At the beginning of 1994, Zhou Quan launched his Crouching Tiger Plan, and Lok Chi-ming was among its first recruits.
Although Lok Chi-ming was not counted among the Crouching Tiger Seven Heroes, his abilities were certainly not to be underestimated.
After all, the first forty-nine young officers in Crouching Tiger were elites Zhou Quan had handpicked from various departments across West Kowloon.
Lok Chi-ming's target for his undercover assignment back then was Lam Yiu-cheung, the Dragon Head of Wo On Lok.
There was quite a history between him and Lam Yiu-cheung.
Lam Yiu-cheung and Lok Chi-ming had once been neighbors in the same village housing estate, and Lam Yiu-cheung had always looked after Lok Chi-ming.
They had only temporarily lost touch when Lok Chi-ming was in secondary school.
After finishing Form Seven, Lok Chi-ming applied to the Wong Chuk Hang Police Academy.
He served in the Uniform Branch for a year before being selected for Zhou Quan's Operation Crouching Tiger.
He had barely joined Wo On Lok through their old friendship when he took the blame for Lam Yiu-cheung and spent three years in prison.
A little over six months ago, Lok Chi-ming had returned to Lam Yiu-cheung's side after completing his sentence.
Not only had he retained Lam Yiu-cheung's deep trust throughout, but he had also steadily risen through the ranks.
In fact, Lam Yiu-cheung and Fatty Jin had long since discovered that Lok Chi-ming was an Undercover Police Officer.
Besides Lok Chi-ming, Lam Yiu-cheung had also confirmed that the Right-Hand Man of another of his trusted subordinates was an Undercover Police Officer.
Lam Yiu-cheung had simply chosen to keep quiet.
For one thing, he had long since seen what lay ahead for Wo On Lok. Continuing to follow the foreigners would lead to certain ruin.
For another, the