you looking at?
Don't touch that
I think it's unlikely that the murderer is randomly selecting targets
If we can find the connection between the victims
it should be possible to predict his next target
Do we need to go through that much trouble?
We have three suspects in front of us right now
We just need to keep an eye on their every move
If anyone of them sets a fire,
we can catch them red-handed right away
You're right
But shadowing is the police's job,
not a detective's
Is there anything I can help you with?
No
In any case, I'm a detective
Moreover,
two people working together will be more efficient than working alone
Will two people read faster than one?
Will two people play the piano faster than one?
Will two people bathe faster than one?
Who'd want to bathe with you?
You'd better work faster
Time waits for no man
Time?
What's the status?
[Zheng Yuan]
[Wang Ji Fu]
Luo Fei
Don't move!
You stepped on a victim
What's up?
This
This is the report of shadowing the three suspects
The three of them made no suspicious moves the entire day today
What about Wang Ji Fu?
Nothing serious
He left the hospital
The police have questioned him
He said he doesn't know the arsonist
nor any of the victims of the fires
Don't worry
We've positioned some men
around his house
However,
he took sick leave and has been hiding in his house every day
Got it
You can go now
Huo Wen Si wants to invite you
to a party the day after tomorrow
He wants you to be his female companion
When did he tell you this?
Why did he ask you to tell me?
I have no idea
Enough
Go, get out of here
205 Luo Fei
Excuse me, are you Mr. Luo?
Yes, I am
Mr. Luo, we're here to deliver your goods
Come in please
What's this?
Luo Fei, are you okay?
Open the door
Are you okay?
I'm okay
I...
I told you I was fine
[Sunday, June 30]
Come on
Police, don't move
No!
Don't arrest us
I know
A teacher and a student shouldn't...
But I didn't force her
We are on the basis of romantic love
We are truly in love
What do you want?
I'm police!
You're under suspicion for arson
I didn't commit arson
I was just lighting up a cigarette
Why did you do that at someone else's doorstep?
Who's there?
What happened?
I'm a police detective
This is an arsonist
He just tried to covertly set fire to your doorstep
Aren;t you Xiao Jiang?
You know each other?
Of course
We were waiting for him to be our fourth player
Detective,
I'm not here to set any fires,
I'm here
to play mahjong
Why are you sneaking around to play mahjong?
Detective, maybe you don't know
that he's a famous painter
He manages to sell his painting for
a high price because of his fashionable image
If anyone finds out
he's just a regular guy who likes to play mahjong,
it will ruin his image
It's just a little hobby of mine
Please help me to keep it a secret
Thank you
Boss,
your supper is here
What's the situation?
Nothing happened
My guess is that the firefighter has long since fallen asleep
dreaming of fighting a fire while probably wetting the bed
It's all Luo Fei's fault
He wants us to keep watch
So we can't even rest during the night
Pisses me off
What's that sound?
It's a fallen brick
Maybe it was a feral cat
Check it out
Boss, why is the second floor door open?
The door's open?
Wasn't it open a moment ago?
It wasn't open a moment ago
Would he sleepwalk
out of the back door?
Let's go up and see
Open the door
Who's there?
Police!
We're investigating
Shit!
He's not here
What now?
Don't panic
Even if he's actually sleepwalking,
it doesn't mean he's the arsonist
Boss,
look at this
Kerosene
Cotton yarn
These are all flammable
Go and check if his uniform is still there
Hurry up!
I can't find it
Aren't these the locations of the previous three fires?
This fourth place is Wang Ji Fu's house
And this!
What does this mean?
Oh, no...
Something terrible
Hello
Luo Fei
What's wrong?
We can confirm that
the arsonist is Du Jin Bao
But we didn't manage
to catch him
Do you know the location of the arson attempt?
Yeah
At the Grand Cinema
What?
He's going to burn down the movie theater?
