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Episode 18 translation by foxghost Subtitle timing/setting by pheral Updates at https://mypheralside.tumblr.com

That which does not kill me, must make me stronger.

The more humans seek to rise into the height and light,

The more vigorously do their souls struggle earthward, downward, into the dark, the deep - into evil.

Episode 18

What are you doing?

Come over here, over here.

What are you pulling me for?

This is bad.

Maybe Dr. Zhan can't come back today.

What'd he go to do?

Dr. Zhan called Bai Chi just now.

Said he's going to go see an informant today.

The moment Bai Sir heard that's his reaction.

How did this happen?

You can't even manage something small like this?

You can't even keep watch over one person?

I ask you one question and you tell me you don't know three things what are you even here for?

Did I hire you to play games? Did I?

Once he started, he hasn't stopped since. He's been lecturing the whole time.

Poor kid.

What informant?

How come we've never heard Dr. Zhan mention this before?

"You investigate your case, I investigate my case.

From now on the two of us have nothing to do with each other!"

How childish.

Who are you calling childish?

Hey you -

What are you looking at? You heard me? Get in here!

Morning sir!

Have you had breakfast yet?

On my way here I heard

Bao Sir said our SCI is going to have some new blood.

For SCI? How come I didn't know about this?

Bai Sir.

Bao Sir.

Bao Sir.

Hello, Bai Sir.

Why isn't Zhan Yao here?

Bao Sir.

He went out ...

Before you asked last night

I kept thinking ...

This time the case is so difficult, a qualified person like Feng Jie

being a bodyguard outside the police force is a waste of talent as well.

I was wondering if I could help him out a little.

I didn't think that you would bring up having him join SCI on your own.

This is a good idea. So today when I got back I immediately signed for it.

But...

Isn't Feng Jie involved in the case?

It's fine. We already investigated Feng Jie.

He has an alibi.

Besides, this is a recommendation from Bao Sir,

so it's even less of a problem. Right?

Also,

The two of you used to be bunkmates,

And now you're colleagues.

Make sure you make the most of your camaraderie, and crack the case soon, okay?

- Yes sir. - Yes sir.

See you later, Bao Sir.

Wang Shao.

You probably get the most express packages in the entire police bureau.

Uncle Wen! Sorry for the trouble.

Eh? These are not the biscuits I like.

You bought it so how can they not be the ones you like?

They're really not! Just look.

Bai Sir.

What is it?

Something is wrong with the package.

Did someone eat your biscuits?

No.

A letter of unknown origin.

People who shield the guilty

will soon be put under interrogation by raging flames, Tuxi.

The name written on it is Wang Shao's.

And it was sent to him alone.

This shows that he's investigated us.

The way he's acting now

Is clearly just showing off his capabilities.

Zhao Fu.

Take it to forensics.

Make paper information comparisons with the letters from before.

Yes Sir.

Test to see if there are traces of skin in the letter.

I refuse to believe in such superstition. If you've got guts come and get me!

What's happening?

How did the image on the TV change suddenly?

Tuxi.

Wang Shao. Check the monitor.

Yes sir.

Bai Sir. There's nothing in this media player.

Everyone at the SCI. Are you very surprised?

It's you who said it. Have me appear before you.

Bai Sir.

He... he can hear our conversation?

Can we figure out his identity by analyzing his voice?

There's no point. He used a voice modulator.

From the bottom of my heart, I admire your bearing as you battle evil.

Originally I was going to help you punish evil.

But what's regrettable is that this time you have made the wrong choice.

Don't investigate any longer.

Go on, abandon those sinners.

There is no need to question my power.

My power... exists!

How did he float like that?

Otherwise, the one to be punished by raging flames

Will be you!

Put out the fire!

Bai Sir, this Tuxi wants to kill us!

There's a problem with the network.

He must have infiltrated the police bureau's intranet,

And controlled the monitor.

But Bai Sir.

Just now, when Wang Shao went to check it, I yanked out the ethernet cable.

Could he really have left nothing behind?

Bai sir.

Everything that just happened has been recorded.

That's great. Take that and the letter to forensics. Hurry.

Yes sir.

Today we will discuss the blue white porcelain from the Song dynasty.

Student. Come on in.

