588: Chapter 588 Stop, Azu

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The heinous acts of Xie Yu in the hovering blade are simply insignificant compared to those of Ah Zu.

The film continued, and soon arrived at the major scene, the "Factory Ambush," where the first climax of the film was about to take place.

The police received a tip that Ah Zu and his group of five were hiding in an abandoned factory, and Chen Guorong led a large force to surround and annihilate them. Little did they know that this was a trap meticulously designed by the group of five—they had intentionally leaked their whereabouts, just waiting for the police to walk right into it.

Sitting in the cinema, Brother Mosquito had a premonition that the police were going to suffer again, but Ah Zu's cruel methods still far exceeded his imagination.

Ropes hung the dying police officers, swaying gently in mid-air like hanged ghosts. The big screen magnified this visual impact infinitely, and the bloody, eerie scene made all the audience members hold their breath involuntarily.

It didn't look like a police thriller; it looked more like a horror movie.

Chen Guorong stared at this living hell with eyes wide enough to split, his voice nearly breaking: "Where are you? Come out! Why?"

Ah Zu's figure emerged from the shadows, his tone flippant: "Just because you aren't dead yet doesn't mean you have skills; it's just that we haven't finished playing."

"Let them go!" Chen Guorong roared, raising his gun.

Ah Zu's tone was unquestionable: "Put your gun down first."

"Let them go!" Chen Guorong was still roaring.

Ah Zu shook his head.

Not listening, are you? Simple. He raised his hand and made a gesture.

"Bang!"

In mid-air, a rope binding a police officer was cut. Following the sound of the rope snapping, a police officer fell from high above, emitting a dull thud upon impact.

He was dead.

Now, Chen Guorong had no choice but to put down his pistol.

Ah Zu's cold and mocking voice rang out.

"I won't say anything twice."

"You seem to be the police force's shooting champion, aren't you?"

"Since you are best with firearms, I'll compete with you in Gun Assembly."

Ah Zu was so badass. The most badass part was that in this cruel Gun Assembly duel, the police force's shooting champion, Chen Guorong, actually lost to Ah Zu.

Having lost the competition, Chen Guorong could only watch helplessly as another police officer fell from mid-air and died a miserable death.

Chen Guorong's mentality finally completely collapsed; he knelt on the ground and begged, begging Ah Zu to spare these police officers.

Brother Mosquito watched, dumbfounded: Damn, my idol is playing a total beast; killing without blinking, right? How is this a villain? He's basically a cold-blooded demon!

In the end, all police officers except Chen Guorong were wiped out.

The group of five didn't kill Chen Guorong because being alive was more painful for him than being dead—Chen Guorong began to become decadent and could not recover.

The plot circled back to the drunken sequence at the beginning of the film; Ah Feng, played by Xue Ting, also appeared and began to help Chen Guorong regain his footing and assist him in investigating the case.

As the investigation deepened, the mystery of Ah Zu's background was gradually revealed: his father was a high-ranking official in the police force who would often beat and scold him; although his mother came from a prominent family, she only knew how to use money to compensate for the lack of familial affection.

This twisted family also explained why Ah Zu had such deep hatred for the police—it was a child's most extreme form of revenge against his father.

The Junior beside him quietly held Brother Mosquito's hand, leaned her head closer to him, and whispered: "Wenwen, Ah Zu is so pitiful."

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Brother Mosquito was speechless. Although he really wanted to speak up for his idol, he was still rational: although he sympathized with Ah Zu's plight, those police officers killed by Ah Zu were the ones who were truly pitiful!

However, these words were clearly ineffective on the Junior—Lin Chuyan's face was indeed a bit too unfair.

And the even more unfair part was yet to come.

The film's climactic rooftop showdown could be called a visual feast.

The moment Ah Zu took off his mask, Brother Mosquito could feel the Junior's small hand suddenly tighten.

A black suit set off his pale face, and the wind on the rooftop ruffled his hair. Even though he had reached a dead end, he still smiled with nonchalance.

This scene was destined to become a classic.

This time, he lost to Chen Guorong in Gun Assembly. This time, his actions were finally known to his father.

Ah Zu was surrounded by a large number of police officers, and Ah Zu was being cursed at by his father.

"You bastard! Put that gun down for me! You've lost all face for me!"

"Trash! Useless! Do you want to anger me to death! If you don't anger me to death, you'll kill me!"

Ah Zu, who had always been nonchalant, finally cried, crying like a child.

He raised a gun with no bullets and aimed it at Chen Guorong—

"Bang!"

The sniper in the distance fired without hesitation. One shot, and another shot.

Ah Zu's expression froze; paranoid madness and fragility were intertwined on his face. This was a longing for death and a desperate resistance against his father's authority. He was mocking his own absurd life and also mocking the hypocrisy of this world.

Ah Zu fell while crying.

Lin Chuyan used a manic yet restrained emotional release to push the tragedy of the character Ah Zu to the climax of the film.

At this moment, what the audience saw was not a criminal facing justice, but the fall of a soul destroyed by his original family and twisted values.

At this moment, Brother Mosquito was finally moved too: Ah Zu is indeed pitiful.

Another beautiful, strong, and tragic character was born in the history of Chinese cinema.

Beneath his mask hid the refinement and madness of a fallen angel; the faint, cold smile at the corner of his mouth, the elegant ruffianism in his gestures, interpreted evil charm and nobility to the fullest;

He was a genius criminal who turned crime scenes into meticulously designed chess games; he despised all life and played with all the police as if they were toys in the palm of his hand;

He was trapped in the shadow of patriarchy, roaring to prove himself; his death was not a release; until the very last moment of his life, he remained that child who had never been treated gently by the world.

As the movie ended and they walked out of the theater, what left the deepest impression on the audience, besides the various dangerous stunts of Chen Jiaju and Xue Ting, was the character of Ah Zu himself.

Some felt he didn't deserve sympathy and that he purely deserved to die, but more people were sighing endlessly for this tragic character. Although Ah Zu killed so many people, one still couldn't help but pity him and feel heartache for him. As for hate? One just couldn't bring themselves to hate him, okay.

The word-of-mouth for new police story continued to ferment, and as expected, there were mostly positive reviews.

[Congratulations to Lin Chuyan, he has another classic role, a life-defining role.]

[Ah Zu is awesome! Lin Chuyan, please play more villains, I love watching it.]

[Director Mu Sheng really knows how to film; this is his second collaboration with Lin Chuyan.]

[Lin Chuyan's acting is too good, especially the emotional outburst in that last scene; I actually cried watching it.]

[Lin Chuyan is too handsome; the director hired someone this handsome to play this role, surely he didn't want everyone to hate him, right?]

[Big Brother is professional, is Xue Ting also this professional? Why do I feel like that neck-strangling part at the end didn't look like acting? I have to say, everyone's acting is quite good.]

[Yes, this is the first time I've gotten Big Brother's acting.]

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With the first day of release over, not to mention the box office of new police story, one line has already started to go viral on the internet:

"Stop now, Ah Zu, the outside is full of police!"