Help!
Stop hitting me!
The victim's name is Ta-Wei Cheng.
Hsin-Ling technology company's research and development manager.
He's also their baseball team's leader.
Why is a technology company involved in baseball?
Yeah, the CEO loves baseball.
The baseball team exists to help the boss's son train.
And one cannot win against the son.
Or else one would be fired, right?
That's right.
The coach mentioned Ta-Wei Cheng hated losing.
So he demanded his players come out to train every Saturday.
Today they trained till 5 pm.
Then, he left with his subordinates.
Who would have thought...
Bleeding from 4 places on the body, why?
Look...
His wrists and calves have patterned pressure marks.
Quite likely,
his hands and legs were tied up before death.
He was tied up in this chair,
repeatedly hit by baseballs coming from the dispenser.
This fibrous material...
might be from a rope.
There are bruises on his scalp.
Likely due to getting hit in the skull.
Intracerebral hemorrhage.
The symptoms of which include dark eye circles like those of a panda,
discharge from the ears and nose,
sometimes even
bleeding cerebrospinal fluid with traces of blood.
I just scanned the ball dispenser with the laser.
Didn't find any fingerprints.
It's likely that the murderer didn't put on any gloves.
Hence, the dispenser has been wiped down.
But he missed one detail,
that he has touched all of the balls here.
"Footprints in the sand show where one has been."
I suspect the killer is among the team.
The question is why the killer would use a baseball to kill.
Excuse me, sir.
I'm Yang from the criminal department.
Do you have a minute?
Pardon me for interrupting your practice session.
We're interested to hear your opinions on Ta-Wei Cheng.
Our baseball team has been around for 15 years.
There's a tradition of bullying rookies.
When I first joined the team,
Mr. Cheng put me on a grueling practice schedule.
Me too...
So, you were all bullied by Ta-Wei Cheng.
Yes...
That guy...
a real jerk.
I am the coach here.
Him, the amateur, attempted to lead the team.
What do you think?
Their body movements are natural,
their attitudes are candid.
People who have nothing to hide... their body language should be in unison.
I think they are telling the truth.
But there's one person that stands out,
who isn't participating.
Look at the stain here.
If this were a tear stain,
the position of the tear drop is rather curious.
It looks as though it had appeared out of nowhere.
There's no tear stain at the corner of the eye.
Surprisingly, the tear stain can be seen on his cheek.
So, this was not Ta-Wei Cheng's tear.
The killer's tear?
It's a possibility.
But this could've been a sweat stain.
If this was a tear stain,
why would the killer cry while omitting the act?
It depends on the killer's motive.
Thank you.
Everyone had been bullied by Ta-Wei Cheng.
You're no exception, right?
Why aren't you expressing anything?
Mr. Cheng is gone. It doesn't help to talk about it.
This is what you really think inside?
No complaints towards him?
No.
Excuse me, if there are no other questions,
I want to get back to cleaning up,
get back to the office and write my report.
Look at this depression.
It shows depressed skull fracture.
So, professor,
the primary cause of death is due to a depressed skull?
A skull fracture in itself doesn't cause death.
The fracture leads to deformation of the skull
which in turn leads to changes in cerebral structure,
detrimental to the central nervous system.
Therefore, what exactly is the cause of death?
I want to say it's fracture of cranial base from impact
leading to brain stem hemorrhage,
damaging the central nervous system,
leading to death.
12 characteristics identified. It's an exact match.
One of the fingerprints on the baseball belongs to Chao-Ming Hung.
That's him?
This is all I can do.
I don't know what to do from this point on.
Following the computerized comparison,
it's up to me, the trace evidence expert,
to perform the cranium comparison.
Look at this.
Chao-Ming Hung's thumb...
See it's... There's a depression...
Triangular on both sides...
Circular in the center...
If you start from the side...
It leaves a fingerprint?
Here is the coffee you ordered.
Dumbo Hsiang...
You're such a silly and naive individual.
Let me, the pro,
answer this incredibly challenging question for you.
The fingerprints on everyone's hands,
every loop and whorl consists of several sweat glands.
At any time, anywhere, the glands secrete sweat.
