17 - The Person Behind the Scenes

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SIGN    -The Mourner's Eyes-
[01:31] sign
    Episode 17
[01:42] SIGN
    Tuesday July 28 23:15
[01:47] SIGN
    Abyss-like object appears in the sea
     July 4, 2016, typhoon, unknown accident
[01:51] SIGN
    On July 4, 2016, a super typhoon hit the city, causing widespread damage. On July 5, 2015, a mysterious vehicle was found on a closed section of the highway. It was damaged by numerous scratches. The body of the vehicle looked like a metal wreck that had been repeatedly attacked by the claws of a giant beast,
[01:52] SIGN
    On July 4, 2016, a super typhoon hit the city, causing widespread damage. On July 5, 2015, a mysterious vehicle was found on a closed section of the highway.
[01:54] SIGN
    On July 5, 2015, a mysterious vehicle was found on a closed section of the highway. It was damaged by numerous scratches. The body of the vehicle looked like a metal wreck that had been repeated attacked by the claws of a giant beast, and its hood was riddled with 37 parallel dents up to 3cm deep.
[02:06] Finger
    You volunteered for this mission, right?
[02:10] Finger
    There must be another reason.
[02:16] Chu Zihang
    I...
[02:19] Chu Zihang
    I don't want to run away this time.
[02:24] Finger
    I guess you've figured out something
    from this whole chain of events.
[02:30] Finger
    So...
[02:40] Chu Zihang OS
    That rainy night is back.
[02:43] Chu Zihang OS
    The only way to know whether
    that man is alive or dead
[02:47] Chu Zihang OS
    is to uncover the truth of that incident.
[02:50] Chu Zihang OS
    But before that,
[02:53] Chu Zihang OS
    I need strength.
[03:19] Chu Zihang
    The mark... is becoming clearer again.
[03:32] Chu Zihang
    Deep blue. My blood has recovered.
[03:36] Chu Zihang
    My strength... should be recovered, too.
[03:40] Finger
    Hey?
[03:41] Finger
    What are you doing?
[03:43] Finger
    You woke me up.
[03:46] Chu Zihang
    I'm boiling water for coffee.
[03:48] Finger
    I see you've been on that laptop all night.
[03:51] Finger
    Find anything?
[03:53] Chu Zihang
    Not yet, but I'll keep looking.
[03:56] Finger
    You're looking at the browsing history.
[03:59] Finger
    Forums?
[04:01] Finger
    A hidden legend about the Shangdu subway?
[04:04] Finger
    "Legend says that the first station on
    the west side of Line 1 is Naiyuan,"
[04:08] Finger
    "but Naiyuan's station number
    is 103, not 101 or 102."
[04:12] Finger
    "Actually, there are two hidden
    stations past Naiyuan:"
[04:16] Finger
    "101 is Gaosishi Station,
    and 102 is Songshuling Station."
[04:20] Finger
    "There are also two even more hidden stations:"
[04:22] Finger
    "Xuanjiu Station and Sanchakou Station."
[04:25] Finger
    Is that it?
[04:27] Finger
    Not bad for an urban legend,
    but why does it just end like that?
[04:30] Chu Zihang
    There's a link below.
[04:31] Finger
    Huh?
[04:33] Finger
    Ah, a personal blog.
[04:35] Finger
    Huh? It's empty?
[04:38] Finger
    This blog hasn't been used
    since it was created, right?
[04:40] Chu Zihang
    That could be, or maybe...
[04:44] Finger
    The text appeared.
[04:46] Chu Zihang
    Pressing Control and A together
    selects all the text on a page.
[04:49] Chu Zihang
    If there's any hidden text,
    it will visibly change color.
[04:53] Finger
    "You need a subway card."
[04:54] Finger
    "Enter every station on Line 1 and the
    Circle Line once within a single day."
[04:59] Finger
    "Then you'll see the card turn gold."
[05:02] Finger
    "Swipe this card to access
    the hidden stations."
[05:06] Finger
    What does this mean?
[05:08] Chu Zihang
    I'm not sure, but remember,
[05:11] Chu Zihang
    these two laptops belonged to
    the two missing specialists.
