All language subtitles for Archives.The.Nanyang.Mystery.E09.en

♪ Through the mist, we walk side by side
across endless mountains and seas ♪

♪ Each sunrise brings hope,
and every sunset answers in kind ♪

♪ Drawn by the heart's call ♪

♪ We brave wind and frost,
free beneath the boundless sky ♪

♪ Every moonrise glows with pure radiance,
and every moonset fades into a dream ♪

♪ In the years to come, I'll ponder it ♪

♪ Across the vast mortal world,
our spirits soaring high ♪

♪ We vowed to forge ahead together ♪

♪ After weathering life's storms ♪

♪ I look back on our days
of youth and freedom ♪

♪ Now rusted by time,
swallowed by a boundless crimson tide ♪

♪ All love and hatred in this world
mean nothing anymore ♪

♪ A life of highs and lows ♪

♪ Yet never shared with you ♪

[Archives: The Nanyang Mystery]

[Episode 9]

How did it go?

Did you find the killer?

Cousin...

I've been poisoned.

Yeah, I know.

But aren't you the "Plague"?

Isn't this part of your plan?

Run.

They're coming for us! They're coming...

It's time to settle this once and for all.

[A ball will be held
in the upper-deck VIP suite.]

Clean the area.

I'm going out for a while.

There is a violent chicken
from the lower hold.

[Best regards, Dong Zhuohua]

Don't go out.

What's the point of staying here?

Danger will find me anyway.

So,

I'm going to take a walk

and see if anything new happens.

Tonight's dinner was actually quite good.

What did I do wrong?

Why do I have to go through all this crap?

Maybe it's precisely
because you did nothing wrong

that you're going through all this.

It's all your fault.

Ever since I met you...

I don't know who I'll run into

or what will happen
when I open my eyes the next day.

My life wasn't supposed to be like this...

Well, now that you're here,

welcome to my world.

Why don't we sit down and talk

about

what to do next?

Let's eat something
to replenish our strength.

Again?

Better safe than sorry.

First of all,

this is a very meticulous plan.

Our opponents
are definitely professionals.

But I didn't expect

them to have so many people.

I told you.

I warned you.

But you wouldn't listen.

When we entered first class,

they all saw us.

So they will definitely follow us here.

But not too soon,

because they don't know
which room we're in.

This is first class,

not third class.

The security isn't even comparable.

They won't attack rashly.

Most likely, they've arranged men
at the exits

to keep an eye on us.

We can't get out anymore.

There are also killers

among the waitstaff.

So they'll sweep room by room.

At the latest, they'll find us tonight.

Look,

it's almost 9 o'clock.

Don't worry.

I'll find a way out.

Shh.

Who's there?

I'm here to deliver the invitation letter.

I'm showering.

Just put it in through the door crack.

Yes, sir.

[Invitation]

What is it?

[Mr. Steven, you are cordially invited to
attend tomorrow evening at 9:00 PM.]

Our last card to play.

[Best regards, Dong Zhuohua]

The ship owner, Miss Dong.

Miss Dong?

[We await your gracious presence.]

Zhang Hailou,

I've let you investigate for so long.

[Best regards, Dong Zhuohua]

It's time to close the net.

It seems fate hasn't abandoned me.

Heaven is still on my side.

So you're saying

Miss Dong

can help us catch the bad guys?

Of course.

But those bad guys have seen your face.

You can't even go out now.

So I need some time to prepare.

Are you sure Miss Dong can help you?

Those people have hidden themselves well.

[These are the bandits on your ship.]

Even if you manage to see her,

why would she believe you?

[Check it, and you'll know I'm not lying.]

Who said I need her to believe me?

Right now, all I need is one dance

with Miss Dong.

It seems

the deal you made last time

was quite a good one.

We must seize this opportunity.

Please come in.

Give it to me.

Please.

With that face of yours,

you'll be spotted
the moment you walk out the door.

How are you going to get to the ball?

It's indeed hard to disguise yourself
as a foreigner,

but changing appearance

is a skill I've practiced since childhood.

This ball looks pretty extravagant.

