As they quietly listened to their boss, Chow Sing Sing, Luo Danian, He Wenzhan, and Chan Wing Yan immediately recalled the case from years ago.
That organization of seductive assassins led by Madam M had actually dared to mark their boss for assassination.
That had infuriated Chow Sing Sing and the others at the time.
Back then, they had already gathered around Zhou Quan, forming the Security Department's operational faction.
If anything had happened to Zhou Quan, they would instantly have been sent back to square one, losing the bright, smooth career paths ahead of them.
The reason was beyond question: whoever succeeded Zhou Quan could never have trusted and valued them as Zhou Quan did.
Of the four of them at the time, Luo Danian could just barely be considered the most senior.
Even so, he had still been a little short of becoming someone with real authority within the Police Force's Commissioned Rank.
As for Chow Sing Sing, He Wenzhan, and Chan Wing Yan, their situations needed no further explanation.
Ultimately, they had become pillars of the Security Department entirely because the previous Number One had trusted and valued Zhou Quan, and because Zhou Quan had helped them rise.
If anything went wrong with Zhou Quan, all four of them would inevitably be implicated.
The remaining three, Kong Chi Lap, Gei Siu-kwan, and Chan Kwok-wah, had only transferred into the National Security Department in the following years.
But each of them was either a close friend of Zhou Quan's or a former subordinate.
The assassination attempt against their boss all those years ago had also left a deep impression on the three of them.
Everyone present had shared the same hostility toward that female assassin leader, codenamed Madam M.
They were likewise no strangers to the secret transnational