Is that correct?
Commander Zhang?
Right up until he died...
Bai insisted he was being framed.
I've wrong him!
Everything we did for the Imperial Army,
and this is how you repay us?
What else did Lieutenant Bai say?
He say to hell with handwriting.
Chief Jin is a master calligrapher--
He could imitate anyone's handwriting he wanted to.
My condolences.
Please take the Commander home.
Rest well, Commander Zhang.
We've been had.
The Phantom is still amongst us.
We have 2 days left.
No more mistakes.
Colonel Takeda.
ONE MONTH AGO
Colonel Takeda.
Colonel Takeda!
Any thoughts you'd like to share with us?
Forgive me for being so direct.
But I don't believe your plan is feasible.
Nothing comes quickly or easily in battle.
The cost of a rushed attack would be staggering.
Your opinion comes...
as no surprise to me.
Your grandfather killed himself
on the Northern front-lines.
Cowardice seems to be a Takeda family tradition.
We have a situation.
The cripple is here!
The janitor who posts the messages at the temple?
I checked with the administration--
He handles the slop-water here.
However, he's not supposed to be here...
until the day after tomorrow.
He's swapped his shift with someone else.
The Phantom's gone quiet--
They're getting worried.
The Phantom must be anxious to notify the rebels,
not to carrry through the assassination.
Here is our chance to set a trap.
And force the Phantom forward.
Attention everyone!
After 3 days of investigation,
we have made great progress.
We are now almost certain that
Lieutenant Bai is the Phantom.
As a gesture of our appreciation for your cooperation,
Col. Takeda has arranged a special lunch for today.
Please be punctual.
Thank you!
Hey you!
Go tidy up the dishes and bring back the plates.
I, Li Ningyu...
Graduated with honors from Wharton,
I am not a whore.
I am not!
I may not share your rank...
But that doesn't mean I'm afraid of you.
Sis...
You bastard!
It's all right now.
Bastard!
Let go of me!
Come now.
It's ok.
Let go of me!
It's ok!
No way I'll surrender myself.
These goddamned people.
We should
just killed them all and have done with it.
It would make no difference to me.
But I would worried for you, Commissioner Wang.
One innocent officer has died already.
If we should take another life...
and still find no sign of the Phantom...
What would you tell Commander Zhang?
Let's go over the facts again.
I believe we can rule out Officer Li.
I've looked her over carefully.
The only thing on her mind is her boyfriend.
Someone so weak-minded,
couldn't possibly be the Phantom.
What about Jin?
He looked at the old crippple...
when he was handing him his dirty plate.
Look at it the other way.
Jin has nothing to hide.
If he looked at the cripple,
that only shows one thing,
he's unguarded.
When a stranger comes close, it's only natural to react.
If someone doesn't react...
they're deliberately avoiding it.
Trying to control their focus.
Neither Captain Wu nor Officer Gu...
looked at the cripple once throughout the whole meal.
One of them is our Phantom.
Everyone come outside.
Gather at the West wing immediately.
To prove his innocence,
Lieutenant Bai gave his life.
Right up until his death...
He insisted he was being framed.
Lieutenant Bai was very close to the Commander.
But even that couldn't save him.
I suggest you all ask yourselves,
with nothing to lean on...
How will you escape his fate?
Merciful Buddha! Whoever it is, please...
I beg you--step up!
Spare the innocence.
We would rather be wrongly harsh,
than wrongly lenient.
If the Phantom wants to leave, there are 2 ways.
In a box, or in--
What the--?
Motherfucker! Is there anything you won't do?
Calm down, Captain Wu!
Everyone will take their turn.
My friend...
Stay away!
Don't come close!
Stay away! Stay away!
You don't want to do this, Jin.
I know what you do to people.
It'd be worse than death.
I'd rather end this here.
Another one down.
What do you want? What're you doing to me?
Let go of me! Let go of me!
Sis!
- Let go of me. - Sis!
Let go of me!
Go back to your room.
Don't say a word.
Go!
Why aren't they making a sound?
You dropped a cigarette at lunch.
What're you talking about?
There was a message on the cigarette.
Are you out of your mind?
Now many more innocent people'll you let die?
Officer Gu!
What did I ever do to you?
Why're always against me?
It's not about you--
I'm just saying what I witnessesd.
What the FUCK did you witness?
The cigarette is coded.
I'm going to give it to them.
Officer Gu!
No one else should have to die so that you can live!
You bitch, I'll kill you!
Go!
Yes, sir.
You too!
Yes, sir!
The door is jammed.
Out of the way!
Let go of her!
Let go.
You fucking whore!
Fuck you!
If only you'd spoken out earlier.
There'd been no need for any of this.
Give it here.
During lunch yesterday...
The chief captain took out a cigarette...
and dropped it on the ground.
I could sense that something was going on.
So I covered it with my foot.
Morse code?
Yes.
In Morse code
this represents a single word...
"Abort"
There're plenty of smokers in this building.
But you're the only one who smokes "Three Cannons"
Come on...
I'll give you one more chance.
For ths sake of all our time together.