[05:15] Chu Zihang
    Their job was to search the subway lines
    every day for targets with dragon bloodlines.
[05:19] Chu Zihang
    The specialist named Wan Boqian's Yanling
    "Blood Link" made her very sensitive to bloodlines.
[05:24] Finger
    Could the Dragon Emperor
    be hiding in the subway?
[05:27] Chu Zihang
    Although they're mostly empty space,
[05:29] Chu Zihang
    subway tunnels actually see a lot of traffic.
[05:32] Chu Zihang
    With daily patrols,
    they're not suitable for hiding.
[05:37] Finger
    You science types just don't get it.
[05:39] Finger
    Urban legends aren't always baseless rumors.
[05:42] Finger
    What if there really is a ghost
    train carrying the Dragon Emperor?
[05:45] Chu Zihang
    I don't believe in legends.
[05:47] Chu Zihang
    But we can use models to analyze
    the seismic data around the subway.
[05:52] Finger
    Fine.
[05:53] Chu Zihang
    Has there been any word from Lu Mingfei?
[05:55] Finger
    He's probably still at the internet café.
[05:57] Finger
    Maybe he met a pretty girl.
[06:01] Girl
    You look just like my cousin.
[06:04] Lu Mingfei
    Does your cousin approve of you
    trashing his looks like this?
[06:08] Girl
    Hey, can you teach me how to play games?
[06:12] Girl
    I've never played before.
[06:14] Lu Mingfei
    I think you should just play
    the match-three games.
[06:17] Lu Mingfei
    You don't need me to teach you.
[06:19] Girl
    Don't be so cold.
[06:22] Girl
    I just thought you looked familiar
    and wanted to hang out.
[06:25] Sakatoku Mai
    This is the artsy girl you found?
[06:28] Su Enxi
    Finding one in such a
    short time is good enough!
[06:31] Su Enxi
    At least she's cute.
[06:32] Su Enxi
    Besides, wasn't it your idea to get a girl to
    trick him into entering the Dragon Emperor's lair?
[06:37] Sakatoku Mai
    Hey, didn't I have to
    pull out all the tricks?
[06:40] Sakatoku Mai
    According to the plan's schedule,
    that dragon should be dead in 18 hours!
[06:44] Sakatoku Mai
    We should have packed up Lu Mingfei and
    sent him to the dragon's lair two hours ago,
[06:47] Sakatoku Mai
    but he's still relaxing at the internet café.
[06:50] Sakatoku Mai
    You know what? If he doesn't leave right now,
[06:52] Sakatoku Mai
    I'm going to flatten the café.
[06:54] Su Enxi
    You're right. It's time to toss
    our little bunny a carrot.
[06:58] Sakatoku Mai
    How? Steal his phone?
[07:00] Lu Mingfei
    Hey! My phone!
[07:02] Lu Mingfei
    Don't run! Give it back!
[07:04] Customer Service
    Sir, you have to pay before leaving.
[07:05] Sakatoku Mai
    She actually did it.
[07:06] Lu Mingfei
    Sure, quickly!
[07:08] Su Enxi
    Well, at least, Lu Mingfei
    has finally left the internet café.
[07:13] Lu Mingfei
    Don't run! Stop!
[07:16] Lu Mingfei
    Damn it, how can that girl run so fast?
[07:18] Lu Mingfei
    I'm an S-rank.
[07:21] Lu Mingfei
    The state of this road...
[07:31] Lu Mingfei (Internal OS)
    This... is me right now?
[07:37] Lu Mingfei (Internal OS)
    I'm... still just a loser.
[07:40] Lu Mingfei (Internal OS)
    Even an S-rank gets his phone snatched.
[07:44] Lu Mingfei (Internal OS)
    I'm... still just a loser.
[07:49] Lu Mingze
    Brother.
[07:51] Lu Mingze
    Did you know?
[07:52] Lu Mingze
    I hate rainy days the most.
[07:54] Lu Mingze
    Getting soaked always makes me feel cold,
[07:57] Lu Mingze
    and I hate the cold.
