I had no motive for my wickedness
except wickedness itself.
It was foul, and I loved it.
I loved the self-destruction,
I loved my fall,
not the object for which I had fallen
but my fall itself.
- Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
Where is she?
I don't know. How could I possibly lose her?
Let's report back.
You won't be able to tail me.
What? Who's tailing you?
I know who you are.
Law Siu-sze and Lee Man-hung.
Stop following me.
Tell Cheuk Sir I want to see him.
You betrayed Johnny and Ngai Tak-shun.
Who are you?
That's not important.
I asked you to come here
because I only want to tell you,
we're after the same people, we have the same goal.
Please stop getting in my way.
I'm a Policeman, you're a criminal.
I doubt if we have the same goal.
What I do, is none of your business.
You're also helping a criminal.
I want you to understand I'm not the enemy.
Or else your team members would be dead by now.
Cheuk Sir, I want to make something clear,
this is a warning, not a friendly advice.
Get out of my way
or you'll have to bear the consequences.
If you know me so well,
you should know I won't give up.
I'm warning you too.
You'll answer to me if you make a move on my team.
OK, fine! We'll see about that.
You are...
Hello, Auntie. I'm Ching's boss.
Her boss?
Sorry...the name is Hui.
Ching has been a great help to me.
We had a good relationship.
I think I saw you at the funeral.
May I come in?
Sure, please come in.
Here. "have some water.
Thank you, Auntie.
As Ching's boss, I failed to watch out for her,
I really don't know how to face you.
It's over now.
I always knew Police work is dangerous.
Are you bored living alone now?
No, I had visitors earlier.
They helped me take Ching's belongings to the community center.
Who were they? Can they be trusted?
Lan is an old neighbor.
She's a singer on Temple Street.
She brought 2 fans with her.
They said Ching has been nice to them.
They seem quite interested in her past.
Did you tell them anything?
I told them Ching was in the gang
and how shocked I was
when she came home one day and told me
she was an undercover cop.
MW“? Eke?
Not much. We were just shooting the breeze.
There wasn't much to talk about.
Then they helped me clean out Ching's room
and we found some old pictures.
Ching was quite pretty back then.
Don't be sad, Auntie.
Let me remind you, if strangers approach you
they're probably con men, be careful.
I'm old and broke,
they have nothing to con from me.
I'm still worried about you.
Let me hire a helper for you.
I can't let you do that.
Ching used to work for me.
As her boss, I should do something for her.
Very well.
It's late, I should go.
Take care of yourself.
Thank you, Ho.
What did you just call me?
You're Ching's boyfriend Macho Ho.
I can tell from your tone.
Hui Sir, what's so urgent?
How can I help you?
I need you to do something.
Someone went to see Ching's mother
and asked about her past.
Who were they?
One Of them was her mother's friend Tang Suet-lan.
She's a singer on Temple Street.
She also brought a man and a woman.
But I don't know who they were.
You're worried...
Let's not take any chances.
Who knows if they want to dig up our dirt?
OK, leave that to me.
I'll check out the singer.
Like you said, better not take any chances.
You get my drift?
I'm counting on you.
How clumsy! I forgot my phone.
Sorry, we're closed.
Come back tomorrow.
We're not here to hear you sing.
What are you doing?
Is this a robbery? I have no money.
The cashier is over there.
Why did you go see Fong Ying?
Who?
Cheung Suet-ching's mother.
What are you talking about?
Here's your second chance.
Who went with you?
I still don't know what you're talking about
You won't tell us?
Speak up!
Alright...
Tell us!
Master 12 of Temple Street and Phoenix Girl.
Don't toy with me!
You're asking for it. Chop it off!
No! Stop it!
Forget this woman. Mr. Ngai gave a new order
Go back and wait for further instructions.
Let me ask Mr. Ngai.
Run!
Mui!
Auntie Lan, are you alright?
I'm fine, but Tin-tong is injured.
I was waiting for you to dress it for me.
But Auntie Lan did a good job.
You lost a lot of blood, stop horsing around
I may not like violence,
it doesn't mean I can't fight.