When will Miss Dong appear?

Steven, my friend,
where have you been all night?

I had a bad sore throat.

Needed to go back to get my medicine.

You don't need your throat to dance.

Come on, let's finish dinner.

Have some fun.

I'd love to.

I hear they have some special wine here

for dance parties.

Steven?

Miss Dong,

have you made up your mind

about the matter I mentioned last time?

As I said,

the deal we agreed upon
when we boarded this ship

is final.

I can't accommodate

your additional demands.

They aren't additional demands.

It's an additional deal.

This is a piece of jade
discovered in Central Asia,

the crown jewel of my collection.

I hope it can open the door

to a broader partnership between us.

An opportunity delivered to my doorstep.

It's indeed very precious.

But exchanging it for the entry documents

means letting our family risk our lives

for a stone.

I'm afraid my father wouldn't agree.

Besides, I haven't reached Xiacheng yet.

Our first deal hasn't been completed.

So, why the rush?

By the time we reach Xiacheng,

I'm afraid one stone won't be enough.

What I mean is,

you accept this stone now,

send a telegram to your father,

and help us get

the entry and exit documents
before we arrive in Xiacheng.

Once we arrive

and secure the treasure
indicated on the map,

you can take back the documents.

You're trying to use me

to threaten my father?

It's a deal, Miss Dong. A deal.

Mr. Warner,

you said

your men are all cold-blooded killers,

right?

Yes, cold-blooded killers

at my command.

Right, Steven?

I need to distract the armed guards
at the door first

to have a chance to kidnap Miss Dong.

Miss Dong,

you've been stalling for far too long.

Give me your answer today.

Otherwise,

we may all face quite a fright

tonight.

Then you'll certainly be frightened.

Mr. Fake Face,

do you think you'll succeed?

She's so fierce.

A shipping magnate's daughter?

She's exactly the kind of daughter
I would've raised myself.

I'm here to report my findings.

I've found those bandits.

Here are their sketches.

Zhang Hailou,

your disguise skills are good.

Too bad I taught you.

So I saw through it at first glance.

What's wrong with Steven?

Where's my jade?

Your jade was stolen by Steven.

What the hell is going on with Steven?

He's jumping around like a monkey.

Miss Dong, I lost something on your ship.

You should take responsibility for it.

That's not quite right.

Wasn't it your man who stole it?

You've tried to fool me.

That guy just now was not Steven at all.

If Steven could jump down from here

and still run away,

I'd lick your boots.

Since the thief's objective was the jade,

it must still be on the ship

before we dock.

What are you worried about?

Conduct a search now.

Announce this to everyone

and have all passengers
remain in their rooms

to await Mr. Warner's inspection.

What exactly is this woman trying to do?

Attention, all passengers.

The Nan'an has entered
an emergency ship lockdown.

Please return to your cabins immediately.

Do not visit other rooms

or host overnight guests.

Violators will be treated as stowaways.

Attention, all passengers.

The Nan'an has entered
an emergency ship lockdown.

Please return to your rooms immediately.

Do not visit other rooms

or host overnight guests.

I don't know.

I heard there are bandits on the ship.

It's dangerous,
so they've locked the ship down.

I also heard that during the lockdown,

anyone not in their cabin
will be arrested...

Regardless of whether they're a suspect.

Miss Dong, if you can't recover the jade,

we may not be going to Xiacheng.

Miss Dong, your father

will have to offer more
to get the ship to dock.

I see that jade

wasn't even yours to begin with.

You borrowed it from a museum, didn't you?

Using a borrowed item
to make your own deal...

Does the museum know your tricks?

It doesn't matter

whose hands a museum's jade is kept in.

Trading a few priceless treasures

for entry and exit documents

is certainly a good deal.

But losing them? That's another matter.

Indeed.

Then you'd become a wanted man abroad,

and your academic reputation
would be destroyed.

Simply put,

without that jade,

you're finished.

It means we share the same fate.

Wouldn't you agree, Mr. Warner?

Give me command of your armed unit.

Tonight,

I'll help you recover the jade.

As for the rest of our deal,

we can talk about it later.