[07:58] Lu Mingfei
    Why not use an umbrella?
[07:59] Lu Mingze
    We're salesmen.
[08:01] Lu Mingze
    How can we be more comfortable
    than our clients?
[08:03] Lu Mingze
    Don't you remember, Brother?
[08:05] Lu Mingze
    I told you before that in this world,
     only I am on your side.
[08:10] Lu Mingze
    Although I really want to have your life,
[08:13] Lu Mingze
    I'll always be with you.
[08:16] Lu Mingze
    If you're getting soaked by the rain,
    I won't use an umbrella.
[08:24] Lu Mingfei
    Get lost. Find somewhere to
    shelter and entertain yourself.
[08:28] Lu Mingfei
    I'm soaked because my phone got stolen.
[08:31] Lu Mingze
    That's no big deal.
[08:33] Lu Mingze
    I'm here to tell you that something
    far more important is coming.
[08:37] Lu Mingze
    Something unprecedented.
[08:40] Lu Mingze
    You must get ready to face it, Brother.
[08:42] Lu Mingze
    Otherwise, you'll die.
[08:44] Lu Mingze
    If you died before our contract
    is fulfilled, I'd be heartbroken.
[08:48] Lu Mingze
    So this time, I'm giving
    you a new cheat code:
[08:52] Lu Mingze
    "Something For Nothing."
[08:54] Lu Mingze
    This cheat code instantly
    upgrades everything,
[08:57] Lu Mingze
    maxing out their effectiveness.
[08:59] Lu Mingze
    It's a truly earth-shattering power,
[09:02] Lu Mingze
    capable of annihilating even
    the Four Rulers in one strike.
[09:06] Lu Mingze
    The cost is a mere quarter of your life.
[09:10] Lu Mingfei
    Something... For Nothing?
[09:14] Lu Mingfei
    What does it mean?
[09:15] Lu Mingze
    Trading something precious
    for nothing in return.
[09:18] Lu Mingze
    That's the literal meaning.
[09:21] Lu Mingfei
    Never mind.
[09:23] Lu Mingfei
    None of this matters to me.
[09:25] Lu Mingfei
    Getting my phone back is more important.
[09:27] Lu Mingze
    What's wrong?
[09:28] Lu Mingze
    Feeling upset?
[09:30] Lu Mingfei
    No.
[09:31] Lu Mingze
    Then you feel wronged?
[09:33] Lu Mingze
    You're a hero, yet other people
    see you as a worthless loser.
[09:38] Lu Mingze
    You sacrificed a quarter of your
    life to save that girl, Nono.
[09:41] Lu Mingze
    But no one knows.
[09:43] Lu Mingze
    Even you don't dare admit it.
[09:46] Lu Mingze
    Seriously, why are you so unlucky?
[09:49] Lu Mingfei
    Get lost!
[09:58] Lu Mingze
    You can't escape, Brother.
[10:01] Lu Mingze
    You've already been caught.
[10:03] Lu Mingze
    There's someone up ahead who needs you.
[10:07] Girl
    No! Stay away!
[10:09] Lu Mingfei
    That girl from before.
[10:12] Girl
    Stay away, stay away!
[10:13] Girl
    I gave you everything! Let me go!
[10:15] Bad Guy 2
    You think we'll be satisfied with a phone?
[10:18] Bad Guy 2
    Come on, let me search you properly.
[10:20] Bad Guy 2
    Let's see what else you've got.
[10:20] Girl
    No, stay away!
[10:20] Lu Mingfei
    Stop!
[10:24] Bad Guy 2
    Boss...
[10:26] Lu Mingfei
    Y-You'd better let her go, or else...
[10:29] Bad Guy Boss
    Trying to scare me?
[10:33] Bad Guy Boss
    Shoryuken!
[10:36] Bad Guy 2
    Nice work!
[10:40] Bad Guy Boss
    Don't play the hero if you're not up for it.
[10:42] Bad Guy Boss
    I can't freakin' stand people like you.
[10:45] Bad Guy Boss
    Give me all the money you've got.
[10:49] Bad Guy 2
    Stop running!
[10:51] Bad Guy 2
    Boss, she ran out to the street.
