01x05 - Episode 5

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Lucy?

According to Watanabe Yasutaka's autopsy report

he died of a brain aneurysm.

It's a natural death.

But you said in your report that

he's a victim of homicide

and the m*rder*r is Mo Qifeng

a research student who died ten years ago.

You go on to say that Mo Qifeng

destroyed Watanabe's brain

with an unprecedented sound wave technology.

Which report should I believe in?

I only believe in evidence.

What Li Xiao means is...

he never speculates when investigating cases

but adopts an evidence-based approach.

Detective Li, is this "evidence"

you put so much trust in

provided by the m*rder convict, Cheng Tianli?

Sir, Cheng Tianli and Cheng Anya

are both renowned neural engineering experts.

In many of our investigations

they've proposed many hypotheses

which have time and again proven true

despite my initial scepticism and reservations.

Cheng Tianli's been incarcerated for ten years.

He'll do anything to gain your trust

to stay out of jail.

As for Cheng Anya, she has a brain tumour

which can cause hallucinations.

You've sacrificed the life of

the most important person in our district

based on their hypotheses!

Brain tumour?

Are you still getting headaches?

No. I only had a headache from

the sound waves at the mental health facility.

I see.

When I created the dream raiding machine

I never thought

it could work without a connection cable.

Well, all you need is a brain tumour.

I've been mulling over this.

Could your frequent visits to the laboratory

and exposure to the dream raiding machine

when you were a child

have brought about your current condition?

But it shouldn't be.

You were never connected to the machine.

I did try it out secretly a few times.

Who operated the machine for you?

Uncle Mo.

But I didn't manage to enter any dreamscapes.

Perhaps we can duplicate the wireless system

and we'll be able to project

your consciousness anywhere we want!

Project it to Li Xiao's hearing then.

I promised to testify for him.

I'm already half an hour late.

I'm more worried about your condition

than his career.

Dr Qin, I'd like to reschedule our appointment

if that octopus in my head remains unchanged.

I'm sorry. Your tumour has grown bigger.

—What? —Here, take a look.

This is last week's scan.

This is today's scan.

Why can't I see the cerebral cortex?

The tumour has enveloped her entire brain.

I need to arrange a biopsy for you at once.

Why did you ask to meet me?

I just wanted to see you.

Are you marrying Anya and moving to the US?

Of course not.

Are you terminally ill or something?

My god. Am I going to be fatherless

at the tender age of seven?

Stop making wild guesses.

I just wanted to see you.

I had a rough day today.

And you feel better now that you've seen me?

Yes.

David proposed to Mum.

That's quite sudden.

David lives in Singapore.

Mum said if they got married

I'd be attending school in Singapore.

Why hasn't she said a word to me?

She can't just take you away like that.

She...

I'm sorry.

Xiaoke.

Are these changes scary to you?

Getting a new father

and going to a new school.

I'm not scared. I'm just bummed out

that I won't get to hang out

and have strawberry yogurt with you again.

You have the right to pursue happiness

but we agreed on joint custody.

You can't just take my child away like that.

I know you've been the one

taking care of Xiaoke.

Don't make me involve the lawyers!

Hello?

Hello?

What?

Look at it from another angle.

Xiaoke will benefit from the education system

and living environment in Singapore.

What do you know? You don't have any kids.

Never mind. I take back what I said.

Does the suspect have a criminal record?

No.

How did you meet that woman?

Lucy Ding...

She offered to come home with me.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm Zhang Jie.

I'm Lucy Ding.

Can I buy you a drink?

No strings attached.

It's just that you're the first person

to speak to me today.

Why don't we have that drink at your place?

And that didn't set off any alarm bells?

It does seem odd now that I think about it.

I actually thought I could...

pick up chicks from a pub.

Your three roommates are dead

because you were feeling horny.

I'm not discounting the possibility that

you and your roommates fought over Lucy Ding

and you k*lled them out of jealousy.

I didn't k*ll anyone!

I swear I didn't k*ll anyone.

I don't know what happened.

I really don't.

I don't know anything.

What have you found?

I've checked the surveillance footage available

from the pub all the way to Zhang Jie's house.

Out of the ten security cameras along the route

three of them were hidden cameras.

Show me the footage.

It's all just noise.

Lucy Ding?

There was no gunpowder residue on Zhang Jie.

There was no bad blood

between him and his roommates.

Which means Lucy Ding is the one who k*lled them.

Look at the size of these b*llet holes.

And how close they are to each other.

I don't think it's from a p*stol.



UMP45 submachine g*ns.

That's used by SWAT teams overseas.

And foreign mercenaries too.

Why would they be here?