Then let us talk about Song dynasty's blue white porcelain ...

You tell me, where do we even start?

He wears a mask. We couldn't even see him.

Bai Sir.

Forensics have their results.

This letter is made of the same materials as the last four letters,

And the probability that it was sent by the same person is high.

And the video?

No evidence of editing or post-processing.

Bai Sir. That ...

That ghost fire, I know about that.

You can use cold fire or magic and other methods to explain that.

But... I don't know how Tuxi could have floated.

Bai Sir.

I'm not superstitious. But this isn't really all that -

Don't give me any of Zhan Yao's nonsense.

Jiang Ling. Found it yet?

The IP address of "Climb a mountain of blades and descend into a sea of flames"

I already switched over to manual mode, So give me a bit more time.

Bai Yutong. Come over here.

Jiang Ling. Play the video and let me have a look.

This is the eagle king mask, within the Tuxi tribe

Only elders in good moral standing and reputation were deemed fit to wear it.

Eagle king mask?

You've seen this mask in Gan Liyuan's exhibition hall before.

But that one was a reproduction.

The real thing was sold five years ago

You mean to say ...

I've read the record of exchange. This mask is just like the real thing.

There's an identical crack on the top of it.

That is to say,

As long as we can find this mask, we would be able to find Tuxi?

Where is the mask?

I remember that it was auctioned off at Swarc Philippines Auction House.

The buyer's name was ...

Fu Yishan.

En. Right.

Class is dismissed.

- See you later teacher. - See you later teacher.

See you later.

See you later teacher.

Let's go.

What is it? What do you want to find out today?

Let's continue from where we left off yesterday.

The eagle king mask.

I was only able to find the name of the auction house where it was sold.

But I wasn't able to find the name of the buyer.

In order to protect the safety of both the customer and the collection,

The auction house wouldn't make this information public.

I know that. That's why I came to see you.

Someone who repairs cultural relics like me ...

Why would I know something like that?

You know - the place that auctioned away the eagle king mask

was your place, here.

Last night, I knew as soon as you asked me.

That's why I prepared this for you.

The buyer's information?

The buyer is ... Fu Yishan?

Thank you.

Do you believe that supernatural powers truly exist?

What do you mean?

You can believe in your own intuition.

It exists.

It exists in the innermost part of our hearts.

And the IP address of "Climb a mountain of blades and descend into a sea of flames"?

This old fox is highly cunning. He uses an overseas VPN

and he logs in multiple times. It's extremely difficult to check.

I don't care how difficult it is. Find it at once.

Then... the bonus for this month...

Double. Hurry.

Okay.

Hello. SCI.

That's him.

Bai Sir.

Just now that photographer Maurice called to say,

in the photograph he's discovered a ...

What did he say? Hurry it up.

Will-o'-the-wisp.

Will-o'-the-wisp?

A blue will-o'-the-wisp

Where is he and the photograph right now?

At his studio. 12A De Gao Industrial Building

Let's move separately. Me and ah-Jie, Fu Yishan.

Bai Chi, Zhao Fu, Ma Han - Maurice.

Wang Shao, Jiang Ling - keep an eye on the forum.

Yes sir.

Please wait a moment.

If I may ask who you are?

Police.

Looking for Fu Yishan.

Please come with me.

President Fu.

These two people here say they have business with you.

You're with the police?

You came to investigate Gan Liyuan and Mo Ning's cases, right?

How did you know that?

We talked to a policeman just now,

He's also coming here to ask President Fu about this case.

I think he said he's from... The SCI?

Secretary Qiu, your place is really out of the way.

I was close to getting lost.

Bai Yutong?

Why are you here?

I was about to ask: Why are you here?

Feng Jie is here as well?

Ah-Jie is joining the SCI temporarily, until the case is closed.

He will be helping us and cooperating with the investigation.

But he's involved in the case.

Bao Sir personally permitted it.

If you have any objections, take it up with Bao Sir.

If neither of you are going to ask me questions,

then I'll just head back to the office.

- I have questions. - I have questions.

Mr. Fu. Then I'm not going to beat around the bush.

How much do you know about matters pertaining to Gan Liyuan and the others?

During events hosted by the association, I've met them.

We haven't spoken much, and I have very little dealings with them.

