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Episode 16 translation by foxghost Subtitle timing/setting by pheral

Go.

Quick.

Hurry! This way!

What's happened to you?

Help me!

This is a story that happened in the police department.

One afternoon...

A female police officer...

Was doing her makeup in the bathroom.

But just as she was about to leave, she hears a sound coming out from a bathroom stall.

A sound like "...ah."

Right around then she was thinking:

It's the middle of the day, so it's not all that strange.

And so she walked over to take a look at the bathroom stalls.

She pushes open the first door...

No one is in there.

Then she pushes open the second door...

No one is in there either.

As she pushes open the third door...

Hey don't hit people, you!

You -

You alright?

What do mean if I'm alright?

Are you okay?

Disperse!

Disperse.

What are you doing?

What are YOU doing?

Going to the bathroom.

You startled me!

So even the great Dr. Zhan has occasions when he's startled. What are you so scared of?

Episode 16

I want to see the SCI Head Bai Yutong!

A minor issue like this, our Bai Sir is not going to bother with it. Just go back.

This is a minor issue? It's an intimidation letter!

They're threatening to kill people!

The Tuxi tribe people - they're capable of telepyrosis!

...Wasn't that your fault?

I'm going to say it again -

I want to see the Head of the SCI! Bai Yutong!

You should just go back. Stop wasting police resources.

Feng Jie?

Friend of yours?

Comrade-in-arms from the police academy.

I'm telling you, if this matter is delayed because of you, you can't shoulder the responsibility!

Bai Sir! Bai Sir!

Feng Jie?

It's been a while.

Why'd you come all the way here?

Oh, let me introduce you. This is my colleague Zhan Yao.

Hello.

Hello.

If I may ask,

This telepyrosis that you were just speaking of... What is that about?

If I say that I've seen telepyrosis with my own eyes would you believe me?

At the junction of the Straits of Malacca and the Andaman Sea there is an island named Tuxi Island.

The aboriginals of this island were called the Tuxi People.

They had a terrifying custom.

Whenever the people of their tribe broke the rules of the tribe,

they would call down the flames and burn them to death.

Doesn't that sound a bit like complete nonsense?

So you're saying...

These Tuxi people are still burning people?

They can't burn any more. Do you know why?

Two hundred years ago they were all burned to death.

Burned to death?

Weren't they able to control fire? How could they have burned to death?

According to the hypothesis of the Dutch caravans that arrived on the island that it was probably the god of the Tuxi tribe.

He believed his people were too sinful,

and so he called down the flames and burned them all to death.

So they can be absolved of their sins.

I think ... it must have been a volcanic eruption, right?

No, wait. I say, Feng Jie -

No matter how you put it, you're still a retired officer.

How did you get involved with something like this?

I don't know what to do about this either.

The one who received the intimidation letters wasn't me.

It's my employer, Gan Liyuan.

Your employer?

After I retired, I became Gan Liyuan's personal bodyguard.

He specialises in the business of Tuxi tribe handicrafts.

When did you receive the first intimidation letter?

A month ago we received the first letter.

After that, every week we received another one.

"Punishment by raging flames has arrived - Tuxi"

When they first started we didn't think much of them.

Later, the contents of the letter became more and more extreme.

It began a month ago, there was one every week. Then where's the fourth one?

The people in this photograph are Gan Liyuan's family members.

From the angle of how the photograph was taken it was probably taken secretly.

Isn't that too weird? The gooseflesh on my skin has fallen all over the floor.

So you say...

I'm saying, you ...

That costume is the god of the Tuxi, Tuxi.

Last night a fire began without any cause inside the exhibition hall.

The security guard checked around, but he didn't find anyone suspicious.

And then this morning we received this letter.

"Sinner who sullied the culture of the Tuxi will soon receive punishment by raging flames - Tuxi"

I think that we need to take a look at the scene.

Everyone...

Just look at how little backbone this group of people have.

