01x04 - Episode 4

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Here you go, Xiaoke.

Thanks.

What's the matter?

Are you going to marry my dad

and become my new mum?

Xiaoke, I'm just your father's colleague.

I'm not going to marry him.

Pinky swear?

Promise you'll never be my new mum.

OK, Xiaoke. It's time for school.

Are you going somewhere? I can give you a lift.

I feel like sitting here for a while more.

OK.

Let's get going. Say bye to Ms Cheng.

—Bye. —Bye.

I've never seen a brain tumour like this.

I've never seen that before either.

There aren't any documented precedents.

Here, look. This is the scan you took

in the US three months ago.

This is the scan we just took.

The brain tumour has doubled in size.

Her TDT [tumour doubling time] is too fast.

We must operate immediately.

I can fly over to assist with the surgery.

No... I think we should do a biopsy first.

It has tentacles like an octopus.

That's cute.

If you don't do something about it soon

your intracranial pressure will go up.

It might compress your optic nerve

and you'll lose your sight.

It might also affect your motor functions.

I just get the occasional hand tremor.

The tremors are most likely because

the tumour is compressing

the prefrontal lobe and temporal lobe.

You'll start to experience more symptoms soon.

When I was hospitalised in the US

there was an old lady in the bed beside me

who had brain cancer too.

She did everything the doctors suggested.

She went for surgery, chemotherapy

and even radiotherapy.

Well, she died a month later.

Anya, every patient's situation is different.

Ms Cheng, you're still young.

These treatment options

can significantly improve your quality of life.

But I feel perfectly fine right now.

Since my days are numbered

I want to live life on my terms.

There weren't any flights to Iceland

departing from Northern District Airport that day.

But that guy who called himself Belle said

they had a plane waiting for me.

There's only one other airport in the area

and that's Watanabe's private airport.

What are you doing?

No unauthorised personnel allowed in here.

Calm down, Detective Li.

So, this is the famous Dream Raiding Lab?

It's much smaller than I thought.

—Mr Watanabe. —Mr Watanabe.

The size of our lab has no bearing

on the work we do here.

It's an honour to meet you, Professor Cheng.

Hey, you can't just stroll in here.

My apologies.

I'll make an appointment the next time.

Detective Li.

Are you looking to arrest me?

If you dig deeper

you'll see I'm just a businessman.

Flight records can prove that

my plane wasn't in the country that day.

Doesn't mean you're clean.

I found a connection between you and AURA Bar.

I set up that place to entertain clients.

I didn't know someone would use it

to conduct ill*gal activities.

Such are the pitfalls

of helming a business empire, huh?

I'm glad you understand.

I know why you're here

but I'm not in charge of the AURA Bar case.

I'm here because I know you raid dreams.

I want you to take a look in my head.

Rhyzen acquired

a liquidated mental health hospital

in the Southern District a year ago.

But that was never in my plan.

I presume you've conducted

an internal investigation?

This is the document

approving the purchase of the facility.

My signature is on it

but I don't remember signing it at all.

You suspect someone hacked into your brain?

That's why I'm here.

No.

There's too much confidential

information in your head.

I've prepared

a confidentiality agreement for you.

I'm not signing this.

I'm not signing it either.

You want to go back to prison?

I can get you kicked off the force.

Threats don't work on us.

Leave us alone for a while.

—But... —It's all right.

Yes, sir.

I beg of you.

I need to find the people

who hacked into my brain.

I need to neutralise them

before what they do destroys Rhyzen.

I don't know what else

they're going to make me do.

Please help me.

I'm willing to accept any conditions you set.

It's Watanabe Yasutaka!

My dream is to work in Rhyzen.

I wouldn't if I were you.

Rhyzen employees enjoy

the best medical benefits in the industry.

I can pay for all your medical expenses.

You can have the surgery in the US if you want.

You're really well-informed.

I'd really love to have you at Rhyzen.

You too.

I'm sorry.

I have no interest in working for you.

Hey, shouldn't you at least

take a second to think it over?

What can I say?

I take after you, I'm difficult too.

Dream Raiding Programme initiated.

In five, four, three, two, one.

Watanabe.

It's you again.

What are you doing in here?

You have no business being here.

So you're the one messing with Watanabe's mind.

I'm not working alone.

Watanabe...

Wake up! Wake up, Watanabe!

Mr Watanabe!

Watanabe!

—Get him out! —Come on!

Watanabe!

Dad!

Mr Watanabe?

Anya.

Are you feeling any pain anywhere?

I think what happens in dreamscapes

only affects the brain.

Who knew a businessman's mind

would be such a treacherous place.

I had no idea he was going to

come at me with a sword.

I'm sorry.

I was in a daze.

I didn't know what I was doing.

Watanabe, if you want me to help you

you need to have better control of your mind.

That woman in red who was in my head...

was she in the dreamscapes of the missing girls

and the students who attempted suicide?

Yes. She seems to know a lot about me

but I know nothing about her.

It's obviously the same group of people.

They're targeting Rhyzen.