That bitch stole my cigarettes to frame me.
I don't know shit about codes.
You're all fucking blind!
She's playing you!
Just confess.
Takeda has assured me that if you'll only confess,
you can be pardoned.
Maybe even rewarded.
Our formidable Captain Wu--
Too hard for electricity.
Come-- Let the Chief Captain down.
THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO TODAY
Gu...
It was a close call last night.
I've sewn up the rip for you.
But I'm not very good at it.
The stitching's a bit...
uneven...
You've been targeted...
Both you and the Chief Captain.
Captain Wu hates my gut.
He's always antagonizing me.
I know it isn't Captain Wu.
Don't worry...
I'll never turn on you.
Here, try it in.
When did you know?
Just now.
It was a blind guess.
Mr Six.
Ah, Chief Captain--
Long time no see.
You're aware of Mr Six's, pride in his work.
It's not too late for you to confess.
Fuck you and fuck your ancestors!
I'll come back
and fucking kill you in my next life!
We're not strangers, Captain Wu.
You were always generous to me.
So I'll be...restrained.
Now relax...
Breathe deeply.
Relax, Chief Captain...
Tell me.
Where is Magnum?
This one's good for the kidneys.
So my boyfriend's one of you too?
You sent Liu to me?
You've been using me all this time--
Why me?
I rank too low. Can't get enough access.
We hope you'd become one of us.
This is beyond me.
Was anything real?
I've always thought of you as a sister.
As a sister?
If they knew about this conversation,
you think I'd make it out alive?
They already got Liu.
Had you heard? Huh!
Where are you going?
To turn you in.
I'm going to turn you in.
Fantastic.
To die by your hand...
is probably the best I can hope for.
You're a monster!
I was only doing my job.
I didn't want it to go this far either.
Magnum...where's Magnum?
Right...here.
You've already made it--
They think Captain Wu's the Phantom.
I was the one who sent out the bad information.
Now I need to get the word out to my comrades.
There's only one way, turn me in.
I would never do that!
What're you thinking?
How could a message be worth more than your own life, huh?
Your life,huh?
I don't care...
what other people do with their lifes--
I want you to live.
For the first time I can finally open up to you...
If only for a few more days and nights--
to talk with you, heart to heart.
But there's no time left.
Do you understand? No time.
I'm begging you.
Turn me in.
Usually, 3 needles's all it takes...
for an ordinary man to confess and fingerprint their testimony.
The Chief Captain...
is indeed a remarkable man.
Is there any other way...
to make him talk?
Open the gate! Let me in!
I found this under Officer Gu's pillow.
The Chief Captain's innocent!
Hurry up.
Flip him over.
Unfettered in the wild wastes
I mastered
Yin and Yang
And knews the heavens...
But when the country needed me, I fought
You smoke Camels.
And yet Officer Li found a pack of 3 Cannons under your pillow.
That's awfully damning.
I.m trying, really trying to help you here.
But
we're running out of time.
Those aren't my cigarettes.
Get her up there!
Stop.
She won't talk.
How do you do, Phantom-sensei.
We meet at last.
How long've you been spying at the Counter-Insurgency Center?
Do you take orders directly from Magnum?
I can guarantee you...
full protection if you cooperate.
Not only for you,
but also your family.
I can guarantee that.
Let's not get carried away now, Takeda.
During a strategy meeting, you assaulted a superior officer.
You're about to be deported back to Japan.
Where you'll probably face court martial. You're in no position--
To guarantee me anything.
Let me put it this way,
when I say I can guarantee you and your family safety,
I'm also saying that
I'm in a position
to hurt you...
and your loved ones.
Hello?
There must've been a delay on the road.
20 minutes later than planned.
Number 6, South Bank--
That's your parents' address, no?
Leave my parents out of this. This has nothing to do with them.
A call for you.
Mother...
Right now.
Another gun just like this one,
is pointed at your mother's head.
Your decision.
Save her life and you can save your own.
Enough.
Tell Madame Gu
her daughter'll be home soon.
You see,
that wasn't too hard was it?
I am the Phantom.
I take my orders directly from Magnum.
Captain Wu never laid eyes on the telegram.
I nmde that up to frame him.
As for Lieutenat Bai, I was the one who forged his--
Let's talk about Magnum.
Where is he now?
Ok!
But not in front of him.
I've no idea where he is,
I've never seen him.
But you must be
in contact with him.
The board in front of the City Temple.
Does he post the orders himself?
What do you think?
Would you do it yourself?
You're wasting my time.
Sorry.
But the truth is I know more about you...
than I do about Magnum.
Commander, sir!
Where is Takeda?
I need to see him now.
What else can you tell me?
Oh, lots...
About your family...Your upbringing...
And about that awful weak spot of yours...
Your grandfather became Lieutenant General after Meiji Restoration.
Your father also distinguished himself.
As a Colonel in the Navy.
Indeed!
You're a most talented spy.
Halfway through the Russo-Japanese war,
your grandfather killed himself in the front-line.
No military men have ever respected you.
You bitch!