Go notify Gongsun, okay?

Big sister?

Yup.

Gongsun? Get in the car.

These are working hours, I should go in a police car.

I also have business going there.

What?

As long as you don't get in the way of our work then it's fine.

Yutong, Zhan Yao, the two of you get in the car first.

Get in the car!

In the back.

In the car, okay?

Can I refuse?

You cannot.

Come in.

A fingerprint scanner and facial recognition ...

I think your boss is rather cautious.

For this exhibition, Mr. Gan Liyuan has spent a lot of money.

Okay. Come with me.

Tuxi Island is a sea island, so the Tuxi tribe people made their living catching fish.

Their fire culture also began with the roasting of fish.

The cameras here are really in good position.

A week from now, this hall will be the first stop in a domestic exhibition.

A lot of big shots in the industry will be coming here.

In order to ensure the safety of the collection and visitors,

every corner of this place is covered by surveillence equipment.

The security guards rotate shifts through 24 hours.

They're just handicrafts, right? Is all that necessary?

What are you able to see here is just the sideshow.

The security system is here to protect this.

Those who were put to death in execution by fire will all eventually become a carbonised corpse.

Becoming the most famous burial handicraft of the Tuxi tribe.

They're tied to a wooden peg and conform to the shape of a long box,

so they've been named "Boxed Corpse."

Even this qualifies as handicraft?

I really can't understand your art circles at all.

I'd like to ask ... what's the difference between this and any other carbonised corpses?

I've read about this before in a medical magazine.

The difference here lies in ... in China and Egypt, the process of dehydration and preservation begins after death.

But with the methods of the Tuxi tribe, they can apply medication before death.

After death by burning, the body is directly dehydrated and becomes a carbonised corpse.

This preservation method, in the medical field, is also a mystery.

While I'm still alive, I want to make sure I spend some time researching it.

How much is this thing worth?

The base value at auction is 3 million USD.

If I pay it all in a single installment, how much is the greatest discount?

What do you mean?

Is one milllion enough?

What are you doing, Gongsun?

You've judged the field of medical science to be too shallow!

I'm just thinking of you!

Oh, right. Where is the location of the fire you spoke of before?

Come with me.

Gongsun...

Boss.

These are my friends. They want to take a look at the surveillence recording from last night.

Please.

There was a Tuxi tribe silk painting hanging right there.

We've looked everywhere inside the hall but we didn't find any kindling.

If I may ask, the two of you are ...?

We want to find out more about the intimidation letters you've been getting.

Feng Jie!

You called the police?

Haven't I told you this before? You can't call the police!

I'll tell you.

The big shots in the industry have already said it. This Boxed Corpse. They're determined to have it.

If my luck is good,

maybe I can bring about the highest bid in the history of auctions.

Fires are already starting in this place.

If you don't increase security, then if there really is some sort of curse -

Shut up!

If the word gets out, how am I supposed to sell anything?

If I can't sell them, will you compensate me?

Mr. Gan Liyuan.

I also feel that you really should strengthen your security.

Otherwise, the next thing that is endangered may be your personal safety.

You're joking, right?

I've been in business so many years.

It's really obvious that this is just a competitor playing some tricks.

A few letters.

A bit of fire.

Pulling a prank.

Do you think that's enough to scare me?

Is it really just a prank?

Four intimidation letters sent separately to your home, office, villa, and this private exhibition hall.

The contents of each intimidation letter escalate.

Also, your opponent seems to better understand your whereabouts over time.

And so what?

This person named Tuxi who seeks to intimidate you,

he incessantly forces his way into your personal space,

attempting to force you outside of your safe psychological barrier.

You ... what are you trying to do?

He enjoys the thrill of the hunt very much.

By my guess, until you surrender, he is definitely not going to give up.

It doesn't matter what you say. You've already seen my security system.

As for people, I'm not going to add any more.

Especially you cops! Don't intervene.

