With two traffic police officers clearing the way, a convoy of official vehicles from the Police Force's Tai Kwun drove into the underground car park of Mong Kok's Golden Plaza.
Ying Cheung-sam, G4's Deputy Commander, personally got out with two Senior Inspectors to open the doors.
Zhou Quan, Chow Sing Sing, and Luo Danian stepped out of three separate bulletproof cars.
Judging by the operation's level, Tomb Tiger Operations did not actually warrant the presence of all three of the Police Force's national security chiefs.
But the files concerning that mysterious transnational intelligence organization clearly made this a different matter.
Zhou Quan intended to crack their Central Database himself, while Chow Sing Sing and Luo Danian were responsible for securing and sealing the data.
"Good day, sir!"
Seeing the chiefs arrive, Cheng Chung-yan immediately strode over to the Police Force's number two car and raised his hand in salute, along with the assembled Commissioned Rank officers.
The Police Force's number two car did not refer to the number two license plate in Hong Kong Island.
Rather, it referred to Zhou Quan's current official car and the license plate on his former off-road vehicle.
In the minds of the tens of thousands of police officers across Hong Kong, those two license plates represented the Police Force's number two car.
"Sergeant Cheng!"
"Sir So!"
With a warm, friendly smile, Zhou Quan shook hands with the two commanders of West Kowloon and Mong Kok District in turn.
They were hardly strangers; on the contrary, they shared a deep friendship.
So Zhou Quan did not spend much time on pleasantries and turned his gaze straight to Kong Chi Lap.
"Albert, how are things upstairs?"
Faced with his chief's question, Kong Chi Lap looked confident and composed, but stood as straight as a pine.
"Boss,