So, when our fingers accidentally touch on something,
it'll leave the sweat from our fingers.
Substances contained in sweat are moisture, protein and urea.
Get it?
You don't quite get it, do you?
What about you go fetch me a box of donuts?
I'll teach you more when you get back, OK?
Thanks!
And fried chicken steak.
Why didn't you say so before I went on the coffee run?
On your way there, could you also get me some beef steak?
Thanks!
The fiber material collected at the scene has proven to be hemp.
A common material used for ropes.
Based on this alone, we cannot find our killer.
And we don't have the rope that's used for the crime for comparison.
This evidence isn't very helpful to our investigation.
I have asked the coach and all the team members, on the day of the crime at 5 PM,
which was after their practice session,
among the 12 members, only 5 of them don't have an alibi.
These 5 guys...
I recall one of them was questioned
by Cian for his lack of complaints towards Ta-Wei Cheng.
He beat around the bush.
And...
He kept looking at his watch rushed to finish the subject.
This means he's uncomfortable and attempted to shun from the topic.
I believe he's...
suspicious.
Which reminds me...
On the day of the scene, there was a glove missing.
I recall Chao-Ming Hung practiced that day.
He's a left-hander.
But when I handed him the glove, he took it with his right hand.
I've determined the tear stain DNA found on Ta-Wei Cheng's cheek
doesn't belong to him.
Cian Yang, please proceed to collect
Chao-Ming Hung's saliva for DNA comparison.
Hung could still be the suspect.
I got it!
The fingerprints of 12 team members are all shown on the baseball.
However,
there's one fingerprint that doesn't belong to anyone in the team.
It belongs to...
an outsider.
So, this outsider could also be the suspect?
Bingo!
I hear you left the team due to illness.
What had happened?
I was Mr. Huang's subordinate.
I got reappointed to work under Cheng.
He never stopped harassing me from day one.
He bullied you.
You became the victim of workplace conflict.
Once, we were training as a team... He drilled me. I passed out.
On the way to the hospital,
I developed rhabdomyolysis
which led to kidney failure.
That's a serious condition.
He treated you badly.
You hated his guts, didn't you?
I did.
But there was nothing I could do.
I needed the job.
Where were you between 5:30 PM
and 7:30 PM on February 27th?
I was working over time till 9:00 PM.
What about after 9:00 PM?
I headed home directly.
Anyone with you at the office?
Yes.
All of my co-workers were present.
Do you live with any family members?
My mom.
In that case, you wouldn't mind me
collecting your saliva for the investigation?
No problem.
I don't get it.
Why does every male feel the need to
succumb to the bullying culture? The weak always succumb to bullying.
People have been brainwashed by stereotypical norms.
So far, Hsin has criticized every guy that pursued her.
She criticized their ugly hair,
ugly pants...
Yeah, Hsin's got a bullying bitch face.
I was born with this face!
See? You've just bullied her.
I was trying to kill a mosquito!
I see you've been killing mosquitoes.
- So many of them... - Yeah...
There's nothing I can do about the look I was born with.
Yeah, hopeless.
Well then, based on your logic, Kao has a "come-bully-me" face.
Whoa, you're right.
Yes, you do. You do look bulliable.
- That's not true. - Poor thing.
My schoolmates enjoyed playing games with me.
What kind of games? What kind of games?
Such as...
Aluba, floating on grass,
and credit card sliding.
Those are school pranks! You were bullied!
Don't be jealous because I'm popular, OK?
Can you be any stupider?
Please go to the ballpark and write down all of the car license plate numbers.
Find the car owners?
What do you think? Use the numbers for lottery tickets?
Go ask around if anyone found anyone suspicious on that day.
OK...
Cian...
Even if there were car owners that witnessed the incident,
they don't necessarily show up at the parking lot daily.
You're learning, aren't you?
So, you'll come to wait for them everyday.
You'll find the witnesses eventually.
Cian...
How long should I wait for them?
Wait till you get a viable clue.
Viable clue...
Pardon me, Cian.
"A corn kernel that hasn't popped..."
"Pop, pop, pop..."