Wait for a while
There's a late night showing today thousands of visitors will attend
Yes
We've sent the entire police force
to surround the movie theater
The fire department has preemptively sent out their fire engines too
So strange
The three fires occurred in a residential building
Why did he escalate so drastically?
What did you say?
What about Wang Ji Fu's house?
Is there anything unusual?
Nothing
Is there anyone watching over there?
No
Every police offer is surrounding the movie theater
Damn!
We've been tricked
Go to Wang Ji Fu's house right now
Quick!
Hello, did everyone come out?
I didn't see them coming out
Okay
Be careful
Don't go in
Okay
Wang Ji Fu!
-Come with me! -No
Quick!
Wang Ji Fu!
Xiao Man
Sir
A girl just went in there
I don't know what happened to her
Xiao Man!
Are you okay?
Where's Wang Ji Fu?
Miss, that was really dangerous
You should leave these things to us firefighters
Thank you
You're welcome
-You... -I'm so sorry
This is my job
Come with me to the police station
She shouldn't do that to the man who rescued her
My father was a firefighter
A fire occurred in Cheng Huang Temple a few years ago
To save people, he sacrificed his life in that fire
I've followed in his footsteps, and became a firefighter
At first all my colleagues took good care of me
They called me the son of a hero
But I'm afraid of fire
Every time there was a fire
I was hiding in the back
Gradually,
they all started looking down on me
saying that I wasn't as brave as my father
The pressure in my heart
was getting bigger and bigger
and keeping me up at night
One morning, I woke up
and found myself in my firefighter uniform
I couldn't remember where I'd been
and what I'd done
Then,
I saw an advertisement
for a psychologist in the paper
So I went to the clinic
The doctor said
I may have been sleepwalking
You under too much pressure
Always worried that you can't do it well
so you even work when you're dreaming
You need psychotherapy
Forget all your troubles
Feel like you're
floating in the air
After a couple of treatments,
I thought I was cured
and stopped going to the doctor
Until one night...
It's on fire!
Help! My boy!
Somebody, please come!
What should we do?
That day,
I was the first firefighter to get to the fire
When I got home,
I suddenly realized
that I was the one who set the fire
I was so scared
I wanted to turn myself in
But I was worried that
it would ruin my father's reputation
I was afraid the police would come to find me
But I never thought...
Last night,
you rushed into the fire in spite of the danger
and saved five people
You're now our hero
I'm promoting you
to captain of the first team
-Good! -Great!
Like father, like son
lit. "father a lion, son cannot be a dog"
So I didn't go to see the doctor again
I didn't turn myself in either
You allowed yourself to set fires while sleepwalking
Four fires
that took ten lives
It's all my fault
I'm guilty
I should be blamed
Why did you mark the movie theater on the map
but burn down Wang Ji Fu's house instead?
I really don't know
It was all done in a dream
I'm so sorry to my father
I'm sorry to the fire department
I'm guilty
I should be blamed
Please put me to death
What's up?
I noticed the lights were still on
That's because I can't sleep
Then can I come in?
You can't sleep, but you still drink coffee, huh?
Coffee can dilate our brain blood vessels
and reduce breathing frequency
Only after15-20 minutes,
will it induce excitation
If you drink it at the right time,
coffee can help you sleep
Du Jin Bao's confession?
I thought the case was solved
Do you really think Du Jin Bao
is the arsonist?
I should be blamed
Please put me to death
But he confessed to it
It's not that simple
There are too many doubts remaining in this case
You must have done a lot of
investigating and researching this past week
Tell me what you've found
At the beginning, I thought the same as you
There must be a connection between the victims
After I checked all the information about the victims,
I didn't find anything in common
When my investigation was deadlocked,
your words reminded me
You'd better work faster
Time waits for no man
I suddenly realized that
I only compared them with each other based on their current situation
ignoring the vertical axis of time
So I changed the direction
and started to investigate their histories
Don't move
You stepped on a victim
At last,
I found something interesting
In every single one of the four arson cases
there's been a victim who quit his job ten years ago
including Wang Ji Fu
They are...
