[Detective L]
[Episode 15] [Serial Arson: C]
Hypnosis 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
That means there's only three suspects left
Professor Chen?
Yes
You are...
We are police detectives
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
So, he wasn't here when the fire
occured on Sunday night
Miss, that was really dangerous
You should leave these things to us firefighters
I deserve to die
Please put me to death
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
Du Jin Bao's confession?
I thought the case was solved
It's not that simple
Do you really think Du Jin Bao
is the arsonist?
Stop knocking
You have five minutes to freshen up
I'll wait for you downstairs
Don't be late
Where are we going?
The crime scene
Why are we at the bank?
Didn't you want to know the details about diamond theft case?
Ten years ago,
two men entered the Union Bank of Shanghai just before closing time
One was the Comprador of Richard's Company, Jin Charlie
The other one was
the General Manager of Richard's Company, Zhao Da Tong
Hello, we would like to rent a safe
[Richard's Company GM - Zhao Da Tong]
[Richard's Company Comprador - Jin Charlie]
Jin Charlie was carrying an imported secure briefcase from USA
The briefcase contained
the priceless diamonds
Now, I'll be Jin Charlie
You'll be Zhao Da Tong
Let's do a reconstruction of the scene
See if we can find out the problem
Hello
Hello sir, how can I help you?
I would like to rent a safe
How long would you like to rent it for?
One day
One day?
Is that possible?
Of course it is
Please register first
Alright
Done
Thank you
These are the available safes,
please pick one
What's wrong?
You're my trusty assistant
but I don't know that you're actually a mole
and that both of you were allies
Sir, what are you talking about?
Nothing
Alright
What would you do if you wanted me to pick a specific number?
101
Because the arson case
is your 101th case
Very good
You've successfully made use of my characteristics to influence me
Jin Charlie was very superstitious
It would have been easy for Zhao Da Tong to influence his choice
Pick 168
It leads to fortune street
1 yi 6 liu 8 ba sounds very similar to yi lu fa 一路发 (lit. "send it all the way"), an idiom for wealth and good fortune
What if Jin Charlie
didn't pick the expected number?
The plan will be aborted
No one will lose anything
Sir, are you done?
101
Alright
Please follow me
This way
This way please
Here
Please
This is safe 101
Here are the key and the passcode
You can reset the passcode
after storing your items
If you don’t know how to reset it,
I can teach you
No need
I've been investigating
this kind of safe for ten years
It's specially made by the German Krupps Company
with the world's best anti-theft system
As far as I know, nobody has ever found a mehod to pry it open
Our safes are the most secure ones
Please do not worry
You have just ten minutes
I'll wait outside
Okay, thanks
Alright
After Wang Ji Fu brought
Jin Charlie and Zhao Da Tong into the vault,
he gave them a completely sealed envelope
In the envelope,
was the only key and unique passcode for safe no. 168
If this safe was part of the plan,
Wang Ji Fu could have
opened the envelope in advance
and made a duplicate key
No point in knowing the original passcode
After Jin Charlie put his case into the safe,
he set a new passcode
using the button on the inside
Is it possible that Wang Ji Fu and Zhao Da Tong
saw the new passcode?
According to the rules,
bank managers have to step away
while the client is setting a new passcode
I've read Jin Charlie's statement
He confirmed that Wang Ji Fu was not present at that time
While Zhao Da Tong…
Go over there
Jin Charlie said,
Zhao Da Tong was a few steps away from him, facing the other way
Can you see the passcode I set?
Not at all
Thus,
it's useless to know the original passcode
No one knew what Jin Charlie set as the new passcode
Lastly,
he turned on the alarm of the secure briefcase
The secure briefcase was imported from the USA
with the most advanced alarm system in the world
Once the on-off is turned on,
an internal mercury device will be activated
The smallest vibration is enough
to trigger the alarm
and the secure briefcase will start to bleep
Finally,
he closed the safe,
took out the key
and left the bank
The next morning,
Wang Ji Fu came to work as usual
Regulations state that the first thing he needs to do every morning
is to inspect the vault
When he opened the vault door,
he realized…
The bank quickly locked all the exits
Bank employees were in an uproar
All the security guards
were guarding the doors
after closing off the bank
The police arrived immediately
During that time,
no one left the bank and
Wang Ji Fu didn't leave the vault either
The policemen were searching
all the people in the bank
But they didn't discover any diamonds
The ventilation ducts were designed to be tiny
Not even a single rat can get through
They searched the whole bank from top to bottom
including the office and washrooms,
but didn't find anything
The diamonds went missing
from the bank without a trace
And this case
became an unsolved mystery
Do you think Kim Charlie would unintentionally reveal
the passcode to someone else?