You should talk. You lost a lot of blood.
I just managed to stop the bleeding.
Thank you for saving Auntie Lan.
She's my Auntie Lan too. Right, Auntie Lan?
Why did you go to the lounge?
I saw on the news Cheung Suet-ching's mother is dead.
I thought it was connected to our last visit.
I was worried about Auntie Lan's safety
I saw the Cheung Hing punks when I arrived.
They wanted to know the identity of the man and woman who went with me.
What did you tell them?
Nothing.
But Auntie Lan is in danger.
You should stay here for a while.
Don't go anywhere.
I won't.
I'll go back to Cheung Hing and feel out the punks.
Tin-tong, will you be in any danger if you go back?
Mr. Ngai won't go easy on you.
I'll be in more trouble if I don't show up.
Don't worry, I'm OK as a PR.
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We have come this far, we can't give up now.
Bye, Auntie Lan. Bye!
Order anything, I'll pick up the tab.
I will.
Chui 'I'm-tong, you have guts to show up.
You two may go.
Yes, Mr. Ngai.
You're smart to show up.
You work for me,
you ran off with someone I wanted.
What's your explanation?
Tang Suet-lan is my godmother.
You cant expect me to stand by and watch someone chop off her hand.
Godmother?
I've been around.
And I'm known to be a womanizer.
Where would I be without a few godmothers?
OK, do you know why I sent them after her?
I asked her. She said you asked her
why she went to see Fong Ying
and who else went with her.
Mr. Ngai, ask no further.
It was me and my girlfriend.
I don't know why you had to bring her in for visiting an old neighbor.
My godmother is an elderly woman,
I can't see her doing anything to threaten Cheung Hing.
You really don't know why I did it?
If I knew, I wouldn't let her go there.
Ok, I'll consider this a misunderstanding and let it slide.
If you get into my way again
or try to deliver a false order from me,
what do you think I should do to you?
Anything you want.
OK, you may go.
I'll get back to work, Mr. Ngai.
This phone...
It belongs to Cheung Suet-ching.
I suspect there's a big, bad dirty cop behind Cheung Suet-ching.
I set a trap to make her contact him.
She caught on and shot the phone.
After l killed her, I thought the phone may be useful,
so I took it with me.
Seeing that I have almost recovered,
I took it into the shop and luckily they fixed it.
Did anyone see you?
A lot of stuff inside were encrypted.
But she didn't delete the phone log that day
I found out the identity of the big, bad dirty cop.
Who is it?
Assistant Commissioner Hui Kai-fat.
Brother Foon-hei...
Don't worry, leave the rest to me.
I can't believe you visited Madam Cheung's mother just once,
and left behind such a mess.
Tin-tong, did Ngai Tak-shun buy your story?
He seemed to have bought it, but I don't think so.
If he suspects you, you must be very careful if you follow up on this.
Report to me right away.
Yes, Sir!
What a shame, we went to Madam Cheung's home
but still didn't find any leads.
The fact that Cheung Hing made a move must mean we're on the right track.
Tell me in details.
She must have been an outstanding UC.
Her mother thought she was a punk
and was floored to find out she was a UC.
Madam's boyfriend Macho Ho was an ace bouncer from Hung Ying.
He endured the gang punishment for Madam.
She must have seduced him.
You took a picture, show it to Cheuk Sir.
Send it to me, it may become useful.
What is it? OK, I'll be right back.
The serial killer turned himself in.
Hui Sir!
We just started. You didn't miss anything.
Thank you, Sir!
Who is he?
His name is Tsang Shek, he's allegedly unemployed.
Who is this?
Crime Unit CIP Lau Kin-kwun.
At 12 midnight on the 18th of last month,
I waited on his way home.
When he drove by,
I tossed a dummy onto the road to lure him out of the car.
I rammed his head onto the hood
and slit his throat with a knife when he passed out.
Where's the knife?
I took it home. I gave it to another officer when I came in.
Who is this?
SIP To Kai-kei of OTCB.