We've got Pei-Hua Ho's DNA results.
Now we only need to do a match-up with the tear stain DNA.
We should know whether he's the killer.
While Thunder Lei enjoys catching the bad guys using science.
In fact, as a kid, he used to be excluded
and bullied by schoolmates.
For real?
I think it was you who was policing around.
You were a snitch, right?
Snitch.
I am a man of principles.
Snitch.
We should've known each other sooner.
I too enjoy protecting the weak.
Popcorn is ready.
Great.
Solving violence with more violence only makes things worse.
No flavor. Can we add some chili paste?
Nobody flavors popcorn with chili paste.
Hey.
Quiet...
What is it, Liang?
What?
Tell me which bastard won't allow you to join other teams?
Tell me!
What's his name?
Your bitch face ruined my appetite.
Don't you think Thunder Lei has been acting a little weird?
Not at all.
You...
don't think he's acting strange
towards you?
What are you talking about?
I don't get it. Speak Mandarin, please.
What?
Where is everyone?
The meeting is at 7:00.
Your watch is broken or you got the time wrong.
Thanks to me who got the time wrong,
you now have a kitchen helper.
A kitchen killer is more like it.
Don't underestimate my skills.
I'm an expert at cutting up vegetables.
Stand back, leave this to me.
Don't wield the knife at me!
Are you scared?
Don't play with the knife like that!
Let me cut up the vegetables!
Stop being so competitive!
Go find something else to do!
Hey.
OK, you do it.
I've brought food.
OK.
Didn't you say you don't mix work with love?
Cian Yang is not my type. You've read too much into things.
A double-yolked egg.
You are lucky.
I beg to differ.
A double yolker indicates issues in the hen's reproductive system.
Let's eat up.
Let's eat.
Recently, I've used the same trick to pick up girls at the club.
It really works!
I don't just touch their hands, OK?
I really know palm reading.
Let me show you...
Don't you dare touch Cian's hands!
Miss, I merely asked to see her hands.
OK, here.
You better know how to read palms.
It shows you have several combative whorls.
And spiral whorls,
which indicates you're ready for a relationship.
You yearn for a perfect prince charming.
You've been waiting for someone to confess his love for you.
Is that right?
What the heck?
If something happens to me...
you must look after mom.
[Ming] Pei-Hua Ho's saliva DNA
is an exact match with the tear stain.
This proves that he's likely...
Where are you going?
Making an arrest.
Mr. Ho,
we have evidence that proves your involvement in this case.
Please come with us to the station.
This is garbage!
Re-write it!
[Hua] You know...
he took great pleasure in hurting others.
He threatened to fire me if I told people why I was...
undergoing dialysis.
To keep my job, I had to suck it all up.
He kept harassing me.
So, you killed him.
I will walk myself there.
I am sorry.
I did it.
I did it all by myself.
I get it, Cheng deserved it.
But why didn't anyone
who witnessed the bullying defend the bullied?
Standing up against authority isn't easy.
There is a famous research
conducted by Yale University's psychologist Milgram.
He did an experiment
where he asked participants to play the role of a teacher.
When the student answers a question wrong, the teacher pushes a button that sends
electric currents at different degrees to punish the student.
But, in fact, the student was an actor.
The electric shocks weren't real.
And the result?
The result was
even though they could clearly see the student suffering from pain,
and they knew they used the strongest electric current,
and it's a dangerous situation, over half of the participants
did as instructed regardless.
Those who used the electric shock
believed the person who issued the order was the true culprit.
Like those who didn't defend the bullied, they blamed it all on Cheng.
That way the guilt of not doing anything when seeing someone
in mortal danger goes away.
This experiment was done in 1961.
It's been 53 years!
Technology continues to evolve, but human nature...
Time to reflect on things...
I'm in a bad mood.
Stop giving me that cheeky grin!
But I found new evidence.
Well then, show it to me.
I have finally found a viable clue.
I interviewed a guy.
He said his car got scratched often when he used to park his car there.
So, he began to leave the dashcam on even when he's not in the car.
Look at this.
On February 27th, 6:34 PM,
the dashcam recorded this.