But from what I understand, five years ago,

you won the eagle king mask from the Swarc Philippines Auction House.

And you have had it in your collection up until now.

Gan Liyuan and the others are in the Tuxi handicrafts exhibition business.

Do you really not have much contact with them?

I did buy the eagle king mask.

But that doesn't mean anything. I manage three companies.

Also, they're all listed companies.

My hands are full from morning to night.

Where would I find time to concern myself with something like Tuxi?

Is that so? Mr. Fu.

I do suppose you must be quite busy.

As you're managing three listed companies,

You're also persistently posting on the Tuxi enthusiast forum everyday.

For five years you persisted in making one post per day.

This is your home IP address.

I believe that "Climb a mountain of blades and descend into a sea of flames" must be you?

Fine. I admit it.

The posts were written by me. And so what?

Personal hobbies are not illegal, are they?

It's not illegal. This eagle king mask

was worn by the Tuxi who killed Gan Liyuan and Mo Ning.

You're in possession of this eagle king mask.

Do you know what that implies?

I know what you want to say.

But regrettably as of a month ago

The eagle king mask is no longer in my possession.

Is this a joke? I've checked.

The auction and transaction records within the past five years.

I did not sell it.

It's that, all on its own, it ran away.

This is the storeroom.

And this is the surveillance footage taken when the eagle king mask escaped.

Can you zoom in?

Yes.

This crack ... It's the real thing.

I attached the eagle king mask to a Tuxi tribe totem statue.

It's about 150 to 200 kilos.

Even if someone wants to steal it they can't move it.

Just now, when you said that it ran away ...

How did it run away?

Go on, keep watching.

A supernatural phenomenon.

The totem statue started shaking back and forth on its own.

The security guards in charge of surveillance at the time was badly frightened.

They all said the statue was cursed by the eagle king mask.

Made it come to life on its own.

Have you searched the room?

Not only the room.

The entire villa was turned upside down,

And we still didn't find anything.

Hello?

Bai Sir. There's new development.

Akasha's left a message on the forum again.

The location is right where you are, Bai Sir.

Fu Yishan's home.

Yes.

"Oracle from the King of Fear, the one who climbs mountains of swords, will soon finally descend into a sea of flames."

Akasha's prophecy's location is here.

Everyone must evacuate immediately.

Akasha?

The one that does divination?

I don't believe in that sort of thing.

Mr. Fu.

Like you, I also don't believe in such things, but this is an order.

Ah-Jie. Take them away from here at once. Inform the fire department.

Yes. Mr. Fu, let's go.

Mr. Fu. Please.

Let's go, President Fu.

Zhan Yao. Go with them.

Bai Yutong. And where do you intend to go?

I have an idea that I need to verify.

What are you looking for?

Aluminum magnesium alloy powder?

Just like the last two cases.

It really is aluminum magnesium alloy powder.

This place has a high probability of catching fire at any time.

Bai Yutong! Hurry and leave!

Before I find the truth I will not leave.

Is investigating the case more important than your life?

Well let's just see if he's capable of burning me to death then.

Hello?

Bai - Bai Sir.

I went to Maurice's and got - got the photograph.

You guys need to get out of there!

There's really... Really a will-o'-the-wisp!

Will-o'-the-wisp? That's impossible.

Spontaneous combustion?

Run!

Zhan Yao!

Open the car door for me!

This ... this ...

This is ... what is this?

President Fu, President Fu, please calm down.

My house! President Fu, President Fu, please calm down.

My house!

Don't hold me back!

My house!

President Fu, please calm down.

The fire truck is on its way.

I have to take him to the hospital. What are you going to do?

I'll stay here and inspect the scene.

Are you alright?

- Be careful. - I will.

President Fu，

Please don't be too sad.

My house!

What's this place?

The hospital. Outpatient observation room.

I cut up an apple for you. Thought you may not be used to them whole so I made slices.

Thank you for saving me.

I feel like ...

This time I was in the wrong.

I'll apologise to you.

You... And where were you wrong?

Just as you said, I...

I should not have acted on my emotions.

I shouldn't have ...

Allowed my mood to control my thinking process.

So even our great Dr. Zhan would know when he is wrong?

Right.

Because my understanding of the emergence of supernatural phenomena

is based on the wrong principles.

