Character Relationship Map: Hell Has No Boundary

Characters

• Koo (played by Kent Tong Chun-Yip) — supporting

  Koo is a reporter who investigates the shooting involving May and collects photographs for a story about how a bullet could have hit a suspect from an apparently impossible angle. He later hears Madam...

• May Wong Lai-Fun (played by Leanne Liu) — supporting

  May Wong Lai-Fun is a police officer and Cheung’s partner. During a camping trip on an outlying island, she investigates a strange noise and sees a green light. The following day she appears unsettled...

• Lady Killer (played by Chui Gai-Heung) — supporting

  Lady Killer is a policewoman assigned to May’s case after May’s superiors decide not to dismiss her following the shooting. She and another policewoman take over the case, placing Lady Killer among th...

• Inspector Wong (played by Elliot Ngok Wah) — supporting

  Inspector Wong is a police inspector involved in May’s increasingly dangerous situation. When May is disoriented and believes she is being taken to visit an injured man, Inspector Wong drives her else...

• Madam Chi (played by Teresa Ha Ping) — supporting

  Madam Chi is a woman who speaks with reporter Koo about May’s strange behavior. She claims that May is possessed by a spirit connected to events in their previous lives. Her explanation gives Koo a su...

• Fortune Teller's Wife (played by Fong Ping) — minor
• Fortune Teller (played by Ho Pak-Kwong) — minor

  The Fortune Teller is one of the people involved in the disturbing events surrounding May. The plot summary states that the Fortune Teller dies, and the death contributes to growing suspicion that the...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Fortune Teller's Wife → Fortune Teller (wife)
• May Wong Lai-Fun → Inspector Wong (Professional Superior And Subordinate) — Inspector Wong is involved in handling May's case and ultimately takes her on a journey whose purpose he reveals is not the visit she expected.

  May is questioned by her superiors, and later Inspector Wong drives her away when she thinks she is being taken to visit the injured senior inspector.

• May Wong Lai-Fun → Lady Killer (Professional Case Colleague) — Lady Killer is assigned to May's case as the troubling incidents around May come under official scrutiny.

  May's case is handed to Lady Killer and another policewoman after May is questioned by her superiors.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Madam Chi → Koo (Narrative Reveals Possession Claim To) — Madam Chi gives Koo a supernatural explanation for May's disturbing behavior, which he struggles to understand.

  Madam Chi tells Koo that May is possessed by a spirit connected to events in their previous lives.

• May Wong Lai-Fun → Koo (Narrative Investigated By) — Koo pursues an explanation for the shooting and later hears Madam Chi's claim that May is possessed.

  Koo investigates the shooting involving May and gathers photographs for a story about the bullet's apparently impossible path.

Story Analysis

A policewoman's unexplained actions and the investigations surrounding them raise suspicions of possession, while the story leaves her ultimate fate uncertain.

Plot Progression

1. Unease at the Campsite — May's camping trip begins with teasing but turns unsettling when she wanders out at night. She reacts violently to a child she believes is stealing, then cannot explain her behavior.
2. A Shooting Under Scrutiny — At work, May faces pressure over rape cases and a shooting. Koo investigates the bullet's apparently impossible path while May's superiors question her judgment and assign her case elsewhere.
3. A Supernatural Explanation — May experiences visions and inexplicable behavior as disturbing incidents accumulate. After the fortune teller dies, Madam Chi tells Koo that May is possessed by a spirit connected to past lives.
4. Promotion and Warning — May is promoted, but her companion warns that she may be in danger. May continues to describe the deaths and incidents as accidents and denies understanding her aggressive behavior.
5. The Injured Inspector — A senior inspector is found gravely injured at May's home, deepening suspicion that May may not control her actions. She says she did not mean to hurt him, but the danger surrounding her becomes more...
6. An Uncertain Destination — Disoriented, May believes she is being taken to visit the injured inspector. Inspector Wong reveals that this is not their destination, leaving May's fate unresolved.