As Zhou Quan gave his orders, the Security Department's three Action Groups became like a precision instrument.
Every component worked in perfect coordination, the whole operating smoothly and in good order.
Chow Sing Sing led He Wenzhan and the other officers under his command in accessing TUI's intelligence system.
Luo Danian had his officers prepare the Paparazzi operation while assigning Lau Bo-keung to establish an additional communications and command system.
Lok Kai-cheung, who had no assignment for the moment, accompanied Zhou Quan along with Chan Wing Yan and the other unassigned officers, as well as Tung Biu, Yang Jianhua, and Li Guangming.
Together, they moved into the Security Department Action Group's communications and command room and quietly waited for the results of Chow Sing Sing's investigation.
Only G4's commander, Kwan Man Chin, returned alone to G4's offices to continue overseeing their VIP protection duties.
TUI now had members throughout Hong Kong Island's Triad Society organizations, including Crouching Tiger members within the Vietnamese Gang, and the whereabouts of its leader, Snakehead Bing, were hardly a secret.
Within half an hour, good news reached the officers.
"Boss, T Squad has results."
Chow Sing Sing put away his mobile phone and reported to Zhou Quan, who sat beside him, "Snakehead Bing personally took some men out to sea this morning."
As T Squad's commander, he was responsible only for directing its work. Frontline intelligence gathering naturally fell to the officers under him.
"Going by their usual people-smuggling routine, Snakehead Bing should come ashore in Sai Kung around noon."
Noon could be said to be the time when Marine Police inspections were least intensive.
Hong Kong Island did not seem particularly large, and was not even as extensive as some cities in the Motherland.
In fact, however, its land and waters together covered nearly