[10:53] Bad Guy 2
    We can't get her now.
[10:54] Bad Guy Boss
    Damn it! Ruining my fun!
[10:56] Bad Guy Boss
    Time to die!
[10:57] Lu Mingze
    I know you wouldn't trade your
    life for something like this.
[11:01] Lu Mingze
    So I'll wait until they're done beating
    you up before we leave together.
[11:07] Lu Mingze
    So what do you want me to do?
[11:09] Lu Mingze
    Do good deeds?
[11:11] Lu Mingze
    That's not my style.
[11:14] Lu Mingze
    Rather than watch you get beat up,
[11:16] Lu Mingze
    I'd rather admire the night view.
[11:18] Lu Mingze
    It's beautiful, and it'd be
    even better with some lights.
[11:27] Lu Mingze
    Look at this city.
[11:29] Lu Mingfei
    Doesn't it feel lonely?
[11:31] Lu Mingze
    Notice how empty the streets are?
[11:35] Lu Mingze
    Yet people are everywhere.
[11:38] Lu Mingze
    There's someone behind every lit window.
[11:41] Lu Mingze
    Men with the women who love them. And you?
[11:45] Lu Mingze
    You're walking in the freezing
    rain, with nowhere to go.
[11:49] Lu Mingze
    You're a real loser.
[11:52] Lu Mingze
    Do you think that girl's going to
    call the police to save you?
[11:56] Lu Mingze
    She doesn't want trouble,
[11:58] Lu Mingze
    and left you behind long ago.
[12:04] Lu Mingze
    Remember The Little Match Girl?
[12:06] Lu Mingze
    But you don't even have
    matches, my dear brother.
[12:10] Lu Mingze
    Stop being dumb, okay?
[12:12] Lu Mingze
    How can anyone in this
    world be as stupid as you?
[12:14] Lu Mingze
    How can someone who lives alone
    in this world not feel lonely?
[12:20] Lu Mingze
    Lu Mingfei,
[12:21] Lu Mingze
    you don't feel despair
    because certain people
[12:24] Lu Mingze
    keep giving out scraps
    of hope like charity.
[12:27] Lu Mingze
    Once you despair, you'll become
    a completely different person.
[12:32] Lu Mingze
    But one day, you will despair,
[12:35] Lu Mingze
    because you will have nothing.
[12:38] Lu Mingze
    You're useless, you're superfluous.
[12:41] Lu Mingze
    No one really needs you.
[12:43] Lu Mingze
    You're a joke.
[12:45] Lu Mingze
    You've never escaped "Blood Sorrow,"
[12:48] Lu Mingze
    yet you don't even realize.
[12:51] Lu Mingze
    You don't feel lonely?
[12:58] Lu Mingze
    Funny, truly funny.
[13:01] Lu Mingze
    I've never heard a more amusing joke!
[13:04] Lu Mingze
    They give you love like grains
    of rice scraped from a bowl.
[13:08] Lu Mingze
    The only one who truly
    loves you is the devil!
[13:11] Lu Mingze
    Only me! Only this devil, me!
[13:21] Lu Mingze
    Why won't you hug me?
[13:24] Lu Mingze
    Why won't you hug the only one
    in the world who needs you?
[13:31] Lu Mingfei (Internal OS)
    You're... the one who's
    obviously the saddest!
[13:36] Lu Mingze
    Come on, Brother.
[13:38] Lu Mingze
    I don't mind giving back to my clients.
[13:40] Lu Mingze
    Come, let me clean up the streets for you.
[13:43] Lu Mingze
    Why is there so much trash on the streets?
[13:46] Lu Mingze
    They should be emptier,
    just like your empty heart now.
[13:50] Lu Mingze
    Here's a trial version,
    exactly like the real thing,
[13:53] Lu Mingze
    but the real thing is a
    hundred times more powerful!
[13:55] Lu Mingze
    Something For Nothing...
[13:57] Lu Mingze
    One percent... Fusion!
[14:06] Lu Mingze
    Brother.
[14:10] Lu Mingze
    Brother.