I suspect the bag
he dumped consists of the murder tools.
CLOTHES DONATION BIN
Not bad...
You have finally grown and reached puberty.
Little Hsiang becoming an adult…
Not so fast.
There are still some questions that need to be answered.
Well, the DNA is an exact match.
And the video, what more do you need?
Pei-Hua Ho is definitely the killer.
Unless there is a double.
I told you the double yolker brought us luck.
We need to be 100% sure...
A double-yolked egg.
You are right.
Two possibilities explain the DNA being an exact match.
One, the killer is indeed Pei-Hua Ho.
Two, the killer is his double.
Someone who shares the same DNA as him.
Pei-Chung Ho.
I have finally encountered identical twin murder suspects.
You really cannot tell them apart or who the big brother is.
Identical twins have exact same DNA sequence.
Not only do they look exactly the same, some research shows,
even if they each live in a different environment,
their IQ, sleep pattern and aesthetics remain similar.
I can see the difference now.
Aside from one being left-handed, and the other right-handed,
in comparison,
This one has more hand gestures.
He appears to be more excited.
The question is...
Who is the real killer?
Killer...
Officer Yang,
I've told you many times.
I did it.
Isn't it enough to confess? I don't know what else you want.
It has nothing to do with him, let him go.
I did it all by myself.
He has nothing to do with it.
Believe me.
He's really innocent.
Both of you said the same thing.
When asked where the outfit and the glove used for the crime were,
you both said you had no idea.
Pei-Hua Ho,
let me advise you,
lying is not going to save your big brother.
Well...
Officer Yang...
There you go. You have made the right decision.
Actually...
I am Pei-Chung.
Not Pei-Hua.
Pei...
Chung
Yes, Pei-Chung Ho, pleased to meet you.
What?
They look exactly the same.
Who wouldn't mix them up?
I'm not a face recognition device.
No comment.
"I'm not a face recognition device."
Starting at 6:38, play it again.
What's that?
It's a clothing donation drop box.
No. 002.
By Beautiful New World Association.
Get me a latte without milk, but with tapioca balls.
What's the hurry?
- Are you OK? - I'm fine.
But I bet the killer got cut by this too.
Why do these things keep popping up?
Searching requires strategy.
In a chaotic circumstance like this,
we need to follow the same direction so we don't waste time repeating.
No comment.
I found it!
The overlapping fingerprints
on the watch is more severe than I had anticipated.
Why don't you separate primary fingerprints
from the secondary ones?
Separate first, and then compare.
Will it take a long time?
Go fetch me a drink. It'll be ready when you get back.
OK.
You said on the evening of February 27th at 5 o'clock,
you waited for Ta-Wei Cheng in the parking lot.
You saw he was alone.
So, you held him hostage with a knife.
And then?
How did you get him to apologize to you?
I tied him to the chair with a rope.
And I started hitting him with baseballs.
Just like how he used to torture my younger brother.
I tied him to the chair with a rope.
And I started hitting him with baseballs.
Just like how he used to hit me with the balls.
I didn't mean to kill him.
I just wanted to hear him apologize.
I didn't mean to kill him.
But he refused to apologize.
Cian is no exception.
Even the face recognition device cannot tell them apart.
Mr. Lin, no worries. I got this.
Body language to me is no different than DNA or fingerprints.
You can tell if someone is lying by looking his body language.
To me, whenever they start to lie
I can always tell who's lying.
Are you sure?
When you found out he's dead, why did you take off all his clothes?
I've got my fingerprints all over. Of course I took his clothes off.
Then I realized my fingerprints were all over the ball dispenser too,
so I wiped it down.
I took all the things home.
I thought it'd be risky...
What things?
Describe them.
His clothes and things.
His top, pants...
Baseball glove, baseball...
and rope.
What kind of rope?
What material is it made out of?
Made of hemp.
The kind used by boy scouts.
I didn't expect him to say,
"To train is a reasonable request.
To drill is not a reasonable one."
Mr. Lin, have you noticed something interesting?
Whenever he talks about details like the baseballs or the ball dispenser,
he would do this gesture...
This indicates self-control.
