Dusk gathered in the last thread of gold as the setting sun was about to sink completely below the horizon.
The Hong Kong Island Police Force's chartered service flight slowly descended, preparing to land at the international airport in the Islands District.
At the same time, the Police Force Headquarters' Official Motorcade entered the designated private apron right on schedule.
The convoy parked in neat formation along the side of the apron, with the Mercedes-Benz tactical bus in the center aligned precisely with the aircraft's cabin door.
"Whirr!"
As an electric motor whirred loudly into operation, the passenger stair truck began raising its stairs toward the aircraft's cabin door.
At that moment, several figures in uniform, bearing honors and looking full of vigor, slowly emerged from the tactical bus at the heart of the Police Force Official Motorcade.
Leading them was Lee Man-bun, Deputy Commissioner of the Hong Kong Island Police Force and National Security DCP.
Half a step behind him followed two commissioner-level Police Force officers.
Senior Assistant Commissioner Luo Danian, Director of the National Security Department.
Assistant Commissioner Kwan Man Chin, Deputy Commissioner of the National Security Department.
Behind them came the superintendent-level officers, represented by the two department heads, Lau Bo-keung and Chan Kwok-wah.
With He Wenzhan aboard the official aircraft, the entire core leadership of the Police Force National Security System had now gathered on this apron.
The complete success of He Wenzhan and his men's transnational operation was certainly worth celebrating, but it was not enough to bring every other core leader of the National Security System here.
Welcoming the representative from Thailand Police Headquarters, Police Major General Withaya, was the real reason Lee Man-bun, Luo Danian, and the others had come.
Whenever the Hong Kong Island Police Force traveled to Thailand, Thai Police Headquarters