[14:12] Lu Mingze
    You... finally came to see me.
[14:20] Bad Guy 2
    Boss, shall we...
[14:21] Bad Guy Boss
    Huh?
[14:23] Lu Mingfei
    What I hate most is when
    people take my stuff.
[14:27] Lu Mingfei
    "Everything I've lost, I'll take
    back myself, piece by piece."
[14:30] Lu Mingfei
    Remember who said that?
[14:32] Lu Mingfei
    It's from a really old movie.
[14:34] Bad Guy 2
    Boss, what's going on?
[14:36] Bad Guy 2
    He... seems like a completely
    different person.
[14:40] Bad Guy Boss
    What're you scared of? Go!
[14:43] Lu Mingfei
    Can't guess?
[14:45] Lu Mingfei
    It's A Better Tomorrow!
[14:47] Lu Mingfei
    It's an old movie, but the
    dialog is really good!
[14:49] Lu Mingfei
    "Everything I've lost, I'll take
    back myself, piece by piece."
[14:58] Lu Mingfei
    Know why I'm treating you
    differently compared to them?
[15:01] Lu Mingfei
    Because you just said "Shoryuken."
[15:03] Lu Mingfei
    I play Street Fighter, too.
[15:05] Lu Mingfei
    Shoryuken is awesome.
[15:08] Bad Guy Boss
    Yes, yes...
[15:09] Lu Mingfei
    That phone you stole?
[15:11] Lu Mingfei
    It's mine.
[15:12] Bad Guy Boss
    Oh, right.
[15:14] Lu Mingfei
    I wouldn't be so rough with someone who
    loves Street Fighter as much as I do.
[15:18] Lu Mingfei
    I'd just chat about the game with him.
[15:21] Lu Mingfei
    Do you know who my favorite character is?
[15:24] Lu Mingfei
    It's Zangief.
[15:27] Lu Mingfei
    His Spinning Piledriver move is so cool.
[15:31] Lu Mingfei
    I wonder if you like the sky.
[16:04] Lu Mingfei
    This...
[16:07] Lu Mingfei
    Did you do this?
[16:09] Lu Mingze
    No,
[16:10] Lu Mingze
    you did it.
[16:12] Lu Mingze
    I just gave you a little initiative.
[16:16] Lu Mingfei
    You...
[16:17] Lu Mingze
    Where are you going, Brother?
[16:20] Lu Mingze
    Didn't we agree to leave together?
[16:24] Lu Mingfei
    You're insane!
[16:26] Lu Mingfei
    You're a complete lunatic! Get lost!
[16:29] Lu Mingfei
    Don't follow me! Don't follow me!
[16:34] Lu Mingze
    Brother.
[16:36] Lu Mingze
    You'll definitely come back for me.
[16:39] Lu Mingze
    You've already been caught.
[16:52] Lu Mingfei
    Chu Zihang went missing during a mission,
[16:54] Lu Mingfei
    on Shangdu Subway Line 1.
[17:00] Lu Mingfei
    Brother!
[17:02] Lu Mingfei
    Why didn't you bring me along?
[17:04] Lu Mingfei
    Doing it by yourself again!
[17:09] Lu Mingfei
    This time, I won't let you leave me behind.
[17:13] Lu Mingfei
    I'll be right there!
[17:28] Lu Mingfei
    It's so late.
[17:29] Lu Mingfei
    The subway should be closed already.
[17:44] Lu Mingfei
    Where... the hell is this?
[17:49] Sakatoku Mai
    Perfect. One text message lured
    bunny #1 into the subway station,
[17:53] Sakatoku Mai
    or rather, Nibelungen.
[17:55] Sakatoku Mai
    Too bad the signal there
    has been jammed for ages,
[17:58] Sakatoku Mai
    so we can't see the bunny's
    terrified state now.
[18:00] Su Enxi
    Huh? Have you been to Nibelungen?
[18:02] Sakatoku Mai
    No, who'd want to go to that damn place?
[18:05] Sakatoku Mai
    But bunny #2 has been there.
[18:06] Su Enxi
    Chu Zihang?
