During the West Kowloon bank vault bombing years ago, criminals including Hung Jipang's younger brother, Hung Jibiu,
had been caught on the spot by the Police Force in a coordinated strike from inside and outside, thanks to Cheung Choi Shan's undercover operation.
But Hung Jipang himself had escaped the law with several trusted followers, using a car bomb as cover.
This time, Hung Jipang intended to take revenge on the Police Force and the principal officers who had ambushed him and arrested his younger brother.
Always brazen and reckless, he had not risked coming to plant the bomb himself, but had sent a trusted confidant instead.
And that man happened to be among the seventeen suspicious targets the National Security Department had under surveillance.
At that very moment, he had quietly crept up beside the car belonging to Zhou Yat Wah, a Senior Superintendent in the Operations Department of Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters, and begun planting the C4 Plastic Bombs he had brought with him.
The Paparazzi and G4 had him in their sights throughout the entire sequence.
Although the presence of C4 Plastic Bombs was only a supposition, the man's suspicious movements also supported it.
Ultimately, however, these conclusions remained deductions by the National Security Department and had not been fully confirmed.
Under normal circumstances, opening fire directly at the operations scene would have been somewhat inconsistent with Police Force regulations and procedures.
However, the National Security Department already had the authority to act at its own discretion as circumstances demanded.
Moreover, the target was a criminal who had appeared on the Police Force's Red List several years ago.
"Iron Wall Command calling Puppy No. 1."
Chan Wing Yan's calm voice came over the communications channel.
"Report the target's current position!"
Tonight's operation was merely a prearranged precautionary