But of course,

if you want to come see the exhibition,

I would allow Feng Jie to make an exception and let you guys in here.

You know ... you shouldn't get carried away.

This exhibition of yours ...

Just one phrase from me: this place doesn't pass fire safety.

You'll have to cancel the whole thing.

You -

Fine. It looks like Mr. Gan Liyuan doesn't need us. Let's go.

Feng Jie!

You know, about those intimidation letters -

Is it possible that they're made up by Gan Liyuan himself for hype?

Playing a prank against oneself as negative marketing ...

Right now that's pretty popular in the entertainment circle.

It doesn't look like that to me.

When I brought up the intimidation letters just now,

He refuted by instinct.

In his speech and behaviour he showed obvious signs of having his guard up psychologically.

It indicates that towards both the contents of the intimidation letters

as well as our investigation, he holds a fearful mentality.

The possiblity of him sending the letters to himself is very small.

If he really wants to sensationalise the event, he should be eager to make a big deal out of it with the police.

And he wouldn't want the police to stop their investigation.

I'm so sorry about that just now.

I apologise to you all on Mr. Gan Liyuan's behalf.

Feng Jie.

I must head back.

Okay.

Fire! Fire! Fire!

The fire extinguisher! Get the fire extinguisher!

The fire extinguisher is over there! Follow me!

This is the Tuxi's curse.

Telepyrosis.

Those who sully the culture of the Tuxi will at last be punished by raging fire.

You're sure he was burned to death?

It's the smell of charcoal.

It didn't even take three minutes to burn him into this condition. That's not normal.

And there was no kindling either.

Bai Sir! Bai Sir!

The entire hall has been searched. We didn't find anything that started the fire.

Then that really couldn't be ... a curse of telepyrosis, right?

There's no such thing as curses in this world. Focus on the investigation.

Right. There's nothing wrong with the circuitry here either.

And the security guard said that starting from last night,

they weren't even allowed to bring in a lighter.

Did you find anything that could generate high temperatures?

For example, a spotlight?

They said they paid special attention to this, and they don't have anything like that.

Also, we haven't found any comburent.

Bai Sir!

The surveillence recording shows exactly what you all saw.

Gan Liyuan did suddenly catch on fire. There's nothing unusual in the recording.

Then what about Feng Jie?

Han-jie left instructions for us to keep an eye on him. We just took his testimony.

There's not much to suspect about him either.

Bai Sir! We found somebody suspicious in the lounge.

Who? Bring him back to the station.

Maurice.

Twenty-eight years old.

He's reponsible for photographing the Tuxi exhibition pieces.

This is his first job.

He was only doing boudoir photography for models before this.

Big brother policeman,

the two of you are really handsome.

Do you want to change profession and become an actor with me?

I know a director -

Director my ass!

Speak! Why were you at the scene?

Me... And Mr. Gan Liyuan ... are friends.

We arranged to see each other today.

Gan Liyuan, with his terrible moral character, still has friends?

Big brother policeman. The kind of friend I'm talking about ...

Is ... this kind of friend.

So this time he didn't pay you, and you decided to set a fire to burn him?

How is that possible?

If I really finish him off then I really wouldn't get my pay.

Besides, I went inside through the backdoor after the incident happened.

Backdoor?

At the time, I was taking photographs outisde the exhibition hall.

Pity I wasn't able to get a shot of him being burned into ash.

It's rather unfortunate.

If you're putting it like that, you believe in curses killing people too, huh?

I wouldn't believe in something like that. That Tu-an thing or whatever ...

But it actually is pretty spooky.

I'm telling you -

Hold it, hold it.

What you said just now.

You went in through the backdoor after the incident.

That's right. The way Gan Liyuan looked after he burned to death -

I just wanted to take a few shots.

So I said I just went in from - I just turned over that police cordon.

Barging into the crime scene without permission.

No no no -

Zhao Fu!

Do you have to go so far? You - I'll take you to see the director.

Become an actor. Debut as a star. How about it?