He's trying to not say the wrong things. Whatever happens...
never slip the tongue.
Many use training as an excuse.
What they really want to do is to torture you.
So you took his top, pants,
watch, glove, and baseball
and dumped them all in the drop box, and then?
Where did you go after?
I went directly home.
No, you're right-handed. Why didn't you use a left-handed glove?
No... actually sometimes
like when I eat, playing sports, I use my...
Wait. You said you used boy scout rope to tie up Cheng.
What's your method? Tell me the sequence?
The sequence...
I tied up his hands first.
Then tied his hands behind the chair.
And then...
I tied up his legs.
What about the boy scout rope?
Boy scout rope.
I dumped them in the drop box.
Well done.
I'm very impressed.
That's right. When one actually experiences something,
whatever way you ask the questions.
After all, it's something that actually happened.
So, one can easily retell the story without skipping any detail.
But when one lies,
the brain undergoes intricate activities to complete this complicated task.
When one must hide the truth and make up a story simultaneously,
a pop quiz like this proves detrimental.
Are you basing what you said
on actual experiences?
Of course.
Let me ask you.
If someone did what Cian just did to me,
how should I handle it?
Well then... do nothing.
Do nothing.
Nothing.
Not doable.
Why not?
My wife for sure would not...
What about your wife...
We collected a blood sample from the drop box cover.
I'm speculating...
the blood belongs to the killer.
That's me.
Here's the report.
Speculation isn't scientific.
But the report is.
The blood sample from the drop box
and skin cells from the rope
are proven to belong to
one of you, twins.
While identical twins share the same DNA,
to know who the killer is,
this report provides the key.
The fingerprints on the wrist watch
proves that the killer is
Pei...
Pei-Chung Ho
Chung...
You made an error.
The rope used isn't boy scout rope, but one made of hemp.
I still cannot tell you two apart.
Now I know how.
On your right hand, there's no cut wound
which proves you're not the killer.
Pei-Hua Ho
Big brother.
We made a pact.
Why didn't you keep your promise?
I'm in big trouble.
Don't panic.
Be calm.
Just promise me.
You will take good care of mom.
What are you going to do?
My health is failing anyway.
You're the only one to look after mom.
This is not right.
If I let you go to jail for me,
I'm just as sinned as that son of a bitch.
When dad was on his death bed, I promised him I'd look after our family.
I failed to keep that promise.
I failed to protect you from bullying.
I am so sorry.
You kept it a secret.
But I know...
you were scared of losing the job, so you stuck it out
I haven't looked after you.
But at least I could get revenge for you.
Pei-Hua...
Big brother.
What happened?
I am sorry.
You'll be fine.
Take good care of your brother.
These are from us.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
Take good care of your younger brother. Now, please excuse us.
Thank you for taking the time out here.
You don't know how to dodge a ball?
Again.
The ball was right in front of you!
Is it fun to bully my brother?
Is it fun?
What didn't anyone do anything?
I'm sorry, big brother.
You haven't done anything wrong.
You shouldn't be the one apologizing.
Help!
Stop it!
Are you in pain?
Great!
Apologize to my younger brother!
Say something!
So...
The tear on Cheng's cheek was yours.
You were hurting for your younger brother.
I wanted him to experience
what it feels like
to be bullied!
But your bullying Cheng to take vengeance on him...
You're no different from him.
Aren't you a real man?
Stand up!
Youngsters nowadays act too impulsively.
Thinking violence must be met by violence.
They don't understand solving the problem of bullying requires wisdom.
Hello? Liang, what is it?
Are you sure?
OK, that's fine.
I'll take care of it.
Has your daughter been bullied?
A kid wants to date my daughter, Liang.
He doesn't allow other kids to be in the same team with them.
They are too young!
Wait!
Thanks.
What? Am I contagious?
You like to fart in the elevator.
I'm taking the stairs.
What the...
Who do you think you are?
Look at him!
He's like that brat that likes Liang,
trying to get... your attention.
I've told you hundreds of times, don't bring it up again, nosy.
What if he really likes you, what are you gonna do?
Subtitle translation by Chia-Chin Wu