That's as good as declaring w*r on me.

We've been fighting this w*r for a while now.

Do you have any leads?

We got pretty close

but they're always one step ahead of us.

They blew up their basement lab

burnt down Theta Workshop

and gassed AURA Bar.

Right now, they have the upper hand.

I'm sorry.

I should've been more cooperative

when you were investigating

Theta Workshop and Donald.

If I had done that

you might have caught them by now.

By the way, I went through the papers

approving the acquisition of the asylum.

There's something off with the purchase order.

This mental health facility

procured 50kg of artificial crystals.

Artificial crystals?

Yes, Professor.

You wouldn't need so much artificial crystals

unless you're operating the dream raiding machine.

They must be planning something big.

My men can hunt them down.

You're thinking of going vigilante?

They are messing with my business.

I have a special agreement with the government

that allows me to handle any trouble

that occurs within Rhyzen.

If your men were to storm the asylum

they might destroy the place and flee.

Do you have a better idea?

Since that facility belongs to Rhyzen

surely they can't turn you away

if you request a tour of the premises.

Take action only if we don't return in an hour.

I take orders from Mr Watanabe, not you.

Mr Watanabe has put Detective Che Na

in charge over here.

If we're not out by 3.00pm

do whatever you want to them.

Mr Watanabe said they're all insured.

Should I sh**t them in the leg or the head?

sh**t out the tyres first.

Get in the car.

This mental health facility was set up

after the establishment of the basement lab

Theta Workshop and AURA Bar.

The answers I'm looking for might be in there.

I don't know what awaits us in there.

What I do know is the men we're after

are a dangerous bunch.

Dr Cheng, I finally understand why

you're so interested

in the transfer of the human consciousness.

I'm talking to my daughter.

Mo Qifeng came to me

three days before he died.

We talked about the project he was working on

and how much of it he could bring to Rhyzen.

I don't believe you. He'd never betray me.

We have an hour to do this.

Hello, Mr Watanabe.

I'm Deng Xia, the hospital director.

—Welcome. —It's good to see you.

These are my consultants.

They will inspect the facility with me.

No problem. Please follow me.

The facility is divided into

five individual sectors

and they can be locked down when needed.

How do you gain access?

The key is right here.

You're using brain wave sensors?

—Is this the beta version? —Yes.

There was an incident

at another facility three years ago

where a patient gouged out a doctor's eyes

to bypass the iris scanner at the door.

Can't the patients coerce you

—into unlocking the doors? —No.

Stress increases blood flow to the brain

which alters our brainwave pattern

and the doors won't unlock.

Our AI system monitors every patient's brainwaves

at all times to keep them calm.

Am I making you nervous?

Take a deep breath.

This way, please.

This way. This way, please.

This patient k*lled his girlfriend

and her family.

He has mellowed out a great deal

following systemic treatment.

He's a m*rder*r? How can he be here?

This is a special collaboration

between Rhyzen and the government.

We help to treat psychopathic criminals

through Rhyzen's state-of-the-art technology.

We have 30 felons housed in our facility.

We control them through a receiver

on their temples.

—How is that possible? —Mr Watanabe.

You've developed the technology

for remote mind to machine connection?

Well, we've only managed to establish

a one-way connection.

For now, the receivers can only

receive signals but not transmit them.

This technology will be used on Super Mind too.

If you and Dr Cheng were to join our team

I believe we can achieve

a two-way connection soon.

With a two-way connection

we'd be able to communicate telepathically.

What format do you use to transmit the signals?

Sound waves.

Where are the signals transmitted from?

The control room? May I take a look?

—Sure. This way. —Thank you.

Your father is like a child in a toy store.

When we come across something new

my dad will want to study it.

Watanabe will be assessing

how he could turn a profit from it

while you'll just be worrying about

the pitfalls of it.

What about you then?

I'll be wanting to try it out for myself.

This is the control room.

The command centre for our entire AI system.

This is the heart of the facility.

Something's wrong.

What's going on?

Stay calm. It's probably just a signal disruption.

I just need to press this button

and everything will go back to normal.

—Someone's controlling them. —I got it.

Step back or I'll sh**t!

—Turn off the signal! —I can't.

—I can't turn it off. —Can't they hear this?

I've done everything you told me to.

—Let me go. —Who put you up to this?

Let me go!

—Let me go! —Anya... Anya!

—Anya! —Anya!

—Li Xiao, get Anya to safety. Hurry! —OK.

The door's open!

Anya.

Anya...

Anya.

There's no reception in here.

My men won't be here for another half an hour.

We're safe in here for now.

I'm worried about Anya and Li Xiao.

I'm afraid they won't last half an hour.

We have to turn off the signal somehow.

It's not going to work.

This isn't the control room. It's a trap.

This mental health hospital is the bait

and we fell for it.

They made me acquire this facility

just to lure me here?

Not just you, us.

They got you to acquire the facility

and then wiped your memory of it

so that you'll realise

someone had hacked into your mind.

The point was to make you come to us for help.

It was all part of their plan.

What?