No!

Turns out this old lady's name is Mo Ning.

She's a professor of Nanhui University.

She has always been the president of the Tuxi Research Association at the university.

This Gan Liyuan, being a man of such good moral character.

So courteous.

Such a good person who respects the elderly and cherishes the young.

How could he have just - Just be gone, like that?

The young woman who's with her, turns out her name's Zhou Lu.

First year post-graduate student. She's also the research association's secretary.

It is very much a pity.

Good person?

Ah, that's right. Why did you two have to go there today?

Mr. Gan Li Yuan is the benefactor of the Tuxi Research Association at our school.

We have an agreement to have a short meeting once a month.

Then at the time of the incident, where were the two of you?

At the time, teacher Mo said she wanted to go outside for some fresh air.

So I went with her for a walk around the rear courtyard.

But the moment we got back we were brought here by your people.

And you told us that Gan Liyuan was dead.

It's nothing.

Young brother Policeman. You must believe me.

Tuxi ... he really does exist!

He ... he really can cast curses.

I believe it, I believe it.

I believe it.

I've checked the list of people who donate to the school and Gan Liyuan is in it.

So Gan Liyuan would actually fund research?

Not just purely a contribution of funds.

I flipped through the dissertations from the research association,

every one has him intentionally inflating the historical and cultural value of Tuxi handicrafts.

Rather than to call them dissertations, you may as well call them simply promotional articles.

This is probably another link in their promotion. That research association is just a shill.

Now that Gan Liyuan is dead, the research association doesn't have any source of business.

They can't really keep it going right?

I don't think that's necessarily the case.

I followed what Zhou Lu told me and investigated Mo Ning a little.

I discovered that in real estate alone she has six, seven properties.

If she's really that rich,

then that research association's not about to close its doors in such a short period of time.

But I thought it was rather strange.

Think about it, how can a university professor be so rich? That's -

An investigation is an investigation, but don't go nosing into other people's private business.

That's right.

What about Akasha?

As for Akasha, she's just a con artist.

She specialises in helping rich people with Fengshui.

And she calls herself what, child of something.

The King of Fear. She can observe other people's fate.

Gan Liyuan is one of her clients.

I am the child of the King of Fear.

Akasha!

650 years old.

Akasha. Highest education: elementary.

Self-proclaimed diviner.

This year, 65 years old.

This is what the King of Fear told me:

Gan Liyuan was in great mortal danger.

I came to save him.

Then ... your father, 'Kong..."

The King of Kongzi [TN. Confucious], how did he put it?

It's the King of Fear!

Diabolo! Not Kongzi!

My father said,

if I don't help him get rid of the calamity,

he will definitely be struck by the Tuxi curse.

Punishment by fire! To be angrily set abaze!

Is it the same Tuxi as the god of the Tuxi tribe?

You must not disrespect Tuxi.

Otherwise...

The next person to be punished

will be you all.

This Akasha, other than acting bizarre, for now there's not much suspicious about her.

Do you guys think ...

She could have been the one sending the intimidation letters, yeah?

From the point of view of psychology, it doesn't look like it.

Why do you say that?

Dr. Zhan, you said so before:

People who intimidate usually enjoy the thrill of threatening their prey.

Before their prey surrenders, normally they would not be satisfied.

So, let's say that this Akasha is the intimidator, then she definitely wouldn't come to look for Gan Liyuan.

Not bad, Bai Chi. You learn quite fast.

Oh, that's right, Dr. Zhan, I still have a question.

Go ahead.

These intimidation letters were taken from the forensic department.

They're not of much use.

Also, I've checked the post office where they were sent from.

I discovered that it's just mostly farmland around them.

There are not many with people.

Then ... who sent these letters?

Ghosts sent them?

I'm just saying that we don't even know whether this is a man-made incident.

Right now we don't even have a suspect.

Is it possible that what we're doing right now is all useless?

Then do you also think that this is a case of curses killing people?

