At Zhou Quan's command, the entire West Kowloon Operations Department immediately swung into full gear.
The Uniform Branch frontline officers who would normally have gone off duty not only had more personnel added to each shift, but also had their shifts extended.
Most importantly, every officer taking part in patrols was issued firearms and ammunition.
Under normal circumstances, Uniform Branch patrol officers were not always allowed to carry guns.
The Major Crimes Unit and the Anti-Triad Unit also deployed all their personnel.
They mobilized their informants, going all out to track down Ji Bingxiong and the suspects who had killed the undercover police officer.
The triad societies throughout West Kowloon, large and small alike, did not dare slack off in the slightest either.
Sir Kwan had explicitly demanded that those brazen, ruthless bandits be found. How could they dare give anything less than their best?
The expression of a fellow undercover officer filled Zhou Quan with murderous intent, even though he had never met the man.
He no longer cared whether there was any concrete evidence against Ji Bingxiong—or rather, against the suspects who had killed the undercover police officer.
As long as he could confirm that they possessed dangerous weapons, he would turn the criminal investigation into a counterterrorism operation without hesitation.
A criminal investigation might require gathering evidence before sending the suspects to court.
But a counterterrorism operation only needed to end with the terrorists being wiped out.
A blood debt could only be repaid in blood. This was a protective measure Zhou Quan had to secure for the men under his command.
After all, his Crouching Tiger Plan required him to keep sending young people to infiltrate criminal circles.
If those criminals discovered the undercover officers' true identities and all followed the example of Chan Kam Wah's