If Cheuk Man was the biggest opening Lai Sheung-ching had left, then his final, meaningful remarks had clearly been deliberate.
Once a hypnosis expert like Lai Sheung-ching got into his stride, every word and gesture warranted careful consideration.
With that final remark, Lai Sheung-ching had clearly been passing some information to Chow Sing Sing, or laying the groundwork for something.
More importantly, as this series of cases unfolded, the originally hazy memories in Zhou Quan's mind had become clear again.
A hypnosis thief used various means to coerce a hypnosis expert and, with help from someone inside the Police Force, plotted to steal two priceless rare gems.
The hypnosis expert, in turn, pretended to cooperate with the hypnosis thief.
Throughout the theft, however, he left plenty of clues and traces for the Police Force.
In the end, the hypnosis expert joined forces with a Police Force elite to wipe out the hypnosis thief and his underlings in one fell swoop.
Without question, the hypnosis thief and the hypnosis expert were the wanted criminal Ouyang Hai and Lai Sheung-ching, who was inside the interrogation room.
As for Chow Sing Sing, he had now taken the place of the Police Force elite in this story.
With his God's-eye view, Zhou Quan knew perfectly well that if he simply watched events unfold, Ouyang Hai would have absolutely no chance of escaping justice again.
But how would that be in keeping with Sir Kwan's character?
Always forceful by nature, Sir Kwan liked to keep the initiative firmly in his own hands in everything he did.
Letting Lai Sheung-ching and Ouyang Hai lead him around by the nose was clearly out of the question.
Besides, although the Police Force ultimately wiped out Ouyang Hai and his gang of jewel thieves, it had not emerged entirely