Okay.

Gentlemen,

there are no rules here.

Anyone I tell you to kill,

shoot them right away.

Otherwise, I can't guarantee your safety.

Let's go. Check Steven's room.

That man just told me

to give this money to... who was it?

Give this money

to Zhang Hailou.

Forget it.

I'm in enough trouble as it is.

Why get involved in
someone else's business?

I'll just hand it to the ship police
before getting off.

What

rotten luck, day after day.

He's back.

What are you doing here?

What the hell are you doing here?

No, not me! It has nothing to do with me!

No!

Wait.

Take him to the room.

Get up!

These are the bandits on your ship.

Check it, and you'll know I'm not lying.

I've found the bandits.

[Telegram]

I've already verified it.

He's the real Steven.

He didn't take the jade.

Then who stole the jade?

It was that con man surnamed Zhang.

I was kidnapped by him.

- He knows the face-changing art.
- Blaming everything on me, huh?

Blaming whoever is absent, huh?

But I don't know what his real purpose is.

Now it seems

the jade was what he was after all along.

This man is his accomplice.

Miss Dong,

since this man is his accomplice,

how do you think we should deal with him?

Kill him.

You...

It seems she's not bluffing.

That young man named Zhang

isn't working with her.

So, what should we do with him now?

Hudson.

You know what to do.

Turn around.

No!

- Don't look at me!
- Please, no!

Hudson,

easy.

We should spare him for now.

In case that woman is trying to embezzle

and wants to get rid of a witness.

Bring him downstairs.

Come on.

They've really started killing
without restraint.

[Go up and down the auxiliary ladders
steadily and slowly.]

The whole ship is hunting for you now.

Could you not just listen to me for once?

If you keep wasting time,

you'll be the one to die.

What?

How do you still
have the nerve to say that?

You actually think you're justified here?

They're clearly trying to arrest you!

What does it have to do with me?

I was taken hostage by you!

You... you...

Are you okay?

I-I won't say anything more, alright?

So, what do we do now?

Stay alive.

If we remain on this ship,

we'll just end up
being killed by Miss Dong.

There are people everywhere
on the ship now.

We'll get caught wherever we hide.

The Apple Theory.

Ever heard of it?

I don't like apples!

Who the hell asked you that?

I only made enough food for one person.

I'll ask you two a question.

[Young Zhang Hailou] [Young Zhang Haixia]

Whoever answers first gets to eat.

And don't you two little brats
secretly team up.

Listen carefully.

These apples on the table are mine.

You two

need to steal the apples from here.

Both of you have to steal some

and figure out a way
without making me suspicious.

Think individually. No conspiring.

I'd give six apples to Zhang Hailou

and let him run first.

Then I'd stay here with the last apple.

After you came back,

I'd tell you

that Zhang Hailou took all seven apples.

Why?

Because as far as
Zhang Hailou is concerned,

whether he took six or seven,

you'd already be furious.

You'd just assume

that he took

all seven apples.

And he wouldn't bother clarifying

exactly how many he really took,

because getting a beating

would be inevitable either way.

Zhang Haixia,

you beast!

You'd actually come up
with a scheme like that?

I was just thinking of

pinning the whole thing

on Ergou next door!

Zhang Hailou,

when you're hungry,

think carefully about this lesson.

Someday, when you find yourself
in a tight spot,

you must know
how to get yourself off the hook.

Eat up quickly.

Finish it before our mentor finds out.

Otherwise, we'll both be in trouble.

Hide here for 20 minutes.

I'll go take care of something
and come back.

You're injured this badly.

Where are you even going?

I'm going to find some corpses
and save your sorry life.

It's so dangerous out there.

Why bother looking for one?

With your injury,
if you keep pushing yourself,

you'll become a corpse, you know?

Miss Dong now sees us as a threat.

With her personality,

after she finishes off all the killers,

she'll definitely take a headcount
of everyone on the ship.

Then she'll find us

and kill us.

Then what do we do?

So, I need to find two decoys.

Throw them onto a lifeboat

and make it look like they escaped.

