Recaps

Zhou Quan arranged to protect Zhuo Wenwei from prosecution while coordinating disciplinary action with Mok Kam-chuen’s Monitoring Department. The chapter left Mok aligned with Zhou Quan and ready to help investigate Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters.

• Zhou Quan planned to seek a Pardon Order for Zhuo Wenwei, while consulting the Monitoring Department about disciplinary action.
• Luo Danian escorted the corrupt officers to detention, and Zhuo Wenwei was held separately with few restrictions.
• Zhou Quan asked Mok Kam-chuen and Leung Tsz Mei what they knew about the North Point Police Station incident, and they supported presenting it as an exercise.
• Zhou Quan sent Leung Tsz Mei with Chow Sing Sing to review the operation’s details for the press response.
• Zhou Quan invited Mok Kam-chuen to join the investigation into Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters, and Mok readily agreed.
• Zhou Quan proposed demoting Zhuo Wenwei two ranks and transferring him to West Kowloon District, and Mok raised no objection.

Zhou Quan arranged for Zhuo Wenwei to avoid dismissal and prosecution after his actions during the incident, while testing whether he still trusted the Police Force. Zhuo Wenwei accepted his demotion and transfer to Yau Ma Tei Police Station with gratitude, leaving ready to report for duty the next morning.

• Mok Kam-chuen pledged his allegiance to Zhou Quan, who welcomed his support and discussed confidential matters with him over tea.
• Zhou Quan summoned Zhuo Wenwei to assess his attitude before using his connections to help him.
• Zhou Quan told Zhuo Wenwei that he would face a two-rank demotion and transfer to West Kowloon District, while Zhou Quan would seek a Pardon Order to prevent prosecution.
• Zhuo Wenwei accepted the punishment without resentment and promised to work hard at Yau Ma Tei Police Station.
• Zhou Quan told Zhuo Wenwei to go home, reassure his family, and report to the station the next morning.

After Zhuo Wenwei’s case was contained and the Police Force’s year-end holiday ended, Number One announced a sweeping leadership reshuffle at the annual management meeting. The changes elevated Wong Bing Yiu, Tsang Yuk-ming, Lee Man-bun, and Lau Kit-fai, leaving Zhou Quan to consider how the promotions strengthened his old acquaintances’ prospects.

• With Mok Kam-chuen’s cooperation and Zhou Quan’s help with the Department of Justice, Zhuo Wenwei’s case was closed, and the Police Force presented the incident to the media as a successful exercise.
• After the New Year holiday, Number One gathered senior officers at Tai Kwun for the Police Force’s annual full Management Meeting.
• Number One announced that Deputy Commissioner Lam and Deputy Commissioner Wong had requested early retirement, and he approved their requests.
• Number One promoted Wong Bing Yiu to Deputy Commissioner overseeing operations and Tsang Yuk-ming to Deputy Commissioner overseeing management, while announcing a broad reshuffle of department heads.
• Number One promoted Lee Man-bun to Director of Operations and Lau Kit-fai to head of the Finance Department, among other appointments.
• Zhou Quan recognized that Lee Man-bun’s promotion improved his chances of becoming DCP Operations, while Lau Kit-fai’s new post gave him a path toward Management Deputy Commissioner.

Zhou Quan considered how the latest appointments had reshaped the Police Force and why the National Security Department remained unchanged. After the management meeting ended, he returned to his department to begin planning its work.

• Zhou Quan assessed Lau Kit-fai's and Hon Hau-chung's new roles and considered how his arrival had altered the Police Force's factions and future promotions.
• Number One announced that the appointments and transfers would be reported to the Chief Executive and published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette the following week, then ended the meeting.
• Zhou Quan inferred that Number One regretted being unable to adjust the National Security Department's staffing structure, but he accepted that promotions could wait.
• Zhou Quan returned to his office area and told Ah Sing to assemble the management personnel in the Conference Room.