On the 1st of this month,
I stabbed him at the tea restaurant he likes to go to.
Why didn't you ask me chronologically?
There was another one before him.
SSP Yuen Chi-wai of Kowloon West.
On the 25th of last month,
downstairs in the parking lot where he lived,
I pried open his car door,
hid in the back seat and waited for him to go to work.
I strangled him with an iron wire when he got in.
I tossed the wire into the water when I passed by a pier.
What were you wearing?
I always wore a wool cap so no one would recognize me.
Hui Sir.
Can I interrogate him?
Sure, go ahead.
If you don't want anyone to see you,
why did you turn yourself in?
I suddenly found a conscience.
Why did you kill the officers?
I'll tell the judge in court.
Hui Sir!
Cheuk Sir, CIB has been following up on the serial cop killer case.
What do you think of the suspect?
He knew all the details by heart.
You think he's the killer?
No and neither did you.
What's the problem?
The details he gave us
are precisely what we need for a statement.
As if he's well prepared for it.
Few people give statements so smoothly.
Most people stutter under pressure,
have mood swings and use many function words
Most people have non-linear thinking.
It's seldom logical or chronological.
But that guy was picky about the chronology of our questions.
Like a school kind who caught a mistake on the exam paper.
I feel something is not right.
But we need evidence to go to court.
If he has the murder weapon and knows the details, he must be the killer.
If he is, we should put him away.
But if he's the fall guy, we can’t convict him.
I have no doubts about that.
We'll keep interrogating him,
I'm sure we'll catch something.
Relax! Lok didn't turn himself in, someone else did.
But this guy knows all the details.
We'll talk when we meet.
Thank God it wasn't Lok.
But this guy knows all the details.
Maybe Lok arranged for this guy to turn himself in.
That means he's fine.
Wait...knowing Lok, he'd never let someone take the rap for him.
He took on his revenge by himself.
I think he's up to something.
Did he find the big, bad dirty cop?
I hope he won't corner himself.
Hui Sir, I'm sorry you had to come all the way out here.
It's quiet. It's quite nice.
What are you up to, Chum Foon-hei?
I want to work with you.
Against Ngai Tak-shun?
That's right?
Are you cray? When did you become so naive?
You think you can threaten me after you restored Madam Cheung's phone?
You said I'm dirty, where's your proof?
I have a witness.
Witness? Who?
Remember Tsang Shek the suspect?
He admitted he killed the dirty cops.
He had all the details, no one would believe he didn't do it.
50?
He works for me and I gave him a big allowance to settle his family.
If you won't work with me, I'll instruct him to nail you.
He'll tell the Police you were trying to cover up your tracks
and killed Madam Cheung and the other dirty cops.
What do you think? You don't have a choice.
Fine!
Brother Foon-hei is back.
How did it go with Hui Kai-fat?
Tell them to serve us lobster sashimi.
OK!
Well, Lok? You don't seem too happy.
lam. We knew Hui Kai-fat had no choice when we sent the fall guy.
Did you say what he'll do to Ngai Tak-shun?
Ngai Tak-shun's bodyguards are always with him,
but he's the only one in Cheung Hing who knows about Hui Kai-fat.
When Ngai Tak-shun meet with Hui Kai-fat...
...they will be alone.
Fighting him alone? He has no chance.
Why bother? One bullet can kill him.
Two bullets.
I almost forgot. You want your revenge too.
Hui Kai-fat won't get away.
He's naive enough to think I'll let him off.
Chai Fing, get us 2 cups of tea.
Honey, I'm sending Ngai Tak-shun on his way.
Don't blink and watch me.
Siu-man, Hui Kai-fat is the last one.
Once he's dead, all the dirty cops who killed you will be accounted for.
You can rest in peace.
Hello, everyone. Cheuk Sir and I are old friends.
We have done joint operations before.
But this is the first time we're working in the same department.
It might not be easy.
Stuck with each other, we're likely to fight
Yes and we should try to smile.
Cheuk Sir told me you had high hopes when you joined CIB.