[18:07] Sakatoku Mai
    Yes. He went to that place not meant
    for the living when he was a kid.
[18:11] Sakatoku Mai
    Back then, the entrance was on the overpass.
[18:14] Su Enxi
    This time, only one bunny can make it
    out of the wolf's den alive, right?
[18:19] Sakatoku Mai
    Yes. The handsome, well-behaved,
    polite but somewhat cold-blooded bunny #2
[18:24] Sakatoku Mai
    will pave the way for the cowardly,
    rotten, incompetent bunny #1
[18:27] Sakatoku Mai
    to slay the dragon before dying.
[18:30] Sakatoku Mai
    The plot's a bit cliché,
    but it's still dramatic.
[18:33] Su Enxi
    What a shame.
[18:35] Su Enxi
    He's a decent young man.
[18:36] Sakatoku Mai
    He wouldn't have lived long without
    paving the way for Lu Mingfei anyway.
[18:39] Sakatoku Mai
    He's the same as us,
[18:41] Sakatoku Mai
    a gambler at fate's table.
[18:42] Su Enxi
    What do you mean?
[18:44] SIGN
    Data compression successful.
[18:44] Sakatoku Mai
    He bet himself as the stake.
[18:44] SIGN
    Sending.
[18:47] Sakatoku Mai
    He doesn't have much time left.
[18:50] SIGN
    Begin transfer
    
    Successfully transferred to Chu Zihang's data model
[18:59] Chu Zihang
    The calculations are done?
[19:03] Chu Zihang
    Much quicker than expected.
[19:05] Chu Zihang
    This run used data from 11 PM to 6 AM.
[19:09] Chu Zihang
    The subway doesn't operate at night,
[19:12] Chu Zihang
    but the analysis shows
[19:14] Chu Zihang
    faint tremors around
    the subway every night.
[19:19] Chu Zihang
    Could something actually...
[19:20] Chu Zihang
    be hiding in the subway?
[19:23] Chu Zihang
    Finger.
[19:26] Chu Zihang
    When did he leave?
[19:31] Chu Zihang
    This time,
[19:34] Chu Zihang
    I won't run away.
[19:36] Chu Zihang
    I'm coming for you now,
[19:39] Chu Zihang
    Dad.
[19:45] Chu Zihang OS
    The nearest subway station
    is beneath Oriental Plaza.
[19:48] Chu Zihang OS
    Nighttime is perfect for investingating.
[20:07] Chu Zihang OS
    There's no security. Excellent.
[20:14] Chu Zihang OS
    I'm on sub-level 1 now.
[20:16] Chu Zihang OS
    Even if it's pouring outside,
[20:18] Chu Zihang OS
    I shouldn't be able to
    hear the rain on the roof.
[20:23] Chu Zihang OS
    The mark is burning.
[20:37] Chu Zihang
    The gears...
[20:39] Chu Zihang
    are starting to turn.
[20:42] Chu Zihang
    It's back.
[20:45] Chu Zihang
    Water?
[20:50] Chu Zihang
    Why am I getting notifications
    with no signal?
[20:53] Chu Zihang
    Lunch at Xia Mi's place today at 12 PM.
[20:58] Chu Zihang
    When did I set this reminder?
[21:02] Chu Zihang
    Maybe Xia Mi did it when I wasn't looking.
[21:12] Chu Zihang
    It's here.
[21:19] Lu Mingfei
    The subway at this hour...
[21:22] Lu Mingfei
    is kinda creepy.
[21:25] Lu Mingfei
    There's no security around, either.
[21:26] Lu Mingfei
    Nothing's gonna happen, right?
[21:29] Lu Mingfei
    Let's go inside and take a look.
[21:32] Lu Mingfei
    Huh, this...
[21:36] Lu Mingfei
    Where should I go to find Brother?
[21:39] Lu Mingfei
    I'll try giving him a call.
[21:43] Lu Mingfei
    No signal?
[21:45] Lu Mingfei
    Just like the subway in Anguo!
[22:07] CREDITS
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[22:07] CREDITS
    Henry Lin
    Henry Lin
    Zachary Carlysle
    S. Bilyeu
    David Saylor