Zhou Quan briefed the National Security Department on changes to the Police Force’s senior management and focused the meeting on security for an international jewelry exhibition. He left Luo Danian and Chan Wing Yan responsible for protecting the Star of the Pharaoh gems, with their teams preparing for the assignment.

• Zhou Quan told the National Security Department’s managers that major changes to the Police Force’s core management had been made and warned them to ensure their staff behaved appropriately.
• The department heads reported their current operations and plans for the coming week.
• Zhou Quan ordered Luo Danian and Chan Wing Yan to ensure nothing went wrong at the Jewelry Exhibition in three days.
• Luo Danian said he had put T Group on standby, tasked the Intelligence Group with monitoring Hong Kong Island, and contacted major triad leaders.
• Chan Wing Yan said G4 had assigned three elite squads and would seek support from the Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters to protect the gems.
• Zhou Quan approved their preparations and promised to treat the officers after the operation.

Zhou Quan was woken before dawn by reports of Superintendent Cheung Kwok-leung’s death and an arson attack on a police records repository. Suspecting the arsonist had targeted the National Security Department, he ordered an urgent investigation at Tai Kwun.

• Chow Sing Sing told Zhou Quan that a body found by the shore was identified as O Division supervisor Superintendent Cheung Kwok-leung.
• Chow Sing Sing reported that a fire had destroyed an archive room at the Central Police Station’s records repository, including files concerning National Security Department personnel.
• Chow Sing Sing told Zhou Quan that a Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters Major Crimes Unit superintendent had been arrested for setting the fire and was being questioned.
• Zhou Quan ordered the arson suspect brought to Tai Kwun, called management personnel in early, and directed the Action Group to assemble in the Conference Room.
• Zhou Quan ordered intelligence on the death and the fire compiled and said he would arrive in fifteen minutes.

Yeung Kam Wing led National Security Department officers to Central Police Station to take Superintendent Lau Cheung-ching in for questioning over the records-room arson. He found Lau handcuffed and unresponsive, absorbed in a drawing, and went to speak privately with Lee Man-kin.

• Chow Sing Sing arranged the National Security Department operation before Zhou Quan reached headquarters.
• Yeung Kam Wing and T Group officers arrived at Central Police Station and met Superintendent Lee Chi-pan.
• Lee Chi-pan led Yeung Kam Wing to the interrogation room, where Lee Man-kin was questioning Lau Cheung-ching.
• Yeung Kam Wing told Lee Man-kin that the department suspected the arson was part of a plot against National Security and said they would take Lau.
• Yeung Kam Wing noticed Lau staring blankly at a drawing of an adult holding a little girl's hand, and Lee Man-kin suggested they talk privately next door.

Yeung Kam Wing took Lau Cheung-ching into T Group custody after Lee Man-kin reported that Lau kept drawing a picture of an adult and a little girl, which might be linked to his strange behavior. Back at Tai Kwun, Zhou Quan arrived and noticed something unusual about Lau’s appearance.

• Lee Man-kin told Yeung Kam Wing that Lau Cheung-ching claimed to know nothing about the previous night but repeatedly said he was guilty, and showed him Lau’s drawing.
• Yeung Kam Wing thanked Lee Man-kin and completed the handover of Lau Cheung-ching to T Group.
• Yeung Kam Wing escorted Lau Cheung-ching back to Tai Kwun in a Stealth Armoured Vehicle.
• Zhou Quan arrived as Yeung Kam Wing and his officers returned, asked what they had found, and noticed something unusual about Lau Cheung-ching.

Zhou Quan recognized that Lau Cheung-ching had been hypnotized into setting a fire and ordered Yeung Kam Wing to guard him and investigate the secret behind his guilt. Zhou then joined an operational meeting, where Chow Sing Sing briefed the team on Superintendent Cheung Kwok-leung’s murder and the escaped criminal Ouyang Hai.