I know a lot took place lately.
You may feel helpless and hard to bear.
Don't worry, now you have me and Cheuk Sir.
Exactly! The unhappy past is behind us.
Hong Sir and I will lead you and bring CIB back on the right track.
I guarantee you can hold up your head
and say you're proud to be in CIB.
Yes, Sir!
I found you USD $500M to launder.
The money will be arriving in batches in the next 3 days.
Are you sure we can launder and double it in Uzil?
Have you been watching the news?
Uzil is taking banknotes out of circulation.
The gangs are having trouble disposing the old banknotes.
What do we gain from exchanging our USD for the old notes?
The reform was intended to curtail money laundering.
Mr. Palmer of the biggest gang in Uzil contacted me recently.
He wanted to work with me and offered double the exchange rate as our fee.
How can you dispose of the old notes?
I turned down his offer.
I counter proposed and asked him to engineer demonstrations and riots.
You told Palmer to do this?
A few deaths is enough to disrupt the plan to issue new banknotes.
The government of Uzil started to negotiate with Mr. Palmer right away.
Palmer just called to tell me they reached an agreement.
They will announce by month end to stop printing new currency notes.
We have been informed by INTERPOL
to monitor possible money laundering activities in Uzil,
as a result of replacing old banknotes with new ones.
If you have been watching the news,
the Prime Minister made a sudden announcement last week,
to take all $1,000 notes out of circulation with immediate effect.
Old notes must be exchanged at the bank.
The scheme is a countermeasure against the local and cross-border gangs.
A quarter of Uzil's GDP comes from grey economy.
Most of the dirty money from cross-border gangs were in the old $1,000 notes.
Replacing old banknotes with new ones
will expose the laundered money as they enter the financial system.
People are crazy about exchanging their currency for USD.
It used to take $5,000 Uzil dollars to get USD $100.
Now it'll take twice as much.
Uzil currently has $15T waiting to be exchanged into USD.
Before the word got out,
we'll buy low and sell high
and pocket the difference.
That's so daring!
Uzil wants to fight money laundering,
but we carry on laundering dirty money
and con their people out of their hard earned money.
Wouldn't that be a bit much?
Well...business is business, right?
In order to launder their dirty money,
the gangs in Uzil would rather pay double to exchange for USD.
This is a business that deals in denominations of billions.
That's why INTERPOL wants us to watch two people.
Ngai Tak-shun, the Asian boss of an international money laundering organization.
And Chum Foon-hei, the up and coming new player in money laundering.
They'll want a piece of the action in Uzil.
I expect them to be shipping large quantities of USD over there.
CIB should not let them get away with it.
Watch Cheung Hing and Fook Wo closely.
Stop all their possible channels of shipping dirty money.
Hong Kong must not become an entrepot for dirty money.
Can you handle sending so much USD over there?
I have someone working for me inside the Police. No problem at all.
Where's Scarlett?
She risked her life to hook us up.
Surely you should cut her in on this deal.
Scarlett is not feeling well.
I'm letting her get some rest.
She's not the only one who can help me.
King, I'd like you to meet someone.
Show them in.
He's here.
Mr- Ngai!
This is Brother King.
Hello, Brother King. I'm Raptor.
Brother King is my boss.
Raptor was a cop and served in CIB as an undercover.
He knows how the Police operates.
I'm putting him in charge of the Uzil deal.
I have faith in Victor's choice.
I won't let you down.
Good!
Uzil's high exchange rate is not privileged news to us alone.
There are other money laundering players.
Man Li from Indonesia and Chum Foon-hei certainly will try to butt in.
It's too windy out here.
Thank you.
You feel any other discomfort?
No. I'm wide awake and can still talk.
Don't joke about that.
Don't take my self-mockery seriously, you're soaring me.
I had a meeting with King.
Don't tell me anything confidential.
Won't you give me some advice?
I'm not in the position to know.
You're here already, why won't you stay and continue to help me?
I chose to leave.
I'm only staying because of the bomb in my head.
Sorry, I'm not good with words. I don't wish to lie.
