In the interrogation room of the Security Department's Action Group offices, Zhou Quan sat back calmly in the lead interrogator's seat.
Chow Sing Sing and Chung Kam-ming served as his assistants, helping him conduct the interrogation of Lee Man.
In the observation room, separated from the interrogation room by one-way glass, sat several Security Department personnel responsible for keeping records, along with SACP Ho and his daughter, Ho Wai-lam.
Lee Man was far more than just a suspect in a criminal case. Behind him stood Painter, the ringleader of the internationally notorious Counterfeit Money Group.
Even the entire Hong Kong Island Police Force could not afford to overlook someone like Painter.
After all, Counterfeit Banknotes could cause enormous damage, even destabilizing a region's financial system.
What was more, Painter specialized in producing and selling Super Dollar.
That was precisely why Sir Kwan, a Senior Superintendent in the Police Force and Head of the Security Department, intended to interrogate Lee Man himself.
Most importantly, with his God's-eye perspective, Zhou Quan knew Lee Man's methods and capabilities very well.
If someone else conducted the interrogation, Lee Man might well find an opening to exploit.
Zhou Quan handling it personally hardly amounted to making a mountain out of a molehill. After all, SACP Ho was sitting in the observation room next door.
That alone showed how seriously the Police Force took the mysterious Painter.
The Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police glanced at the composed Zhou Quan beyond the glass, then at the daughter beside him who had just nearly dragged his reputation through the mud.
"Inspector Ho, across the entire Police Force, it would be no exaggeration to call Zhou Quan's interrogation skills second to none."
His expression was utterly solemn as he instructed her, "Now that you have the chance to observe