• Yeung Kam Wing reported that Lau Cheung-ching had faxed files about the VIP Protection Group before setting the fire, and Zhou Quan concluded that he had been hypnotized.
• Zhou Quan ordered Yeung Kam Wing to place Lau Cheung-ching under strict guard because lingering suggestions and guilt could lead him to kill himself.
• Zhou Quan told Yeung Kam Wing to investigate Lau Cheung-ching’s personal history and identify the people depicted in a drawing from the interview record.
• Zhou Quan went to the operational meeting, where Chow Sing Sing reported that Superintendent Cheung Kwok-leung had been shot dead and his family was missing.
• Chow Sing Sing linked the murder to Ouyang Hai, a robbery offender who escaped while in America a year earlier and was now on Interpol’s Red Notice list.

Zhou Quan and Chow Sing Sing connected several crimes to the escaped jewel thief Ouyang Hai and suspected he was targeting the Stars of the Pharaoh at the Jewelry Exhibition. Zhou Quan put Chow Sing Sing in charge of the operation, while he stayed at the command center to oversee it.

• Zhou Quan reviewed the murder of Superintendent Cheung Kwok-leung, the archive arson, and the upcoming Jewelry Exhibition, then asked whether Lai Sheung-ching was involved.
• Chow Sing Sing reported that Lai Sheung-ching was imprisoned for homicide, that Ouyang Hai had likely visited him in disguise, and that Lai’s wife, Cheuk Man, was missing.
• Chow Sing Sing linked Ouyang Hai to Cheung Kwok-leung’s murder and the disappearances, and reasoned that Ouyang Hai was likely targeting the Stars of the Pharaoh.
• Zhou Quan praised Chow Sing Sing’s investigation and placed him in full charge of the ensuing operations.
• Chow Sing Sing accepted command as Zhou Quan remained at the command center, ready to monitor the operation.

Chow Sing Sing organized security and intelligence operations for the Jewelry Exhibition while preparing to question hypnosis expert Lai Sheung-ching. He and Zhou Quan waited in the Observation Room for Guan Zu to bring Lai back from Stanley Prison.

• Chow Sing Sing assigned Sir Luo, Ah Wah, Ah Zhan, and Gei Siu-kwan teams to support security at the Jewelry Exhibition and investigate Ouyang Hai.
• Chan Wing Yan went to the exhibition venue to oversee security after learning that information about G4 officers might have leaked.
• Chow Sing Sing told Zhou Quan that he had sent Guan Zu to bring Lai Sheung-ching from Stanley Prison for questioning.
• Zhou Quan agreed to join Chow Sing Sing in the Observation Room, and the other officers left to carry out their assignments.
• Chow Sing Sing and Zhou Quan calmly waited for Guan Zu and Lai Sheung-ching to return to Tai Kwun.

Chow Sing Sing questioned Lai Sheung-ching about Ouyang Hai, Cheung Kwok-leung, Lau Cheung-ching, the G4 files, and the Star of the Pharaoh. The chapter revealed that Lai had killed a police officer two years earlier after the officer threatened his wife, and that Cheung Kwok-leung had quietly handled the case.

• Guan Zu escorted Lai Sheung-ching into the interrogation room while Zhou Quan monitored from next door.
• Chow Sing Sing ordered Guan Zu to remove Lai's handcuffs and began questioning him.
• Chow Sing Sing listed several names and clues, including Cheung Kwok-leung and the G4 files, as he pressed Lai to cooperate.
• Chow Sing Sing recalled that Lai had turned himself in after killing a police officer two years earlier, and that Cheung Kwok-leung had kept the case quiet because the victim had threatened Lai's wife.

During his interrogation, Lai Sheung-ching gave Chow Sing Sing an address for Ouyang Hai and asked to join the arrest, while subtly steering the conversation away from his wife. Sir Kwan recognized the tactic and warned Chow Sing Sing that Lai was leading him in circles.

