Episode 18 (Ultimate Note)

**Episode 18 (Ultimate Note)** is the eighteenth episode of the television series Ultimate Note.

## Story

Back in the city, Xie Yuchen and Huo Xiuxiu wonder about the videotapes the latter got from her grandmother but she did not find any clues in them. They continue on investigating Wu Sanxing's home to see if they can find clues there. Not finding much, Huo Xiuxiu concludes no one visited the home since Tamutuo but Xie Yuchen realizes one of the plants was watered a short time ago. Finding the study, they start the old computer and find all its files deleted just three hours earlier. Xie Yuchen continues investigating the books in the study and finds a notebook with a missing page. Unable to fully read the indentation on the next page, they contact Tuoba to find out how he contacted Wu Sanxing. He reveals he got in contact through a friend, Ma Bu.

Wu Xie and his friends go to Zhang Qiling's former home, a stilt house, and find the promised photos. Before inspecting them further, Zhang Qiling warns them about something being "wrong" and kicks a hole into the wall. They find a metal case behind it and just when they want to grab it, someone else takes it from the other side. Zhang Qiling immediately goes after the stranger, with Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi running after them. Zhang Qiling confronts the mysterious man with slouched shoulders and a fight ensues which ends up ripping one of the sleeves of the stranger exposing his tattoo. They get the metal case back but the man runs off again. At a river bed, Zhang Qiling loses him and they wonder about the man and his fighting ability. Needing a break from all the running and falling down, Wang Pangzi and Wu Xie decide to have some fun in the water with Zhang Qiling. They start undressing him, revealing duck underwear Wang Pangzi chose for him.

After having some fun in the water, they decide to open they case but Zhang Qiling stops them, saying "it doesn't feel right". Spooked by the sudden discomfort of their brave friends, Wang Pangzi throws it to the ground and accidentally opens it. They find a strange item engulfed in a metal casing and wonder what is inside. Catching a glance at the man with the slouched shoulders again, they realize the man was waiting for the people trying to get the strange stone and was not after the item itself. While they wonder about the stone, an unknown man enters the stilts house and burns all the pictures and the house itself with kerosene. Shocked they run back to the house but Zhang Qiling only manages to save half a photo of Chen Wenjin and one other man.

Wu Xie and the others ask their local host about the photo and he identifies the man as Uncle Panma. Uncle Panma was the expedition team's guide through the mountains. They go visit him but have to wait since the old hunter is still in the mountains. While waiting at the house and talking to Uncle Panma's son, a women enters. She reminds Wu Xie of Ning, making him wonder about her identity. She confronts Panma's son about an item his father found on the mountain and the three friends realize she might be talking about a metal item similar to the one they found. When leaving, she enters a car outside. In the backseat is Hendry Cox, warning her about them not being simple tourists. She agrees to keep an eye on them.

While Wang Pangzi tries to break the metal casing of the mysterious item and gets in trouble with a hornet's nest, Zhang Qiling draws out the tattoo of the man with the sloped shoulders and they realize it is not the same as Zhang Qiling's but shows a Qiongqi beast and not a Qilin as with Zhang Qiling's tattoo. Wang Pangzi suggests both tattoos seemingly coming from the same artist and the unknown man being a relative of Zhang Qiling's and they decide to investigate more. Wu Xie contacts Xie Yuchen in hopes of him knowing more about the tattoo. Xie Yuchen agrees to investigate.

## Characters

* Wu Xie
* Wang Pangzi
* Zhang Qiling
* Xie Yuchen
* Huo Xiuxiu
* Tuoba
* Ma Bu

## Locations

* Banai village
* Xin Yue Restaurant