No
Kim Charlie kept a low profile and was cautious
He went straight home after leaving the bank
He didn't meet anyone
until the incident occurred
If that's so,
there isn't a single hole in the case
You forgot again
Rule number one of being a detective
don't jump to conclusions
Did I miss anything just now?
Look
A German Krupp safe
is the most secure safe in the world
After it's locked,
there's no way to open it besides using the passcode
After it's opened…
Look
These four screws
can be removed easily
After removing the metal plate,
the lock cylinder inside can be removed easily
You're talking nonsense
The safe is open,
of course it's not secure anymore
Let me ask you
In the bank's safety procedure,
which step
must require the safe to be open?
Resetting the passcode?
That's right
So what?
Now,
it's our engineer's turn to make his move
Fang Li Bin, an engineer of a confidential machinery manufacturer
He's familiar with
all kinds of safes on the market
With his skills, he could easily change the lock cylinder of safe no. 168
[Engineer - Fang Li Bin]
At this time,
the bank's security guard, Zheng Yuan, could help him
So the night before…
When the workers went off duty,
he was hiding in Wang Ji Fu's office
At the right time,
he came out of the office
and used the key and passcode
provided by Wang Ji Fu
to get into the vault
[Bank Security Guard - Zheng Yuan]
At that time,
Zheng Yuan was on duty
The guards switch shifts every thirty minutes
If they discussed it thoroughly in advance,
Fang Li Bin has no less than thirty minutes
to change the lock cylinder of the safe
to a fake one
After changing it,
he hid in Wang Ji Fu's office again
until the second day,
when he could just naturally blend into the crowd
and leave the bank
So,
it doesn't matter which passcode Kim Charlie set
They can always use the original passcode to open the fake lock cylinder
Right
Charlie Kim
had never used such an advanced safe before
Thus,
he couldn't tell a real lock cylinder from a fake
Therefore, he fell into their trap
I got it
As long as Wang Ji Fu
could get into the vault at night
and open the safe
with the original passcode,
he could have taken the diamonds
Wrong
There's one last thing
Once the alarm on the secure briefcase is turned on
the only way to prevent the alarm from triggering is to enter the passcode
But only the producer from USA
has the blueprint of the alarm system
It's considered highly confidential
There's no way Fang Li Bin can get to it
So no one can take away
the diamonds besides Kim Charlie
Even Kim Charlie himself
has to trigger the alarm
and then enter the passcode to shut it down
If that's so,
this locked-room theft case
is impossible to solve
This is the furthest I get
I always get stuck at this part
I'm sorry
Time's up
Is it?
Time's up?
Time…
You're right
Why didn't I think of that?
Thank you so much
Time is the key of this case
Time!
Where are you going?
Excuse me
Luo Fei
What?
Du Jin Bao is not the killer?
Then who's the killer?
I'm not sure yet
But I can assure you that
I'll bring him in
after 27 days
What you need to do now is
to prolong the detainment of Du Jin Bao
and hand him over to the judicial system after 27 days
Easier said than done
The case will make a big impact in our society
All involved parties are pushing for a public trial
to appease the people
Daxiyuan Theater is holding rehearsals
for a play about Du Jin Bao's execution
Are you willing to watch an innocent man
die in order to appease the people?
I won't allow your wild conjectures to damage this law enforcement institution
This is not conjecture, but inference
Have I ever made a wrong deduction?
Yes, you have
Last time when we received an anonymous parcel,
you said it was a bomb,
but it was a cake instead
It was supposed to be a surprise from my wife
but I had to give it to the bomb disposal squad instead
I meant about life or death matters
Fine, I'll try my best to prolong it
But you have to tell me
what kind of leads you have now
Why must it be 27 days?
Time
The key of this case
is time
[27 days later]
Hello sir
Please follow me
Hi
We meet again
What a coincidence
You are renting a safe at this bank too?
No
We are here
for you
Sure
Please wait for me at my clinic
I'll go back and find you once I'm done
But I have an urgent matter
I must immediately talk to you about
Here?