That way, Miss Dong will
jump to the conclusion

that we fled by boat as well.

It's just like the Apple Theory.

I can't follow what you're saying.

The way your mind works
is just not normal.

We're being hunted right now,

and your solution is
to go back and kill people.

You're absolutely insane.

Taking Miss Dong hostage
is a lost cause now.

You don't understand.

This is exactly
the most unexpected approach

for us to remain on the ship

and reach Xiacheng safely,

then return to Nanyang
as quickly as possible.

You guys,

go check over there.

You!

You guys, this way.

Stay here and wait for me to come back.

How could I have forgotten about you?

At last, this moment has come.

It's time to settle things between us.

Believe it or not,

people who say that

usually end up dead.

Zhang,

I said I would kill you sooner or later!

It just took a little longer
than expected.

But now I'm going to
make good on that promise.

Come on.

What are you looking at?

Stop looking around!

There's nothing here to save you.

All your dirty tricks

won't work here.

Do you still remember?

The blades in your mouth

aren't as fast as my bullets.

After all, you're
the fastest gun in Nanyang.

Let's talk this out calmly...

I originally wanted to
shoot you dead with one bullet,

but that

would be too easy for you.

The suffering I've endured
these past few days...

You need to experience it too.

Jump.

I heard that

when someone gets pulled into
a high-speed turbine,

they only stay alive
for about two seconds.

But those two seconds are pure agony.

I haven't finished yet!

Look over there.

Come on, you idiots!

Jesus.

Someone's firing from an ambush!

This Steven

is wearing a mask!

There are three men in the portrait
retreating into the hold.

Use the projectiles.

Where is Miss Dong?

Miss Dong, she wouldn't let us in.

She handled this by herself.

Looks like the killers are
all in the cargo hold.

Shh.

Don't make a sound.

Let's settle this with our fists, bro.

No way.

Plague?

Plague?

Plague?

Why are you here?

I came looking for you.

You remember that killer named Bai Zhu?

She got caught.

Then one of the armed men
was about to torture her to death.

I tried to stop him,

but Bai Zhu killed him in an instant

and then collapsed.

I didn't know what else to do.

So I dragged her into a lifeboat.

But I didn't dare stay there.

I was afraid she'd kill me
when she woke up.

But I couldn't just leave her
on deck either.

I was worried
someone else would get to her.

I had no choice,

so I came looking for you.

Okay, okay.

I get it now.

Now we have two bodies.

We need to find a place to hide.

Hide.

Okay, hide.

Who are those guys?

Miss Dong is in the cargo hold?

I was going to finish off two killers
and bring back their bodies,

but now I don't need to.

The cargo hold...

Are you okay?

It's you.

G-Go to the cargo hold.

Everything is ready.

We must kill that woman

and complete the mission.

We can't let anyone know about us.

Everyone on the ship

has to die.

The cargo hold is...

What's wrong?

What's burning?

Something is burning?

That bastard just came to
blow up the electrical box.

Why are you spitting?

I'm out of blades.

What do we do now?

Retreat.

Come on, let's go!

Move! Move!

Go, go, go!

Go check out the door.

Check out the door.

I have no idea! Let's check!

They must be here somewhere.

Check upstairs.

Check out the floor down there.

Nobody!

Nobody here!

Your wound has torn open again.

There are killers.

Good God, how did we end up
in the cargo hold after all?

No.

We need to get out of here now.

Bai Zhu said

there are traps in the cargo hold.
It's very dangerous.

Why didn't you tell me sooner?

I just did.

I was cut off halfway by the explosion.

Stay close to me.

Someone's there. Someone's there.

A dead man.

It was a man,

not Miss Dong.

Counting Bai Zhu,
that makes exactly two bodies.

Carry the body out.

No, no.

Front left.

Someone's there.

There have to be

at least dozens of people
in this cargo hold.

Where is the killer closest to me?

Front left, behind the cargo crates.

Exact location.

Just...

Right over there.

Right over there.

Don't touch the wooden crates.

There seems to be
something wrong with them.

Plague,

be careful!

Many people are closing in.

Zhang Ruipu?