No. I don't. I don't. But -

We still haven't found the cause of Gan Liyuan's combustion.

There isn't anything odd in the surveillance recordings either.

Find Gongsun. Get the autopsy report.

Hey, don't touch it.

Put that on.

Gongsun's orders.

Big sister, no offense, but we're working a case.

It's not really appropriate for you to be here right now is it?

I'm one of the eyewitnesses as well.

I came over here to get interrogated.

Time of death matches the time of our investigation.

After burning at high heat, damage to the skin of the entire body as well as the connective tissue leading to burn shock.

Or what's commonly known as 'burned to death.'

Heat spreads from the head to the entire body, charring and carbonising.

Was I right?

If there was no comburent at the scene, it would have been difficult for it to become such a big fire.

Sure enough, I found this on the body.

Aluminum magnesium alloy powder.

A residue of phorus pentoxide, or

the product of aluminum magnesium alloy powder after subjecting it to high heat.

Aluminum magnesium alloy powder.

If rubbed into Gan Liyuan's shirt, it would ignite on its own.

And it would have been impossble to detect.

It's not that simple.

The autoignition temperature of Al-Mg is 240 celsius.

At normal room temperature, even if there is a conburrent it still wouldn't ignite immediately.

Again, we didn't find any ignition source at the scene. Or equipment to start a fire.

To summarise, it is very possible that this is ...

Human spontaneous combustion.

Human spontaneous combustion?

In 1673, the French person Millett was found burned to death in a cottage at his home.

The body was burned to ashes. The only thing left behind was his skull and fingerbones.

But the straw mattress was not set on fire at all.

I'm sorry, but ... I don't agree with any supernatural phenomenon.

If it exists, then it is reasonable.

That is to say,

you're not sure why Gan Liyuan started burning all on his own, either.

Examining is my job.

Investigating, is your job.

That's right.

If the medical examiner will also investigate,

are you both going to give your pay to Gongsun?

Gongsun.

Congratulations. You have a good (wife) assistant.

Big sister, I've never seen you calculate so clearly when it comes to private matters.

Bai Sir. How was it?

According to what Gongsun said,

We still can't be sure whether it's a man-made incident.

Then ... it wouldn't really be a supernatural phenomenon, right?

In the first place, supernatural phenomena do not exist.

Air flow. Light. Magnetic field.

They're the minimum requirements in creating the so-called ghost-sightings and psychic phenonmenon.

That is to say when someone sees a ghost and such, it's all just misperception.

Correct.

That is so.

"Ghosts"

Air flow, light, and magnetic fields, forming psychological suggestions.

In the end creating what's called 'ghostly' supernatural phenomena.

That's why you say there's no such thing as a supernatural phenomenon in the first place.

Even if there is such a thing as supernatural phenomena,

That is only because contemporary science cannot explain it yet, that is all.

Then what about Gan Liyuan's human spontaneous combustion?

How should we explain this?

What were you able to find about Gan Liyuan himself?

Jiang Ling?

Jiang Ling?

Wang Shao.

Jiang Ling.

- Don't touch! - Get up.

Bai Sir is calling you!

- Don't touch! - Bai Sir, let me have a look.

Bai Sir, it's like this.

Gan Liyuan, is head of the De Marcia Exhibition company.

In earlier years, he operated a shipping business.

But business wasn't good and it closed down. And he owed a crap-load of debt.

Five years ago he began to operate the exhibition tours of Tuxi handicrafts.

Made a bunch of money.

Not only did he pay off all of the debt from before, he also bought quite a few exhibition halls.

Then what about his interpersonal relationships?

Jiang Ling. Interpersonal relationships.

He's just scum.

Food, drink, hookers, gambling he was into everything. He has a pile of enemies.

Someone like that, isn't worth my sacrificing my sleep time to investigate him in the first place.

Is it wasting your time? Or do you not want to investigate?

SCI team member Jiang Ling.

