Early the next morning, it was five minutes before the Police Force's working day began.
Following his usual routine, Zhou Quan arrived on the top floor of Police Force Headquarters.
He had just stepped out of the stairwell when a civilian administrative assistant holding the rank of Superintendent hurried over to meet him.
"Sir, the two Directors of NS, along with Sir He, Sir Lau Kit-fai, and Inspector Chan, are waiting in Sir Luo's office for you to see them."
Raising his hand in salute, the administrative assistant succinctly reported why he had come.
Because of the importance he attached to the DOA Foundation's 15 billion US dollars, Luo Danian had stayed on duty until late the previous night.
Yet not only had he come to work at Police Force Headquarters as usual that morning, he had even arrived more than half an hour early.
At that moment, he was waiting with his men in his office on the top floor of Tai Kwun.
Whether it was him or Kwan Man Chin, the same applied.
As members of the Police Force core management, they naturally had offices assigned to them on the top floor of Police Force Headquarters.
It was just that the two of them usually worked in their respective departments.
Having served under Zhou Quan for years, Luo Danian knew his boss's usual arrival time at Tai Kwun better than anyone.
He had therefore brought He Wenzhan and Lau Bo-keung, the two direct participants in the operation, along with Kwan Man Chin and Chan Kwok-wah, to the top floor of Tai Kwun ahead of time to await their boss's arrival.
Although Kwan Man Chin had nothing to do with this case, and Chan Kwok-wah's responsibilities had long since ended, they were still involved in this gathering.
Both men