That's not very good
Plus regulations state that
only one customer is allowed in the vault at a time
It's alright
We're quite close to the bank manager here
You two never cease to amaze me
Fine, what is it?
Have you ever heard of the Union Bank of Shanghai diamond theft case ten years ago?
No
I was in Austria ten years ago
If that's the case,
let me tell you about it then
Ten years ago in this locked vault,
a case of priceless diamonds was stolen
I came up with a theory
on how the four thieves managed to steal the diamonds by taking advantage of their occupations
But I just couldn't figure out the last step
How did they manage to
crack the alarm on the briefcase?
Until one day,
it finally came to me
I finally understand
that no matter how perfect the design of an alarm,
there's a thing that it can't beat
Time
I don't really understand
If there's nothing else, you can leave first
Dr. Huo
Be patient
You'll understand everything when I'm done
It takes electricity
to power the alarm
So a battery is needed
if there's a battery,
it must have a battery life
I made a call to
the manufacturer in the USA
and discovered the following
Once the switch is on,
the battery can only last for ten years
I think one of the thieves must have made the same phone call to the USA ten years ago
The four men's plan can be executed perfectly with an additional ten years of time
Actually that briefcase
has never left the safe
It has been there all along
Hold on
I still don't get it
Wasn't safe no. 168
already opened back then?
It was empty, right?
Yes
But Kim Charlie didn't store
the diamonds in safe no. 168,
but in the one next to it
The second loophole of this vault
is the numbering on the safes
It's not engraved, but a number plate fastened with screws
This is very easy to change
I've tested it
A well-trained skilled person
should be able to change it
within ten minutes
At that time,
before Kim Charlie went into the vault,
the previous client who visited the vault
must be a familiar person
When he went into the vault,
the safe no. 168 that he saw
should have been the safe no. 167 instead
It was rented by the four thieves
The fake lock cylinder prepared by Fang Li Bin
was made according to the safe no. 168's key
and the original passcode
But then many of the safe numbers would have been mixed up
Didn't anyone notice?
No
Zhao Da Tong was the company's General Manager
who had arranged Kim Charlie's schedule
He purposely arranged the time to visit the vault
right before closing time
That way, Kim Charlie would leave the bank after depositing the diamonds
and Wang Ji Fu
would stop all business in the vault right away
Then Zhao Da Tong,
Wang Ji Fu,
Fang Li Bing,
these three people
hid in Wang Ji Fu's office
until Zheng Yuan came on duty
The four of them
then went into the vault together
and changed back the original number plates
as well as the
original lock cylinder
In order to share the wealth after 10 years
they used a unique way to keep the faith among them
The passcode of the safe
is a combination of three different groups of numbers
Zhao Da Tong, Fang Li Bin, Zheng Yuan
They set a group of numbers separately
which only they knew about
Whereas Wang Ji Fu
kept the key
Then they went back to their hiding place and waited until the next morning
to leave among the crowd
The next day,
which was Monday morning,
Wang Ji Fu
opened the door of the vault
He used the key and passcode which he had prepared earlier
to open safe no. 168
Then he pressed the alarm button
That's why the police
didn't find out anything
Everyone including Kim Charlie
thought that the diamonds had vanished
No one knew
the priceless diamonds
were actually kept in safe no. 167
Afterwards,
The four parted ways
They changed their jobs
moved house
and changed addresses
Erasing any connection between them
Until a certain day ten years later,
they meet again at the agreed location
They assemble the passcode and key
to open the safe
and collect the case that had run out of battery
In order to verify my hypothesis,
I went to see the current bank manager
Even though he can't reveal any customer information
I convinced him to check the rental contracts for safes no. 167 and 168
Then I found out
exactly ten years ago, safe no. 167 was rented out to an anonymous person
and came with a weird condition
stating that
no one is allowed
to open the safe before ten years have passed
On the last day of that ten-year term,
which is today,
someone can easily get into the vault
with the key of safe no. 167
to collect its contents
Dr. Huo,
it's so strange
Why is the key of safe no. 167
with you now?
Can we take a look inside?
This is my safe
The things inside are my personal belongings
You have no right to see it
I thought you said
you were in Austria ten years ago
How did you manage to rent a safe here?
