For Zhou Quan, this European-style house on Tongsu Mountain in Northern Thailand was a familiar place revisited.
Back when Hong Kong Island and Thailand launched their joint operation, Zhou Quan had met Fang Xinwu here to exchange intelligence.
Over the years, while embedding himself deeper within the Eight-Faced Buddha Group, Fang Xinwu had never neglected this place.
He had many safe houses across Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, as well as the Golden Triangle.
But this European-style house alone was the true headquarters for him, Ching Tung, and the other men.
At that moment, Zhou Quan and Fang Xinwu sat side by side in the same second-floor room where they had once exchanged intelligence.
Pang Yik-hang, Ying Cheung-sam, Ching Tung, and the others were downstairs getting better acquainted.
As fellow elites of the Hong Kong Island Police Force and loyal supporters under Zhou Quan's command, they naturally had no shortage of things to talk about.
"Xinwu, do you have any ideas about locating Nuo Ka's hideout?"
Glancing at the photographs pinned to the blackboard opposite them, Zhou Quan formally began discussing their next steps with Fang Xinwu.
Compared with back then, the room's decor and furnishings had not changed noticeably.
Only, the intelligence on the Eight-Faced Buddha Group's core members once pinned to the blackboard had now been replaced with information on the Nuo Ka Group.
Fang Xinwu had long since sent these files back to Hong Kong Island, so Zhou Quan naturally paid them little attention.
"Sir Kwan, I plan to contact Nuo Ka directly."
Without the slightest hesitation, Fang Xinwu immediately laid out the idea he had already worked out.
"I'll ask him to introduce me to General Bita of the Thai military, the man backing him, on the pretext of seeking protection."
"This anti-drug operation targeting the Golden