Three young people were k*lled

in such a small space.

The sh**ter's a hell of a crappy marksman.

How many g*ns were fired in here?

—Three. —Three UMP45 submachine g*ns?

Yeah.

The trail of b*ll*ts

go all the way across the room.

This is the last shot...

but I don't see any blood.

This window is unlocked

and it leads to the fire escape staircase.

She got away!

So Lucy Ding wasn't the k*ller?

It's just a biopsy.

Don't be afraid, it'll be over soon.

Why would you think I'd be afraid?

I've undergone surgery before.

I remember.

Do you, really?

In junior high school, I fractured my neck

falling from the balance beam

during the national sports competition.

Yes!

You wore a neck brace for three months.

Wasn't I at the hospital

when you had your surgery?

You had a class that day.

It was Uncle Mo and Aunt Li'an

who came to cheer me on.

They went to the hospital with me

and left only after the surgery was over.

Mo Qifeng and Li'an really loved you.

Li'an always said

you were like the sister she never had

or the daughter she always wanted to have.

Why did Uncle Mo appear in Watanabe's dream?

Why did he want you to open the gate?

I don't know.

But I've seen that gate in Li'an's dreamscape.

Is that the gate to the Abyss of Consciousness?

Yes.

I think that wasn't just Watanabe's dreamscape.

I suspect Mo Qifeng

brought Li'an's dreamscape there as well.

Aunt Li'an's dreamscape?

I can't be sure but I'll find out.

Why did Uncle Mo say what happened

to him and Aunt Li'an was your fault?

Ms Cheng Anya.

We have to enter the operating theatre now.

All right, get ready.

Come on.

Get going.

There was signal interference

whenever Lucy Ding appeared on camera.

We have to track her down.

There's a total of 531 public security cameras

in the district which showed interference.

It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Let's narrow it down...

by location.

We're down to 125 security cameras.

Any that belongs to the same company?

This is interesting. These eight companies

are affiliated to Northern Group.

Only one of the cameras

didn't exhibit any signal interference.

And where is that security camera?

Lucy Ding?

The procedure went smoothly.

It'll take another half an hour

for the anaesthetic to wear off.

She can be discharged tomorrow if all goes well.

Thank you.

Dr Qin, please give me a copy of

the histopathology report when it's out.

I can understand

if you wish to seek a second opinion

but we have to get the patient's approval

—before I can give you a copy. —I know.

I understand that.

I just want to do some research of my own.

What?

Something's not right. The doors are unlocked.

Police!

I saw you coming a minute ago.

I'm leaving in three minutes.

You're Lucy Ding?

Yes.

Is Zhang Jie OK?

He's fine. Are you an employee here?

Consider me a former employee.

Still took me five long minutes

to hack into their security system.

We suspect you're involved in a m*rder case.

Please come to the police station with us.

I didn't k*ll those three students.

I know. What are you doing here?

Siphoning Northern Industrial's money

at US$100,000 a minute.

—You're stealing money? —No, I'm not.

I'm re-channelling these ill-gotten gains.

Hi.

Hi.

Zhang Jie is a little dim.

He makes for a good cover.

I suppose he's going to hate me for life.

They're here.

Who?

Don't worry. They can't get in just yet.

You're glowing.

Northern Industrial altered my brain

and linked it to computers and security cameras.

This is one of the side effects.

My upgraded brain will keep absorbing energy.

When I absorb too much energy, I glow.

I just need to soak in ice to cool down.

Calling Unit Two.

There's no reception in here.

They'll call their boss to open the door.

And then, they'll sh**t us all.

Are you stealing your boss's money

to get back at him?

He ruined my life.

This is payback.

I can't undo what they did to my brain

but I can choose how I wish to die.

What if I can undo what was done to you?

Are you a part-time doctor too, Detective?

Have you heard of Professor Cheng Tianli?

Every student from Northern District University

has heard of him.

He k*lled a bunch of people in a fire

and used human subjects for his experiments.

Since you're a student there

I'm sure you also know that he's the best

neural engineering expert in Asia.

So? I heard he died in prison.

He's not dead. He's on my special task force.

We specialise in cases like yours.

Even if I want to believe you

I'll be captured once they get in.

They're not going to k*ll you?

I'm their boss's most important asset.

They wouldn't dare k*ll me.

But you guys won't be so lucky.

I don't buy that. It's obvious that

they were gunning for you at the crime scene.

I was going to leave at the break of dawn

but they were already there when I walked out.

I ran back into the apartment.

The three students were just unlucky.

They were caught in the g*nf*re.

They shot at me to stop me from running.

As long as my brain remains intact

I'm still of value to their boss.

