A forced kiss turns into a consensual kiss. As the two fall into bed and share a prolonged beat of gaze locking, the embarrassment of young love kicks in. They roll onto their sides and part as quickly as possible. (SEXUAL TENSION!)
Feeling guilty for sharing a kiss with the girl Hero has feelings for, Zai Tian struggles to come clean with Hero. Unfortunately, he’s cut off by Hulk, who provides the agents with information on the sniper. Che Jing, the man from San Lian Hui who picked up Chen Lin from the police station the last time she was held in custody, is one of the few expert shooters. Just as the Delightful Duo connect the dots with San Lian Hui, a phone call comes in and puts a temporary halt on the discussion: the killer is caught.
The killer is said to have a criminal record. Shortly after he was released from prison, he started stalking Ke Le. He confessed to killing her and claimed to have tossed the gun into the river. The Northern Branch is currently searching for the gun. Everything sounds reasonable on the surface. Perhaps too reasonable that it beings to looks fishy. Like someone is trying to wrap up the death quickly so the real murderer can get away.
Hero is unconvinced and wants to pursuit the case further. His supervisor objects to the idea, but the quest for truth rings louder than the necessity to follow order.
Discussing the case separately with Zai Tian, Hero raises a few blind spots that had him scratch his head in puzzlement:
1. Lin Ke Le’s visit to the police station is not a prearranged event. The sniper must have monitored her activity and decided to kill her that morning. Chen Zai Tian’s late arrival happened to give the sniper time to choose a perfect location for the assignment. So the fundamental question is, why was Ke Le followed? What got her killed?
2. Why did the sniper chose to kill Ke Le in Chen Zai Tian’s presence? Why not earlier, when she was alone? What was the sniper waiting for?
3. Why didn’t the sniper kill Chen Zai Tian as well?
4. Why was the Southern Branch director so afraid that Ke Le might have told Zai Tian something before she died?
As Hero and Zai Tian finish their lunch and head out, they spot a few masked robbers with rifles. Zai Tian instinctively calls for back up while Hero charges at them. He kills one man and runs after the others, even as the criminals drive away in a car. Uncompromising, Hero goes after the car, shooting at the car’s rear window and tire to slow them down.
The car is forced to stop further down the street. As Hero tries to make way towards the parked car, a cranky old passerby pulls over in front of the two cops, yelling and swearing at them for blocking the road.
As the argument prolongs, two black vans pull up by the parked car and out pours more men (and woman) in arms. Not wanting to be a live target, the two cops duck behind the car that belongs to the passerby for shelter. (See, this is what you get for being nosy and grumpy!) While covering his ears in mortification, Zai Tian screams at Hero, “You’ll get me killed! You’ll get me Killed!”
Hero, completely ignoring Zai Tian, breaks the window of the car they are using as a shield and starts shooting back from the open space.
(Does anyone else find this scene unintentionally funny?)
Having wasted enough bullets, the leader of the group orders everyone to go. And puff they are gone. When everything quiets down again, Hero and Zai Tian come out from hiding and return to the spot where one of the robbers was killed. But his corpse is already gone.
When the authorities arrive at the scene, Hero’s costly method at a crime scene is once again, the target of ridicule. (Which, is a valid concern. Aside from catching the bad guys, the police should also protect the citizens.)
After Xi Ying’s thorough look-through at the crime scene, she declares insufficient evidence: these robbers are extremely professional. Not only do their guns make small entry wounds — meaning, minimal blood spillage and hence very limited blood sample for DNA testing — they are able to move the corpse and clean up the crime scene under a short amount of time. These robbers are really something. (Oh hideously large Chinese subtitles, I thank thee. For without thee, I would NOT be able to make out of Janine Chang’s speech from her slurred words — WHAT is with TW actors and their inability to enunciate?!)
Even though I have problem getting through Xi Ying’s unclear line delivery, Hero has no trouble. On the contrary, her report on the crime scene reminds him of something.
As much as these above screencaps look like fan service shots where Mark takes off his shirt and flex us some manly muscle, it’s really not.
To be continued
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