Twenty years ago, the "Shadow Killer" took away five lives with a twisted cross mark, and then disappeared. For Lin Wei, the leader of the serious crime team, this is not just an unsolved case - her sister Lin Rui died under that brand.
Twenty years later, a young female corpse with the same fatal injuries and the same branding reappeared in an abandoned factory.
The technique is flawless and the details are reproduced perfectly, even the tiny scratches that have never been disclosed in the files are exactly the same.
Lin Wei stared at the bloody mark and said word by word: "It's not an imitation. It's him back."
Su Liang, a criminal profiler parachuted in from the Ministry, is young, calm and professional, but is alarmingly familiar with this old case. She can accurately tell the details of the files that even the old detective cannot remember. She sneaks into the archives late at night to read the core information. Her profile always deviates from the direction at critical moments-but she accurately hits the truth in desperate situations.
When Lin Wei retrieved the access records, a dazzling line of records stood out in front of her eyes:
[Reviewed by: Su Liang. Viewed: seven months ago. Contents to be consulted: Original undisclosed files on the Shadow Case.
When questioned by Lin Wei on the spot, Su Liang's eyes were red and his voice was hoarse: "My father... He used to... Also be a policeman."
Twenty years ago, a young police officer who was crushed by the "Shadow Case" died in depression bearing the stigma.
Twenty years later, his daughter returns with an almost paranoid obsession with the truth.
When the second and third victims appeared one after another, when the "mistakes" in the imitation case were deciphered into codes pointing to the shady secrets of the old case, and when the real "Reflection Killer" surfaced - they were shocked to realize that they had been trapped in a revenge mystery that had been carefully woven for twenty years.
Who are the imitators?
Who tampered with the files back then?
What was recorded on that missing tape?
And has the real "shadow" really disappeared?
Trust collapsed amid suspicion and was forced to be rebuilt in desperate circumstances.
Two policewomen carrying their own pasts test each other and achieve success on the edge of the abyss.
Shadows are always there.
Those who chase the light will never give up.
Purpose: Reflection Task Force Purpose: The light that pierces the darkness also needs to face the shadow behind; those who pursue the truth are destined to stare into the abyss, and will eventually embrace the complete self in the reflection.