Lucy Ding, Boss is not coming.

He wants you to come with me.

It's you again.

You took my line.

Don't move.

Play along.

My daughter's only seven. I don't want to die.

I don't want to die because of this brat.

Put down your g*ns or I'll blow her head off!

You don't believe me?

Release her and I'll let you guys leave.

Drop your g*ns on the count of three

or I'll blow her head off.

One. Two.

Go ahead and flee. Go on!

I'll k*ll you and everyone you know!

Just like how you k*lled those three students?

That's right.

Hide behind us!

Don't hit the asset!



Four suspects requiring medical attention

at 186 Industrial Road Two.

I think there might be some kind of microchip

implanted in Lucy Ding's brain

which is why she keeps absorbing energy.

She's generating energy

the way a Tesla coil would.

Can you cure her?

What she has isn't an ailment.

It's an advancement in human evolution.

I'm afraid the energy will wreck her body.

If her brain continues to absorb energy

faster than it can be released through her skin

all that pent-up energy within her

will culminate in an expl*si*n.

So you're saying she's a ticking time b*mb.

[German] All things transient are but a parable.

[German] You speak German?

[German] I learnt it a while ago.

Dr Cheng, what type of b*mb will I be?

That depends on how much energy you've stored.

The best-case scenario is a contained expl*si*n

pulverising nothing more than your organs.

So, the worst-case scenario

is me exploding like a hand grenade?

Why did you let them alter your brain?

I was looking for a job online

when I saw their advertisement

claiming that they could make people smarter.

So I applied for it.

I woke up three months later

with my mind altered.

Did you see their faces?

I only saw the boss.

He told me to plan a heist

to rob five banks at one go

if I wanted to stay alive.

So, you were the mastermind

behind the chain of bank robberies

in the Southern District last week.

Does this count as a confession?

We'll get you fixed first.

We have to know what they did to you

before we can undo it.

I have no memories of that three months.

We can help you with that.

Don't worry. This will just sting a little.

[German] You must be careful.

There's a private plane leaving for

Switzerland this afternoon.

Lucy Ding's name is on the flight manifest.

I'm sorry I didn't make it

to your hearing two days ago.

It's OK.

I wanted to go

but I was held up at the hospital.

Were you... unwell?

Well... my dad has a heart murmur.

I was with him at his check-up.

I'll make sure

he doesn't do anything too taxing.

Thanks.

Dream raiding programme initiated.

In five, four, three, two, one.

Lucy Ding.

Lucy Ding?

What the hell? The electrical activity

in Lucy Ding's brain has hit 300mV.

—What's wrong? —That's twice the value

of normal brain activity.

And it's still going up!

It's 400mV now!

She's generating electricity.

Have you eaten?

Why are you so insistent on me opening the gate?

You still haven't figured that out?

Lucy's brain activity is hitting 500mV!

My dad's brain activity is still normal.

Mo Qifeng appeared again.

He is everywhere.

He opened Lucy's head with a chainsaw.

That's twisted.

He has gone completely off the rails.

Is it possible that

the Mo Qifeng you saw in dreamscapes

is just your hallucination?

It was definitely not a hallucination.

Those places I was at

weren't from my own dreamscape.

But officially, he's dead.

I saw him in Watanabe's dreamscape too.

That's impossible. You were having a seizure

and I was with you in the storeroom.

I wasn't having a seizure.

The sound waves from the patients' receivers

connected me to Watanabe's dreamscape.

Why just you and not me?

I didn't feel a thing.

That's because...

my brain isn't like anyone else's.

Because you have a brain tumour?

Rhyzen has appointed a new CEO.

Let me cast it on the monitor.

Breaking news. Ma Siwei has officially

taken over the reins as Rhyzen's new CEO.

Uncle Mo?

That's him!

He's the one who turned me into a freak!

Theta Workshop was established

four years after Mo Qifeng's death.

Their investment capital was US$3 million.

Who would give a man who faked his death

US$3 million to set up a company?

I don't think it was Watanabe.

In their six years of operation

three of Theta Workshop's CEOs have died.

A Japanese, a Hong Konger

and the Caucasian, Donald.

All figureheads.

I'm thinking Mo Qifeng is backed by

an immensely rich international crime syndicate.

Think about it. The basement lab

Theta Workshop, AURA Bar

and the lab in Iceland they have for you.

Every one of which must have

cost a b*mb to set up.

Mo Qifeng must've convinced them that

he can use the dream raiding machine

as a tool to control the minds

of the rich and powerful

without them ever realising it.

Watanabe was a case in point.