• Chow Sing Sing questioned Lai Sheung-ching about Ouyang Hai, and Sir Kwan noticed a mix of emotions in Lai’s microexpressions when he heard the name.
• Lai told Chow that Ouyang Hai had been his friend and mentor in America, then gave an address where Ouyang might be hiding and asked to accompany the arrest.
• Chow warned Lai not to use hypnosis or interfere during the operation, and offered to ask for a reduction in his sentence afterward.
• Lai jokingly asked what would happen if he suddenly disappeared, then answered that they should look where he disappeared.
• Sir Kwan told Chow that Lai had been guiding his thinking and pointed out that Chow had overlooked Cheuk Man, whose situation was central to Lai’s past and the case.

Zhou Quan recognized Lai Sheung-ching’s plan and directed Chow Sing Sing to reveal that Cheuk Man was missing, disrupting Lai’s attempt to manipulate the interrogation. As Chow pressed him for the truth, Zhou received a call from Xiao Jiang.

• Zhou Quan recalled how Lai Sheung-ching had secretly aided the Police Force against Ouyang Hai and decided not to let the case unfold on the criminals’ terms.
• Zhou told Chow Sing Sing to tell Lai that Cheuk Man was missing, exposing Lai’s concern for his wife and breaking his composure.
• Lai realized that Zhou had seen through his plan and suspected that Sir Kwan was observing from the room next door.
• Chow stayed alert and used the evidence to pressure Lai into cooperating with the Police Force to save Cheuk Man.
• Zhou received a call from Xiao Jiang, who greeted him as Sir Kwan.

Chiang Tin-yeung told Zhou Quan that Dahai and his armed men planned to flee Hong Kong that night, and Zhou invited him to tea. Lam Wai Lok called immediately afterward to report his own efforts, keeping pace with Chiang Tin-yeung in their competition to earn Zhou’s favor.

• Chiang Tin-yeung called Zhou Quan and reported that Dahai had entered Hong Kong illegally from Vietnam with several armed underlings.
• Chiang Tin-yeung told Zhou that Dahai’s group planned to escape from an abandoned pier in Hong Kong Island Tsai that night.
• Zhou Quan thanked Chiang Tin-yeung and invited him to tea that weekend.
• Lam Wai Lok called Zhou Quan as soon as Chiang Tin-yeung’s call ended, and Zhou teased him about coordinating with Chiang.
• Lam Wai Lok said he and Chiang Tin-yeung had each acted on their own goodwill and that there was no need to coordinate.

Zhou Quan received intelligence from Lam Wai Lok about Ouyang Hai’s weapons and smuggling route, while Chow Sing Sing reported that Lai Sheung-ching had confessed to a scheme involving the theft of the Stars of the Pharaoh. The chapter left Zhou Quan resolved to protect both Hong Kong Island’s interests and the officers under his command as the police prepared to deal with Ouyang Hai.

• Lam Wai Lok told Sir Kwan that Ouyang Hai had smuggled five submachine guns, three rifles, and more than a dozen pistols into Hong Kong Island, but his hideout remained unknown.
• Chow Sing Sing reported that Ouyang Hai had abducted Lai Sheung-ching’s wife, Cheuk Man, and threatened Lai into helping steal the two Stars of the Pharaoh at the Jewelry Exhibition.
• Lai Sheung-ching confessed that he planned to deceive Ouyang Hai, hide the jewels at the exhibition, and alert Chow Sing Sing to their location, while using the investigation to gain access to the venue.
• Chow Sing Sing explained that Ouyang Hai had set up a decoy at Flat A, fifth floor, Wing Crown Building, 57 King's Road, North Point, and might have hypnotized Superintendent Lau Cheung-ching.
• Lai Sheung-ching identified Ouyang Hai as a suspect in Superintendent Cheung Kwok-leung’s murder and said Ouyang Hai had learned from him that Lai was held in Stanley Prison.
• Zhou Quan rejected the idea of sacrificing Chow Sing Sing’s future for the larger plan and insisted that protecting his officers mattered alongside protecting Hong Kong Island.

Chow Sing Sing used intelligence about Ouyang Hai's escape plans to devise a sting operation, with Zhou Quan authorizing him to take the lead. He arranged a raid on the thieves' decoy hideout to make Ouyang Hai believe the Police Force had taken the bait, then prepared to lure him out.