With only airflow, light, and magnetism.

These things are not enough to explain the supernatural phenomenon this time.

- I think that I still need to add ... - Wait a second.

When you said you were wrong just now.

You meant...

You shouldn't have believed in the existence of supernatural phenomena?

No. Don't interrupt me while I'm talking.

I wasn't finished.

And here I really thought you knew you were wrong!

Let me tell you now, everyone at SCI

Knows that you're afraid of weird stuff like that.

But back on that topic - Who isn't afraid?

But not one of them abandoned themselves to despair like you have.

Bai Yutong.

All I ever studied since I was young was the natural sciences. Psychology.

When it comes to such things as 'supernatural phenomena,'

Legends of ghosts and gods and such.

They're not within the scope of my research to begin with.

Using what I learned, I could not explain it at all!

Can you understand what I'm afraid of?

Can you comprehend how I really feel?

I can. If you must abandon yourself to despair,

If you must think like this, then I really can't help you.

If you really are afraid of ghosts, then I'll catch ghosts with you. Alright?

Is this you being a 'Cat crying over a dead mouse'?

Again, you're mistaken.

You're the cat.

I was only going to have a walk around downstairs.

What are you holding me by the arm for?

I just thought you may knock or bump into things that's all.

Hello everyone, this is a live broadcast,

How could I possibly knock into -

Southeast Asian island tribe Tuxi's touring exhibition

has announced their intention to open earlier than planned. [34 sets of Boxed Corpse will all be put up for auction]

Our reporter received this information and came to the scene immediately.

The person in charge of this tour will soon meet everyone.

The person in charge of this tour has arrived.

Let's go have a little interview with him.

Hello, sir. Hello, Mr. Shang.

Mr. Shang, I would like to ask

Regarding the statement made by the auction house,

Could you give an explanation?

I believe that the statement was clear enough.

Our Swarc Philippines Auction House...

Your informant?

Will be auctioning off

what was in the possession of those collectors that have unfortunately passed away:

It's Shang Luo.

Mr. Gan Liyuan

As well as Ms. Mo Ning.

That is, all 34 sets of Boxed Corpse.

So it turns out that your informant is the president of the auction house?

I didn't know that before.

He has been telling me all this time that he's an employee at the auction house.

He swindled you.

The touring exhibition will be held at the auction house the day after tomorrow at 9am.

You are all cordially invited.

Zhan Yao.

If we go by your theory,

that the person who committed these crimes was not a ghost,

and it was a person, then there has to be a criminal.

Well then the person with the most motive to commit these crimes would be -

Shang Luo.

Yutong.

Come to the auction house with me.

Change your clothes.

What's that Shang Luo's background?

Shang Luo.

Sculpture student at the London Royal Academy of Fine Arts,

Degrees in both sculpture and economics.

Currently he is president of the Swarc Philippines Auction House.

He also has two art venture investment companies.

A classic successful person,

high-class and stylish, but there is something up with him.

Every work of art that passes through this person

Has been questioned as forgeries.

And their level of imitation is extremely high.

Within the circle he has a terrible reputation.

Other than that, Bai Sir.

In Shang Luo's announcement just now,

we really did see photographs of those 34 sets of Boxed Corpse.

I had Feng Jie look at them.

Compared with Gan Liyuan's Boxed Corpse photograph,

the degree of believability is extremely high.

I was the one who overlooked these 34 sets of Boxed Corpse.

Gan Liyuan, through his personal trust

transferred these 34 sets of Box Corpse under Mo Ning's name.

Right now they're in an authorised depository in Europe.

Keep investigating Shang Luo. Right now they're in an authorised depository in Europe.

Keep investigating Shang Luo.

Yes sir.

Hey.

Hey!

Still scared?

Who said I was scared?

We agreed to catch ghosts together.

Shang Luo.

Dr. Zhan.

Officer Bai. It's you.

You know our identities?

Don't underestimate your fame, nor his.

Dr. Zhan.

The very moment I laid eyes on you,

I already knew who you were.

You've been lying to me all this time.

Weren't you lying to me as well?

Reporter Zhan Yutong.

You dare use Zhan Yao.

He received intelligence through me, and through him

I learned how far the police has progressed in their investigation.