Mo Qifeng enticed Rhyzen

using Theta's sleep app and Sky Trooper

into acquiring Theta Workshop

so he'd get a seat on the board of directors

under the name, Ma Siwei.

This international crime syndicate

has taken over Rhyzen

the top technology company in the world.

I still find it hard to believe that

Uncle Mo is capable of so much evil.

You only saw what he wanted you to see.

I've seen another side to him.

Back then, Li'an and I tried hard

to keep him on the right path.

I don't care how he turned into a super villain.

I'm more interested to know

why he wanted to send you

to Switzerland this afternoon.

I don't know.

I don't like cold places.

Why don't we ask Mo Qifeng directly?

Ma Siwei, the new CEO of Rhyzen

who has been grabbing headlines lately

will be holding a press conference

in the company's headquarters at 3.00pm.

Hello, everyone.

I'm Ma Siwei, the new CEO of Rhyzen Group.

Rhyzen Group is Mr Watanabe's legacy.

I'll continue to uphold his ideology.

One of my priorities on the road map

is expediting the launch of Super Mind.

This will be Rhyzen's flagship product

for the next decade.

It's also Mr Watanabe's labour of love.

I have a question.

Why can't we find anything about you online?

Try using Rhyzen's search engine

and you might get some hits on me.

I'm Ma Siwei.

But it doesn't matter what my name is.

Three months from now

my employees will know I'm a competent CEO

and my shareholders will thank me

for generating more profits for Rhyzen.

Mo Qifeng, where are you hiding Li'an?

This is the biggest surprise I've had today.

The top neural engineering expert in Asia

Professor Cheng Tianli

has graced us with his presence.

Have you finally decided

to join Rhyzen's research team?

Do you have a spot open for Lucy Ding too?

Hey, Boss.

It's been a while.

Follow us to the conference room

or she'll blow up right here.

All that was implanted in your head

is a microchip.

Any competent neurosurgeon

would be able to remove it

following the steps detailed in here.

Please keep in mind that I had nothing to do

with what they did to you.

We aren't convinced.

Although I'm not responsible for this

but I believe Rhyzen will be happy

to sponsor your tuition fees

through our education trust fund.

US$5 million.

I really want to say

I don't care for your dirty money

but I've taken US$50 million from Northern Group

as compensation for emotional distress.

You may keep your US$5 million.

Uncle Mo.

Why didn't you tell me you're alive?

I'm Ma Siwei.

Cheng Tianli.

I meant what I said out there.

Join me and we can change the world.

You'll only plunge this world into chaos.

You owe me this much.

Who is it I owe? Ma Siwei or Mo Qifeng?

You know full well what you did.

You're going to pay me back and more.

Where are you hiding Li'an?

Somewhere you'll never find.

The asset and the plane

are not in Switzerland.

Our intelligence informs us that

your plane is still on the ground

at the Northern Airport.

We can't get anything past you.

Did it go well?

There was a minor hiccup.

They're very upset over the asset.

Well, you made the right decision

working with me, and not them.

What are they talking about?

Are you going to tell them we lost the asset?

If our ticking time b*mb had

got on the plane to Switzerland as scheduled

they could've lived a bit longer.

I never asked you where the backup asset is.

I see now you have it all planned out.

They keep getting in our way.

I'm so friggin' done with them.

So, have you found a solution?

—Yes, Mr Irons. —Yes, Mr Irons.

I don't want to hear it. You're fired!

Mo Qifeng, we'll find you a replacement.

Don't be. I'm starting to like her.

You know, we make the decisions.

I already feel sorry for you.

What?

Let's do it.

No!

This is going to give me nightmares.

No.

Dr Qin said the surgery went well.

You'll make a full recovery.

I don't know how I'm going to live.

That microchip is gone from your head now.

You don't have to worry that

you'll glow or blow up anymore.

You're still young.

From where I stand

I see you have your whole life ahead of you.

You should live it to the fullest.

I don't know how to live a normal life anymore.

Just be the girl you used to be.

Yesterday, I had complete access to

all computers and security cameras.

I had unlimited access to information.

I was free

and the cyberspace was my playground.

But now...

At least you're still alive.

And that's supposed to be enough?

I've never seen anything like this before.

I need you to keep mum about this.

Yes, I get it. It's confidential.

—As if you know what to do with it. —I...

I'm heading back to my laboratory.

Is Lucy Ding OK?

She needs some time to figure out

what to do with her life.

Ms Cheng, I need to talk to you.

Your preliminary pathology report is out.

I'll give you some privacy.

Dr Qin, how much time do I have left?

Ms Cheng, you must brace yourself.

So how much time do I have left?

If you need someone to talk to, I'm here.

It's me!

Li'an!