Once the off-the-books squad was fully assembled, Zhou Quan took them straight to Kowloon City.
He rented a safe house for Ling Jing and the others in a housing estate with a mixed population.
After leaving them enough money for living expenses and instructing everyone to wait for orders in the safe house, Zhou Quan drove back to Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station alone.
Admittedly, Ling Jing was rather aloof and did not seem to fit in very well.
But there was one thing about him that Zhou Quan greatly appreciated: he followed orders to the letter.
Even though Zhou Quan had given him no specific mission and had made him switch to outdated equipment, he had raised no objections.
That attitude undoubtedly fit Ling Jing's image as a sniper perfectly.
Sergeant Zhou did not care what sort of personalities his subordinates had. As long as they obeyed orders, they could earn his favor.
Now that the off-the-books squad was properly deployed, the operation against Lam Kwan naturally had to begin.
The first thing Zhou Quan did after arriving at Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station was tell Lam Wai Lok, Kam Tsz Tai, and the others to abandon their operations against drug dealers within Yau Tsim District.
Of course, they needed to ease off gradually.
Zhou Quan wanted Lam Kwan to make a mistaken judgment, to believe that his own drug trafficking had become increasingly covert and outsiders could no longer detect anything.
Once the Gou Hok Jai under Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai withdrew, the curtain fully rose on the various dramas Zhou Quan had prepared for Lam Kwan.
He staged a series of incidents for Chan Wing Yan and Lam Kwan to deepen their bond.
For instance, Chan Wing Yan would lose money gambling, be hounded