Each of us took what he needed, that's all.

You're selling the Boxed Corpse, sullying Tuxi culture.

Are you not afraid of being burned to death by Tuxi?

Tuxi?

He's not going to move against me.

Because ...

You're Tuxi!

Officer Bai.

With what you've said my lawyer can ruin you.

Gan Liyuan. Mo Ning. Fu Yishan.

They were partners with you in creating forgeries.

You giving me clues and having us investigate them -

What is your objective, really?

You want to know?

That's possible.

Then become my partner.

What did you say?

These past five years,

the person investing money into Gan Liyuan was me.

I'm going to take these 34 sets of Boxed Corpse,

and sell them to a South American buyer.

After the exchange is complete,

I'm going to move the auction house as well as my company to London.

When that time comes, I will be in need of even more worthy talent.

Dr. Zhan. That would be you.

Did you think that I would agree to work for you?

Getting smart with him, are you? Just you wait.

I will definitely uncover everything.

If you guys really do have proof,

you're welcome to take me back to the bureau at any time.

Wait and see.

What's going on with Fu Yishan?

We've questioned him. He says he doesn't know Shang Luo.

Right now he's with Qiu Yu, delivered to the bureau's security division.

! What about Akasha?

Still the same as before,

She pushed all of the responsibility of this prophecy's failure onto Tuxi.

She doesn't know about anything else.

Hey, I have a question.

Isn't carbon evaluation popular in archeology these days?

If Shang Luo really is just making fakes,

then if these experts take the carbon and test it, wouldn't they be found out immediately?

This carbon evaluation isn't that simple.

The older something is, the less accurate carbon evaluation becomes.

That's why sometimes this method isn't reliable.

Bai Sir. Your guess was correct.

I checked out those properties owned by Mo Ning,

They're all empty inside.

From the looks of the water meter and the electricity meter,

no one has lived in them for a long time.

But ... I heard from her neighbour

that last night someone came and opened the door.

Took away some things. She doesn't know what.

What they took away were the sets of Boxed Corpse.

If that's the case then it all makes sense now.

This trust only comes into effect after Gan Liyuan dies,

And Shang Luo would legally come into possession of these sets of Boxed Corpse that were hidden away.

In order to take all the profit for himself,

He had to eliminate all of his partners.

And so -

As long as we can find

The concrete connection between Shang Luo and these three people,

I believe that we can get to the bottom of this case real soon.

I will continue to try to find out

Who this South American buyer Shang Luo mentioned is.

I still believe that the direction we have been taking this investigation in is wrong.

Why is that?

Even if we find the connection between Shang Luo and those three people.

Even if we find the motive for the crime.

You can't forget the method of the crime.

Of that, right now we don't have any idea at all.

Human spontaneous combustion?

I already found aluminum-magnesium alloy powder at the scene.

Also, at the other scenes

Just like this one, there was aluminum-magnesium alloy powder.

That's why I believe, that cannot possibly be a coincidence!

When we arrived at Maurice's studio,

that place had already caught fire.

He said he saw Tuxi, and it's a fire set by Tuxi too.

What is this blue will-o'-the-wisp?

There's also the bureau's intranet being infiltrated, a Tuxi that can fly...

Get in the car, 'kay?

What did you come to the police bureau for?

I came to see someone, of course.

Because I was thinking about him.

But,

He's thinking about the case.

This winery that just opened

Has a 1988 French Armagnac Brandy

That I'm guessing should be quite delicious. It's a distilled white wine!

Turn the car around.

That wine's distinguishing feature

Is that they used highly concentrated honey and cane sugar.

It should be pretty good.

Turn the car around!

Gongsun!

If you don't want to go,

I know a place that has Thai massage.

If you want to go, go on your own.

Then where do you actually want to go?

I don't want to go anywhere.

I only want to go back and check over the data.

Gongsun!

Then I'll go home with you

But before we go home, we can go somewhere.

Bai Jintong!

Are you quite finished?

Do you understand at all? Two human lives!

If Bai Yutong wasn't at the scene,

There would have been a third!

Right now the entire SCI is throwing themselves into work!

At a time like this, you want me to go drink with you?

Stand right there!

Actually, I just wanted to see you.

Is that so hard?