Don't worry, I'll find the detonator.
I'll be gone once the bomb is defused.
You don't want that?
You think I'm not trying hard enough?
I get a feeling you're glad I'm here.
I do want you here.
But your life means more to me.
As long as you're safe,
I'm OK with you living anywhere.
I trust you. Thank you.
Miss Leung, you're not feeling well?
I'm fine. What about shipping USD to Uzil?
Man Li and I are working on it.
We'll cut you a share for all your support.
We can discuss how to split the money.
The money is not important, we'll work that out later.
You're not worried Ngai Tak-shun will be your competitor?
Right...I almost forgot our goal is not money,
but our common enemy, Ngai Tak-shun.
I have good news for you, he's going to die soon.
Why?
I found the dirty cop working with him.
Who is it?
Assistant Commissioner Hui Kai-fat.
Him?
I set a trap to kill them both.
When they're both dead,
we'll get our revenge and the money.
You're Lai Sir's UC?
What you have done is way beyond the duty of a UC.
I know you suspect me.
But I can assure you I have not defected.
Or else, I wouldn't be here to meet you.
What was the reason for what you did?
I don't believe it was Lai Sir's order.
I have terminal liver cancer, I have only a few months to live.
No, may be just days.
Lai Sir was killed and I had cancer.
But Ngai Tak-shun goes on living and does whatever he pleases.
We're on the side of justice,
but casualties are piling up on our side.
You think that's fair?
Ever since Ngai Tak-shun took over Cheung Hing,
Lai Sir assigned me to him.
But he was killed soon after that.
And I found out I had terminal liver cancer on the same day.
That's why you didn't wait for the new handler.
You knew I was looking for you, but you didn't come in.
I must guard against the dirty cops.
Ngai Tak-shun is not like most gang leaders.
Ordinary means won't work on him.
My chance came when I didn't know how to proceed.
He put you inside the money laundering organization.
Ngai Tak-shun is very ambitious.
When he learned of my financial skills,
I was his mole inside the organization to help him get ahead.
His goal is to take over the organization.
I didn't let him down
because I earned Johnny's trust very quickly
You pitched Mr. White and Johnny against each other.
Then you used Chum Foon-hei as your pawn.
I was a step away from seeing Ngai Tak-shun and Chum Foon-hei kill each other.
But I'm running out of time.
I didn't want to tell anyone about my plan.
Why are you telling me now?
You knew I would not use your methods.
I need someone to come to my grave,
and tell me if my plan worked.
Cheuk Sir, can I ask you a question?
Why did you help Scarlett?
Ngai Tak-shun trusts her and she has broken the law.
Is she worth helping?
Scarlett has done a lot of bad things,
But she didn't entirely have a choice.
She wanted to leave Ngai Tak-shun and start a new life.
I don't know if I'd personally arrest her.
But giving someone a second chance after they made a mistake,
is the nature of the law and law enforcer.
I can give you the detonator.
I never intended to kill her.
It was Johnny's idea to plant the bomb.
When Ngai Tak-shun wanted to kill me,
I had to use it to stay alive.
Now that I'm dying, I won't need it anymore.
Cheuk Sir, don't feel sorry for me.
I chose this path, I won't regret it.
Let me know if I can help you.
I have broken the law, there's no turning back.
If anyone would remember Leung Sze-man was once a cop,
I'd be more than pleased.
To me, you're definitely a cop.
The detonator is in the clinic?
The doctor found out I had terminal cancer.
It was a major blow to me.
But the doctor was very nice and he tried his best to treat me.
He even became my psychiatrist, telling me stories.
In the end, I told him I'm a UC.
I know how you feel.
But I regret telling him.
I didn't want to get him into trouble.
But he was nice and never interfered.
We became good friends.
I even told him about my wish to put away the criminals.
You can’t hang onto the detonator,
so you gave it to him for safekeeping.
Wait here, Cheuk Sir.
I'll go up and get it.
Then you can defuse it in a safe place.
OK, I'll wait right here.
Relax! Give me the bag!