I asked someone for help
Dr. Huo
I really admire that
you can keep your cool right now
A month ago,
when Xiao Man and I went to your clinic
and looked through your files
I discovered that one of the file numbers was missing
At first I thought it was nothing
But then I slowly started thinking
maybe you're actually hiding a patient's name from me
For instance,
Zhao Da Tong
He attended your hypnotherapy sessions,
not knowing that he would expose his own secrets
That's how you found out the truth of the diamond theft case ten years ago
Then you managed to get the combination passcode from him
and you killed him to silence him
Hypnosis is not that fantastic in real life
Hypnosis may not be that fantastic
But it has this
TSD
A type of drug extracted from poisonous mushrooms
A small dose will have calming effect
While an overdose will make the patient start to hallucinate
or even drop their mental barriers
One night a month ago,
you brought the drug
and sneaked into Zhao Da Tong's house
You forced him to take an overdose
After you learned the passcode from him
You made it look like a fire
One one hand, you did this to cover up your crime
On the other hand,
you wanted to cause more casualties
to distract the police
You killed ten people
just for a case of diamonds
Du Jin Bao set the fire
and he admitted it
Please put me to death
No
Du Jin Bao is just a scapegoat
He came to you for help with his sleepwalking,
but you used him
Detective Luo
You're too imaginative
You may ask any psychologist
and they'll tell you
hypnosis can only give simple mental suggestions,
not do complex things.
Especially not things that go against one's instincts
For example, hurting oneself or others
I didn't say that
you hypnotized him to start the fire
You just had to exacerbate his condition
and make sure he sleepwalks every Sunday night
You set all of those fires
After setting the fires,
you sneaked into Du Jin Bao's house
and planted the evidence to frame him
When Du Jin Bao went back home and saw the evidence
naturally he would think he was the one who had set the fires
After you killed Zhao Da Tong,
you tried to find the other three partners
with the names he had provided
Then, you used the same way
to kill Fang Li Bin and Zheng Yuan
You could have used the same method
to take out Wang Ji Fu
and take the key from him
Then made an anonymous call
to report that Du Jin Bao is the arsonist
to perfectly complete your plan
But unfortunately,
you made a fatal mistake
You only knew the four of them
were not in contact with each other
So none of them would suspect
the death of their allies
But you forgot about Wang Ji Fu's job
He's working as an editor of a newspaper publisher
He used to focus on his job all the time
We've never caused any trouble
Although a newspaper won't publish a list of the deceased
Wang Ji Fu had access to prime news source materials
[Zhao Da Tong]
When he saw Zhao Da Tong was
one of the victims of the first fire,
he must have been upset
Because it meant that the safe couldn't be opened anymore
And the diamonds couldn't be taken out
When he saw that Fang Li Bin was
one of the victims of the second fire,
[Fang Li Bin]
That upset feeling would have surely turned into panic
Because he might think
it was all because Zheng Yuan
wanted to steal the diamonds
And the next target would be him
So, he set many traps in his house
to catch Zheng Yuan alive
Because only Zheng Yuan
knew the full combination passcode
But when he saw Zheng Yuan was
one of the victims of the third fire,
the panic turned into fear
Since none of his allies are the murderer,
a superstitious man like Wang Ji Fu might think
it's the ghost of Kim Charlie
back for revenge
So he hung talismans all over the house
When Mrs. Wang
saw her husband behave abnormally,
she was worried about him
So she made a police report
That's how
it caught our attention and we entered the investigation
Eventually,
this would mark the downfall of your perfect plan
That night,
you wanted to kill Wang Ji Fu
But we ruined your plan
So,
you left this behind while running away
Because of this,
it led us to your clinic
You didn't panic nor give up on your original plan
You just used an alibi to muddle through
Then you provided a few clues to distract our attention
and stall for time
At last,
you used a fake target to confuse us
so that you could continue your perfect plan
You got the key
You killed Wang Ji Fu
Set his house on fire, burned the evidence, and framed Du Jin Bao
That day, Xiao Man saw
Wang Ji Fu laughing maniacally in the fire
Actually, it's because he took
an overdose of TSD
Don't forget
I have an alibi
You're right
To make your plan foolproof,
you arranged an alibi
every time you committed a crime
Your insomnia patient,
Mr. Ma Tian Li of the Municipal Council
receives your treatment every Sunday until 10 pm sharp
So when the fires break out around 10 pm,
you're at the clinic
This alibi seems unbreakable,
but you actually fabricated it
[Municipal Council member - Ma Tian Li]
The treatment's over
When I went to Ma's mansion to investigate
Because of insomnia,
he needs a very quiet environment
The clock in his house
has no clockwork
You wanted to see me, right?