One, two, three, four.

Four recliners in here.

Look, four receivers.

For the four of us.

Aside from the director lying dead outside

only your brainwaves can open the doors.

Why did they trap us in here?

They want us to put on these receivers

and connect to the AI system.

I'm not putting it on.

You might if you're desperate.

We're surrounded

and locked in here with no phone reception.

They're counting on one of us

being desperate enough to put on the receiver.

Mr Watanabe.

Did you notice anything unusual on our way in?

What could be more unusual than

all the patients suddenly turning rabid?

Nothing comes to mind.

I think I heard something loud...

coming from their receivers

before they turned aggressive.

It sounded like a song.

Then Anya screamed and fainted.

I have a way to contact my men outside.

Professor Cheng.

Get me the padding from the recliner.

OK.

OK...

Put it there.

What are you up to?

—Just wait and see. —OK.

Rhyzen started out

as a manufacturer of mobile phones.

Making phones isn't just about

ensuring good call quality.

We have to make sure the lithium-ion battery

won't explode in the customer's hand.

I'm going to start a small fire.

The foam padding is highly flammable.

Do you know why mobile phone casings

are made of high-strength alloy?

Because no matter how advanced

the technology gets

the lithium-ion battery remains unstable.

That's brilliant.

We should get going.

Not for another 20 minutes.

Start the car.

These tyres are b*llet-proof.

I'm not aiming at the tyres.

This is b*llet-proof too.

They should be able to hear that outside.

Let's go.

We know from the paperwork you signed

that this facility procured artificial crystals

which is used in dream raiding.

Seeing how the patients are behaving

I'm certain they have developed a device

that's similar to my dream raiding machine.

Only they aren't using it to raid dreams.

They are using it to exert mind control.

And they can even do it remotely.

This is probably not the time to be saying this

but this technology they have

would come in really useful

for the development of Super Mind.

You're a businessman through and through.

That's me.

Mr Watanabe.

I need to enter your mind again.

What if the woman in red attacks you again?

How will you escape?

I have to take the risk. There's no choice.

You're making my mind your b*ttlefield.

Is it worth putting both our lives at risk?

This is your chance to find out

who hacked into your brain, OK?

Remember to stay alert.

Steel your mind and don't waver.

I got it.

I feel like I'm going deaf.

Just bear with it.

How did you hack into Watanabe's brain?

Watanabe is very involved

in the development of Super Mind.

He'd test out the prototypes on himself.

Doesn't he take any precautions?

Besides getting him to sign

the documents we needed

we also included

details on the testing of Super Mind.

Specifically progress reports

that he so desires to see.

Why do you want us in here?

I want to take you somewhere.

Where?

A place no one has even been

except for you and Li'an.

Li'an?

Go... go!

Anya... Anya?

Take my hand...

and you'll be able to see Li'an.

Li'an.

You're alive?

Li Xiao.

Give me a magazine.

Guard over Anya.

—Dad? —Anya?

How did you get in here?

Aunt Li'an?

—Qifeng? —Uncle Mo?

Is this the gate to the Abyss of Consciousness?

Open the gate.

Why should I?

Do it before Watanabe's mind gets fried!

Why are we back here again?

Qifeng, so you're still alive.

You did this to Li'an and me.

I had no choice.

Why did you k*ll all those people?

It's a small price to pay for what I'm doing.

You despicable maggot!

Mr Watanabe!

Mr Watanabe! What should I do?

—Mr Watanabe! —Watanabe!

Watanabe!

—Mr Watanabe. —Thank you.

—Watanabe... —Mr Watanabe.

—Mr Watanabe! —Watanabe!

Mr Watanabe!

Step aside.

Dad!

Mr Watanabe!

Where's my daughter?

Who was the little girl crying outside the house?

I was crouched outside my house

crying over a family matter.

There was a man who resembled you

looking at me from across the street.

So that man is actually you!

I felt your grief as if it were my own.

It's all in the past.

I'm happy now.

What are you guys talking about?

I just managed to enter Li'an's dreamscape!

—Really? —Yes.

Looks like we made the right choice

switching to artificial crystals.

It's a much better conductor of nerve impulses.

What a breakthrough!

You mean you've never managed to

enter dreamscapes before?

Our research is on

establishing telepathic communication.

This is the very first time

I managed to enter someone's dreamscape.

Telepathic communication

sounds like the sharing of thoughts.

When Qifeng was in my dreamscape

he actually felt what I was feeling.

This sharing of what's in the heart

is even better than the sharing of

thoughts and ideas.

What you did could revolutionise

the field of psychology!

I concur.

Maybe this machine can lead us to

the Abyss of Consciousness.

The Abyss of Consciousness

is just your hypothesis.

Hey, all great scientific findings

begin with a hypothesis.

I think this machine...

It's high time we stop calling it a machine

and give it a proper name.

Let's call it...

Dream Raider.

Dream Raider?

Dream Raider...

I like it. What do you think?

Li'an's dreamscape is the very first one

we've managed to enter.

She gets the honour of naming the machine.