Zhao Da Tong
A senior translator of the Public Board of Directors
[Zhao Da Tong]
[Public Board of Directors Senior Translator]
He was the General Manager of Richard's Company ten years ago
Fang Li Bin
An engineer at New Nanyang Machinery Factory
[Fang Li Bin]
[New Nanyang Machinery Factory Engineer]
Ten years ago,
he was an engineer at Yong He Machinery Factory
Zheng Yuan
[Zheng Yuan]
[Grand World Security Guard]
A security guard at the Grand World
Ten years ago, he was a security guard at the Union Bank of Shanghai
Wang Ji Fu
The editor of the society news column
[Wang Ji Fu]
[Xin Lin newspaper society news column Editor]
of Xin Lin newspaper
Ten years ago, he was a business manager at the Union Bank of Shanghai
Ten years ago,
All four of them resigned from their old jobs
almost at the same time
They moved houses
and changed their addresses
What does that mean?
Something big must have happened ten years ago
Have you checked the news from ten years ago?
No need
Do you still remember that you asked me
if I had any unsolved cases?
When I first started working as a detective ten years ago
My first case
was the diamond theft of Union Bank of Shanghai
This case hasn't been solved yet
It's been like a small gear tucked away in a corner of my mind
Unexpectedly,
it has suddenly started to turn now
You mean the diamond theft case
is related to the four of them?
Ten years ago,
Kim Charlie, the Comprador of Richard's Company
A comprador is a pre-revolutionary term to refer to Chinese managers hired by foreign capitalists setting up businesses in China
wanted to invest in Shanghai Beach real estate
He spent his entire life savings
to buy priceless diamonds
He brought them back to the Shanghai French Concession
[Richard's Company Comprador - Kim Charlie]
and put the diamonds
in a safe at the Union Bank of Shanghai,
known as he most secure bank of the Far East
Shockingly, the diamonds went missing without a trace
from a high-security safe the very next day
The police didn't have any leads at the time
Then, unable to endure the huge shock Kim Charlie had a nervous breakdown
He burned down his own office
and died in the fire
Among the four victims,
one of them was a manager under Kim Charlie
[Zhao Da Tong]
[Wang Ji Fu]
[Zheng Yuan]
The other two were bank staff
And the last one
looks like he had nothing to do with
with the theft case,
but actually,
he is proficient
at cracking all kinds of safes
[Zhao Da Tong, Wang Ji Fu, Zheng Yuan, Wang Li Bin]
These four men plotted together to steal the diamonds?
So, the Mr. Jin in Wang Ji Fu's dream
was not the firefighter, Du Jin Bao
but the Comprador of Richard's Company
Kim Charlie
Wang Ji Fu was having nightmares
because he was afraid the ghost
of Mr. Jin would come and get him
But the arsonist wasn't a ghost but a man
So the real target of the killer is...
The priceless diamonds
Now it all makes sense
Unfortunately, it's all just a hypothesis
without any evidence
It's even harder to investigate an unsolved case
that occurred ten years ago
If we want to find the arsonist,
we must solve the ten-year-old case first
It's getting more and more interesting
Luo Fei, quickly tell me about it in more detail
Exactly what was that case ten years ago that you never managed to solve about?
Fifteen minutes have passed
What?
The best time for coffee to help you sleep
Bye
Why are you like this?
[Preview]
Have you heard of the theft case of the Union Bank of Shanghai ten years ago?
Ten years ago in this vault,
a case of priceless diamonds was stolen
I came up with an theory
on how the four thieves managed to steal the diamonds by taking advantage of their occupations
At that time,
no one left the bank and
Wang Ji Fu didn't leave the vault either
The diamonds went missing
from the bank without a trace
And this case became an unsolved mystery
What?
Du Jin Bao is not the killer?
Then who's the killer?
If that's so,
there isn't a single hole in the case
This is the furthest I get
I always get stuck at this part
Hello, sir
I'm sorry
Time's up
Time
You're right!