Don't shoot!
She was determined to die.
And we all played right into it.
You never had any authority to conduct this investigation.
Gen. Tsukeda turned down your request--
This operation-- Is entirely illegtimate!
At this point, does it really matter...
wether I was authorized or not?
My goal--
is to catch Magnum.
And wipe out his terrorist organization.
I cannot return to Japan in shame.
You conducted interrogations under false military orders.
Two ranking officers died here.
Along with a Chief Captain who's half dead.
If word of this gets out,
they'll haul both of us before a court-martial.
We need to find someone to pin this on.
Sirs...
I have matters to discuss with Col. Takeda.
Leave us be.
Yes sir.
You double-crossing son of a bitch!
You son of a bitch!
Takeda!
Colonel Takeda!
You know I've...
I've always been loyal--
Back-stabbing bastards!
At least the Phantom wasn't able to escape.
Stick with the original plan tonight.
Set a trap at Bai Cao Hall.
If we can catch Magnum...
we might still have a chance.
THREE MONTHS LATER
Where did you last make port?
Taiwan?
Saigon?
No, not Saigon--
This ship doesn't stop there.
What's the point of sending more troops in?
This war might just end earlier than we'd thought.
I'm going home a criminal.
But I've just got it better than you--
At least I'm going home.
I'm here to shorten the trip.
'Peace at Last"
Li Ningyu!
There's someone here for you.
You know how it is--
After working for the puppet regime during the war,
I'm really pretty lucky...
to have even this.
The report you wrote helped a lot--
I should thank you.
Poor Liu, though--
The Japanese were going to put him in front of a firing squad.
But 3 days before the execution,
the Japanese surrendered.
He kept his life alright.
But he's never been the same.
Anyway, you're not here to hear me complain.
Actually...
I'm here about the dress.
The dress?
The one Gu mended for you.
Gu and I...
we were both in the Resistance.
Although we were both undercover in the Counter-Insurgency Center,
she had no idea who I was.
It wasn't until that night on the balcony,
when I started singing "The Empty City,"
that she learned I was one of her comrades.
We use the song like a secret password,
to reach out to our comrades...
whenever we're in trouble.
Relax, now.
I lost my temper.
I'm here to apologize.
I don't want your apology.
Please just leave!
- What are you doing? - Just relax.
I'll call the guards!
Stop! What're you doing?
Are you trying to threaten me?
I'm their commanding officer.
What are they going to do to me?
Let go of me!
Relax now. Let's sit down and talk it out.
- Let go of me! - Relax!
We're both from the same village...
- I won't do anything to harm you. - Let go of me!
Let go. Back off!
Just calm down.
I know you're the one.
But I beg you,
comrade to comrade, hide yourself.
Let me take the heat.
Try to get the word out.
But it was me that sent out the false intelligence.
I should take the consequences.
You couldn't stand the torture.
You're in no position to tell me what to do--
I only take orders from Magnum.
Then why was Gu...
always clashing with you?
It's one of our tricks.
If 2 comrades are taken in at the same time,
we fight, accuse each other, do whatever it takes...
to keep them from getting everyone.
That way, at least one of us would get out alive.
Let go of me!
If word doesn't get out tonight, the Resistance will be crushed.
You must survive. Find a way to get the message out.
I'm MAGNUM. I hereby order you to turn me in.
You stay alive. I have a plan.
You dropped a cigarette at lunch.
What're you talking about?
There was a message on the cigarette.
Are you out of your mind?
I didn't understand at the time what she was trying to do.
She'd decided from the start that she'd sacrifice herself.
To make sure I got the message out.
That song,"The Empty City,"
with a few changes in the tune and lyrics,
it becomes a tool for transmitting urgent messages.
FALSE INFORMATION
ABORT MISSION MAGNUM
When Gu made you turn her in,
it was to make sure that I got out.
What if you'd been unconscious when you got to the hospital?
Or nobody was there to hear your message?
Then it would all have been for nothing.
In fact...
Gu had also sewn a mission abort message...
onto her undergarments--
As another way to get words out.
FALSE INFORMATION ABORT MISSION PHANTOM
Nobody was going to get out of that mansion alive.
So Gu...
used her body to pass on the message in death.
She also wanted me to pass on
the message she left for you.
It's in the lining of your dress.
You'd know this better than me--
It's all Morse Code.
THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO TODAY
I'M NOT AFRAID OF DYING--
BUT ONLY FEAR MY LOVED ONES WON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE DIED FOR
I AM LEAVING THESE WORDS IN THE HOPE THAT
LI AND MY FAMILY WILL FORGIVE MY DECISION
I'm leaving these words in the hope that...
Li and my family will forgive my decision.
But I have faith...
that you'll come to understand my intentions.
My dearest loved ones...
Though my death brings you great pain,
but our people face mortal peril.
I would do anything to stop it.
Even if it's giving up my little life.
Whatever they may do to my body,
my soul will always live on with you.
What the enemy can never understand is...
that Phantom and Magnum represent not individuals...
They represent a brotherhood
and a faith in justice!