Now...

Isn't the right time.

Hello? Where are you?

This is already the fifth glass.

This is -

Bai Yutong.

Give it.

Give it!

But - You already drank five in a row.

Will you drink?

I'll drink in a bit.

But big sister, what's going on with you?

Why are you suddenly into your cups?

Let me tell you -

When a bow string is strung too tight, it would snap.

Are you talking about you?

I'm talking about Gongsun! That workaholic -

Other than work, what does he know?

See, I said to him, Work is work, But life is life.

Was I wrong? I wasn't wrong.

What you said was of course, correct,

Who would dare tell you you were wrong?

But...

Gongsun, he told me off ... He told me off!

He even yelled at me right in the street!

Don't you know even my dad never yelled at me like that!

I'm not done with him, this time.

I'll remember this.

But big sister ...

You know you ...

Shouldn't argue with Gongsun, either.

If he isn't a workaholic dedicated to his work, you would never have taken a fancy to him.

Don't you say such things groundlessly.

Would I take a fancy to him?

A man who isn't any fun at all -

Isn't this such a joke?

If you don't fancy him,

why are you coming over to SCI whether you have business there or not?

Well then fine.

I'll prove it to you.

I have not taken a fancy to that terrible man.

If I go to SCI again, from then on I'll write my name backwards!

We're home okay -

Let's go!

Next place!

Let's not go to a next place!

Come over here over here - Come on.

How'd she end up so drunk?

Make sure you got her. You two remember this

No matter what, don't let her drink any more.

Damn brat!

Before you tell other people what to do, you should first worry about yourself.

Why are you here?

You - were you stalking me?

Have I a need to?

So you were worried about me.

Back to business,

Let me ask you ...

Do you have a feeling that Shang Luo is Tuxi?

I don't need to 'feel' that. I'll use evidence.

The problem right now is that we don't have concrete evidence.

Also, If Shang Luo is Tuxi, it doesn't fit our reasoning.

Why is that?

Is it one of your psychology theories again?

It's very simple logic.

If Shang Luo wants to make money, there are a lot of ways.

Why would he choose to kill people?

Also, the more complicated the method of the crime,

the more mistakes he is likely to make.

Unless... He's an impulsive offender.

That's even less plausible. From the actions of Tuxi,

they resemble meticulous premeditation far more so.

Looks like...

The only way for this to work is if we find the relationship between Shang Luo, Gan Liyuan, and those people.

I wanted to tell you this before:

In the archives room, I saw -

Hello?

Hello! Bai Sir. I think -

I found the relationship between Gan Liyuan and those two!

Five years ago, on the day of the Double Ninth Festival [TN. Lunar calendar 9.9]

Gan Liyuan and those two stayed at a vacationer's holiday mountain villa together.

They stay there for a full three days.

Would you like to guess whose holiday villa it is?

Shang Luo?

Correct.

And what's even more worth our attention is that ever since then,

The three of them started businesses in Tuxi handicrafts.

And after that this Shang Luo took this mountain villa and sold it.

And there's another thing that's worth our attention.

It's that every time he shipped art here from outside the country,

everything was appraised at the same location.

That's right.

It is Swarc Philippines Auction House, looks like it.

Right. Right.

Great. I got it.

Shang Luo's auction house is a way to make forgeries.

If that's so, all of our reasoning will hold water.

Hello?

Hello? Dr. Zhan Is Bai Sir with you?

I can't get through to his phone.

What is it?

Something's happening at Shang Luo's auction house.

They're moving things right now.

What are they moving?

I don't know. I can't see them clearly.

But I made a count, they've moved thirty boxes.

Maybe they're those 34 sets of Boxed Corpse.

Great. I got it.

Shang Luo wants to abscond.

If we don't take him down right now,

We won't get another chance.

But we don't have the evidence, no?

In this case, is it not unreasonable?

If Bao Sir wants to blame someone,

you can bear the black wok along with me.

Who's going to bear the black wok with you?

We've agreed on this before.

We investigate separately, we get the evidence separately.

Fine. The competition is beginning all over again.

The competition is beginning all over again.

Let's see who cracks the case first.

Episode 18 translation by foxghost Subtitle timing/setting by pheral Updates at https://mypheralside.tumblr.com