• Zhou Quan told Chow Sing Sing that Ouyang Hai and the other criminals had entered Hong Kong Island with help from the Vietnamese Gang and planned to flee by sea that night.
• Chow Sing Sing decided to raid Ouyang Hai's decoy hideout first, then use the apparent success to lure out and capture the criminals.
• Chow Sing Sing warned Lai Sheung-ching to stop playing tricks and had Ah Zu escort him to the Operations Command Centre to assist with the operation.
• Chow Sing Sing assigned Sir Luo to monitor communications and ordered Guan Zu's team to storm the North Point hideout while other officers stood by.

Guan Zu led a National Security Department team to raid a suspect's apartment in the Wing Crown Building after the Intelligence Group confirmed the occupant was one of Ouyang Hai's criminals. The officers prepared to breach the door with a water-powered bomb and grenades.

• Guan Zu ordered the Intelligence Group to report on the target, and Jing Jinxian confirmed the suspect was inside and the area was clear.
• Jing Jinxian's disguised officers monitored the building and nearby communications while the team prepared to move in.
• Guan Zu led nine armed T Group operatives to the Wing Crown Building and split them between the stairs and elevator.
• Guan Zu's teams reached the fifth floor and surrounded the suspect's apartment.
• An operative set a water-powered bomb at the door, and Guan Zu and two officers readied a flashbang and tear gas grenades.

Guan Zu’s team captured one of Ouyang Hai’s criminals at a bait apartment and discovered a camera linked to Ouyang Hai. Ouyang Hai fled his temporary base and continued preparing to steal the Star of the Pharaoh, while the National Security Department closed in on his escape route.

• Guan Zu led the operatives into the apartment, subdued a middle-aged criminal, and found information about G4 officers and the Star of the Pharaoh.
• Guan Zu spotted a camera, gestured contemptuously at whoever was watching, and asked Jing Jinxian to investigate the feed.
• Ouyang Hai watched Guan Zu through the camera, recognized the raid as a Police Force operation, and ordered his gang to leave their Shek O village house.
• Jing Jinxian arrived at the abandoned village house too late to find useful clues, while Ouyang Hai’s real hideout and planned escape pier remained undiscovered.
• Sir Kwan and the senior officers of the National Security Department focused on the abandoned pier in Hong Kong Island Tsai and the Jewelry Exhibition to prevent Ouyang Hai’s escape.

Zhou Quan and the National Security Department arrived at the Jewelry Exhibition, where they prepared security for a possible attempt to steal the Stars of the Pharaoh. After checking the venue, Zhou Quan headed to the presidential suite to meet the American director Lincoln.

• Guan Zu failed to get useful information from the captured criminal, and Jing Jinxian’s investigation also found no leads on Ouyang Hai.
• Yeung Kam Wing escorted Zhou Quan, Chow Sing Sing, Lai Sheung-ching, and their teams to the hotel for the exhibition.
• Zhou Quan warned Lai Sheung-ching to play his part in the coming operation, and Lai promised to cooperate to help rescue Cheuk Man.
• Chan Wing Yan reported that Lincoln and the Stars of the Pharaoh were in the presidential suite, while Zhou Quan inspected the exhibition’s security.
• After confirming that security was in place, Zhou Quan took Chan Wing Yan and a smaller group to meet Lincoln.

With the Jewelry Exhibition about to begin, Zhou Quan took custody of the Stars of the Pharaoh from Lincoln. He left the gems with Chow Sing Sing in a safe and kept their familiar gift box to use as bait for Ouyang Hai.

• Zhou Quan entered Lincoln’s presidential suite with senior officers shortly before the Jewelry Exhibition began.
• Zhou Quan told Lincoln that jewel thieves were targeting the Stars of the Pharaoh and asked to protect the gems in police custody.
• Lincoln agreed and showed Zhou Quan the two diamonds before handing them over.
• Zhou Quan placed the gems in a safe that Chow Sing Sing had brought and borrowed the gift box from Lincoln.
• Zhou Quan kept the empty gift box as a decoy, intending to lure out Ouyang Hai and catch the thief.