What's the matter?
Didn't you want to hear
the murderer's confession?
Actually, I feel regret now
If it wasn't for my greed,
you, Xiao Man, and I would still be friends
We could still be working together
But the diamonds were too alluring and it blinded me
I checked it out
You invited Xiao Man to a party
but the party didn't exist
Actually, I panicked when the two of you
came to my clinic that day
Because I knew with your abilities
you'd find out the truth sooner or later
I had no choice
It was the only way I could think of to distract you both
I deceived Xiao Man
Please tell her that I'm sorry
So you invited her to the party
just to disrupt our investigation?
To be exact, I wanted to distract you
Luo Fei
I've become what I am today
all because of greed
I'll reflect on my sins while I'm here
What's he trying to cover up?
-What are you doing? -Stop it!
Stop it!
Dear Aunt
The case was solved
But, unexpectedly,
the real culprit behind it
is a colleague of mine whom I've always respected
I think
everyone chooses their own path in life
One person lost his way
when confronted with greed
Another person is able to advance bravely
in the right direction in spite of the boundless darkness
With regards to the latter man,
justice is an immortal fire in his heart
and faith is the infinite power of his soul
You've been with me all night
Huo Wen Si thinks that I have special feelings for Xiao Man
Even he's guilty of committing a crime,
he's still a professional psychologist
Did he get it right?
[Preview]
The victims had a smile on their face
It's very weird
By the joint reaction between the larynx and the neck,
I can confirm the victims
couldn't stop laughing
which led to death due to hypoxia
They really died from laughter?
The body also has traces
of being whipped post-mortem
I found the star-shaped earring Luo Fei mentioned in the victim's stomach
In a serial murder five years ago,
every time the murderer killed
he left the previous victim's belonging
at the next crime scene
to tell us hat he had committed this crime too
Ou Yang Xun disbanded the team
and stopped the investigation
while the murderer ceased all activities and suddenly stopped committing crimes
It seems they reached some kind of
secret agreement between them
To be more accurate,
they made some kind of dirty deal
Sir
I think there will be more victims
More?
[The Smiling Black Widow]
[Stay tuned]
[Extra - This is a very serious detective drama]
Luo Fei
What's up?
I just learned hypnosis
Let's try it
I don't want to
Let's try
No
Stop writing
Let's go
I don't want to! What are you doing?
Let's try
Sit down
What do you want?
Hypnosis
I don't want to be hypnotized by you
Please
I still don't want to
You're a grown man
What are you afraid of?
What am I afraid of? I'm not afraid of anything
Then why are you covering your chest?
I just suddenly feel very cold
You're weak, huh?
I'm not weak
Let me hypnotize you then
Now,
relax your body
I'm relaxing
Take a deep breath
Take a deep breath together with me
Try to sit in the most comfortable position
I'm very comfortable now
Relax your hands and your feet
They're relaxed
Okay
Now,
look at the pocket watch in my hand
Follow my rhythm
5
4
3
2
1
Relax your head
Feel the warmth spread through your entire body
Feel the weight of your body touching the chair
Hear the sound of the air
moving around us
You can only hear my voice
Luo Fei
Do you think
Qin Xiao Man
is pretty?
Very ugly
She looks like a tomboy
All day long it's blah blah blah
It's so annoying
Then what do you think
about her job performance?
Very poor
So poor
While this guy is out collecting evidence all day long
who knows what that person is up to all day long
Anyway, she's become a burden
I don't think she's fit to be a detective
What is she doing at the police station?
Luo Fei
Is that true?
I can't breathe
Can't breathe?
You still wanna breathe?
Did you really mean what you just said?
What did I just say?
You said I was very ugly
looked like a tomboy
bad at my job
and always getting you in trouble
Is that all true?
That must be a lie
How can there be a male protagonist like you?
Look at the other dramas the male protagonist is so warm
Go and find those guys, then
How can you roast the female protagonist like this?
You're going to spoil the quality of the whole drama
What will the bullet comments say later?
But your character was designed like this
-What design?
-Alright Alright Alright
This is a very serious detective drama
We have to make a good impression on the audience
Okay?