Right now I'm officially informing you,

I'm going to deduct all of your bonuses for this month and the next.

That um Bai Sir, I'm telling you, I think - You are undoubtedly correct.

Scum like this, for the sake of justice,

I will definitely dig up his ancestral history for 18 generations. Don't worry.

That's more like it.

Hey, Bai sir. This Feng Jie by Gan Liyuan's side...

The friends by Gan Liyuan's side all have unanimous high opinion of him.

Bai Sir...

That Feng Jie is pretty handsome. Does he have a girlfriend?

Ah-Jie doesn't like girls of your type, I know that much.

How do you know?

Could it be that ... he likes men?

It doesn't matter if he likes men or women ... I don't care.

Your big sister Ma here,

Will have him all fixed in no time!

No taste. None of you know how to appreciate.

What is it?

It's nothing.

Really though, what is it?

I'm thinking about how in this case, there is one person who is very suspicious.

Who?

Feng Jie.

Feng Jie is Gan Liyuan's personal bodyguard.

He has the best grasp of his schedule and whereabouts.

We only have to find his motive. What's left is just the modus operandi.

No. You haven't even found the modus operandi,

and you're already off to deduce someone else's motive.

Your passing judgement like this is far too illogical.

What do you mean illogical? Do you think this is a supernatural phenomenon?

Even if it is not a supernatural phenomenon, it's still not possible that it's ah-Jie. Do you have proof?

Then do you have proof that it's not him?

Innocent until proven guilty.

I feel that you came to this conclusion by acting on impulse.

The one who's acting on impulse should be you, right? Bai Yutong.

You -

We'll investigate separately. Find proof seprately.

We'll see who cracks this case first.

You think that I, Bai Yutong, would lose to a psychologist like you?

Fine! You'd better not. Don't go looking for excuses when you lose.

It's a deal.

It's a deal.

- Fine! -Fine!

What do you call that?

"Yuan jia," that's what. A quarrelsome and loving couple. Didn't you know? [TN. 'Yuan jia' is a word meaning 'foes' but in poetry, 'lovers']

How about this. Let's see who's laughing in the end.

Bet a month of snacks?

Not a problem!

Come on then!

Come on, come on!

Keep your word, alright?

Alright alright.

Come on in, Bai Chi.

How did you know I was here?

When it comes to fooling people... How could you fool a magician?

Besides, fooling others does not come naturally to you.

I came here today because I wanted to ask you a question.

The fire, just now ... What was that?

What you wanted to ask wasn't about the fire.

It's the human spontaneous combustion case, right?

How did you know?

Ever since the last case, I have been in touch with Chief Bao this whole time.

Him and my uncle are good friends.

hen do you know magic that can cause human spontaneous combustion?

There is such a thing, but too many requirements need to be satisifed.

It would not have been suitable for the scene.

Also, as you know, the principles behind magic adhere to the natural order.

It does not rely on supernatural powers.

Human spontaneous combustion is the same. It is only that we haven't found the cause, that is all.

Well then, alright.

I will ask you one last question.

Are there any secrets in your hands?

You're so obnoxious. I'll be leaving now.

I'm going to ask you another question.

Didn't you say you were only going to ask one question?

This question is very important.

Fine. Go ahead.

He ... does he know magic that causes human spontaneous combustion?

He?

Your uncle.

Zhao Jue.

My uncle...

What he uses isn't magic.

It's sorcery on a much higher level than magic.

Sorcery that manipulates a person's heart.

One who is manipulated

Would bear sins on their back

And fall into the abyss.

Did you see?

Wrath is burning.

Evil is receiving punishment.

He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself.

Under torturous interrogation by flames,

I will use this body bearing sins to punish evil.

Those who are guilty

Will, beneath my banner,

Fear, despair and die.

I ...

am Tuxi!

Episode 16 translation by foxghost Subtitle timing/setting by pheral Updates at https://mypheralside.tumblr.com