Chow Sing Sing and Lai Sheung-ching staged Lai’s hypnosis of Chow to draw out Ouyang Hai while the police monitored their exchange. The Intelligence Group traced Ouyang’s signal to a silver-gray Porsche near the hotel.

• Zhou Quan declined Lincoln’s wine and accepted his invitation to tea while Chow Sing Sing planted plastic fake gems in the presentation box.
• Chow Sing Sing and Lai Sheung-ching went to the surveillance room to prepare for the Jewelry Exhibition operation, and Zhou Quan gave Chow full authority.
• Lai Sheung-ching retrieved a concealed microphone and button camera from a rubbish bin, then Ouyang Hai spoke to him through the device.
• Lai Sheung-ching reaffirmed his deal with Ouyang Hai to obtain the Stars of the Pharaoh in exchange for his wife’s release, signaling the operation’s next phase to the police.
• Chan Kwok-wah’s Intelligence Group tracked the suspicious signal to a silver-gray Porsche with registration DW1468 at the hotel car park entrance.

Chow Sing Sing and Lai Sheung-ching used the fake Stars of the Pharaoh to lure Ouyang Hai into a Police Force trap. Ouyang Hai was arrested after an ambush in the hotel parking garage.

• Chow Sing Sing knocked out the two G4 officers guarding the presidential suite, and Lai Sheung-ching took the fake jewels from the safe.
• Lai Sheung-ching refused Ouyang Hai's suggestion to kill a cop and headed toward the hotel exit with the fake jewels.
• Chow Sing Sing ordered the roundup as Chan Kwok-wah reported that Ouyang Hai and suspected accomplices were entering the parking garage.
• Ouyang Hai directed Lai Sheung-ching to gate three while plainclothes officers followed Lai Sheung-ching.
• T Group elites ambushed the silver-gray Honda, killing its occupants and shooting out Ouyang Hai's Porsche tires.
• He Wenzhan confronted Ouyang Hai and placed him under arrest.

The police captured Ouyang Hai and his accomplices after foiling their Star of the Pharaoh robbery, but Lai Sheung-ching’s wife Cheuk Man remained in danger. When Ouyang Hai taunted Lai about her, Zhou Quan ordered him taken to a Safe House for interrogation.

• Superintendent He subdued Ouyang Hai and ordered officers to arrest him after Ouyang Hai refused to reveal the hostages’ situation.
• He Wenzhan reported that Ouyang Hai was in custody and his accomplices were dead, while Chow Sing Sing arranged for police and medical teams to handle the scene.
• Zhou Quan, Chow Sing Sing, and Lai Sheung-ching arrived at the parking garage after the Star of the Pharaoh exhibition’s security arrangements were taken over by Chan Wing Yan.
• Ouyang Hai taunted Lai Sheung-ching about Cheuk Man’s peril, and Chow Sing Sing stopped Lai from rushing at him.
• Zhou Quan stamped Ouyang Hai down and ordered Chow Sing Sing to take him to the Safe House in Hong Kong Island Tsai.

Chow Sing Sing led the interrogation of Ouyang Hai, who revealed where the hostages were being held, and police rescued them before the night ended. At a press conference the next morning, Chow Sing Sing announced the operation’s success and warned criminals against challenging Hong Kong Island’s police.

• Zhou Quan ordered Chow Sing Sing to take Ouyang Hai to a safe house for interrogation, and Lai Sheung-ching joined the convoy.
• Chow Sing Sing and He Wenzhan interrogated Ouyang Hai, who disclosed that hostages were guarded at a separate location and that criminals remained at the abandoned pier.
• Gei Siu-kwan led a team to arrest the criminals at the pier, while police rescued Cheuk Man and Cheung Kwok-leung’s family from their guards.
• Madam Leung hosted a press conference where Chow Sing Sing announced Ouyang Hai’s capture and declared that the Hong Kong Island Police Force could protect the city.