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One day, a medium built stammerer, Jun (Wang Bao Qiang) confesses to five murders at a police station, but fails to illustrate the details, and after a long oral examination the police believe Jun to be mentally unstable as his mentioned murders prove not to exist. Soon after, a series of mysterious murders take place in the district where Detective Han (Lau Ching Wan) is stationed. Each victim was executed in different but equally brutal ways. Instinct tells Han Jun in the suspect after reviewing his recent statements, but when his team searches Jun`s apartment, apart from a pile of old fairy tale books, no evidence is found there. One night, Han gets inspired when he overhears his wife reading a bedtime story to their daughter. Han immediately examines the books found in Jun`s apartment and discovers mysterious symbols scribbled on the pages. The punishments described in two of the fairy tales match two of the murders and the evidence shows that three more murders will occur...