Recaps

Lau Bo-keung, He Wenzhan, and Chan Kwok-wah consolidated their findings for the operation against the DOA Group, arranging protection for Ma Latang’s relatives and identifying connections that could bring Shi Yijian into the plan. Lau then asked He to lend him Ah Yin for the trip to Macau.

• Lau Bo-keung reported that Ma Latang’s ex-wife and brother-in-law were in Thailand and his other relatives were in Mainland China.
• He Wenzhan arranged to send a team to bring Ma Latang’s ex-wife and brother-in-law to Hong Kong Island, while Chan Kwok-wah contacted colleagues in Mainland China to protect the rest of his family.
• Chan Kwok-wah identified Sergeant Lok-Yu Le, Shi Yijian’s apprentice and Jiang Dawei’s godson, as someone who could help persuade Shi to cooperate.
• Lau Bo-keung revealed that Wang Dong was an old friend of Shi Yijian’s and said the connections made him more confident about approaching Shi in Macau.
• Lau Bo-keung asked He Wenzhan to lend him Ah Yin from the Technology Group for the Macau trip.

Lau Bo-keung arranged security for Ma Latang's relatives and recruited support for an operation in Macau. He tasked Jing Jinxian and Lee Family Ka-chun with monitoring Shi Yijian's communications to locate the mastermind behind the DOA Group.

• Lau Bo-keung called Chan Wing Yan through official channels and requested that Senior Superintendent Wang Dong report to Tai Kwun.
• Chan Wing Yan agreed to send Wang Dong, despite being disappointed that Lau's call did not concern an urgent Mobile Unit deployment.
• Lau Bo-keung met Superintendent Jing Jinxian and Inspector Lee Family Ka-chun, who had been assigned to follow his arrangements.
• Lau Bo-keung ordered Jing Jinxian and Lee Family Ka-chun to take a technology team to Macau and monitor Shi Yijian's external communications around the clock.
• Lau Bo-keung instructed the team to identify the exact location of the DOA Group's mastermind if Shi Yijian contacted them.

Lau Bo-keung sent a technical team secretly into Macau and summoned Wang Dong and Yu Le to discuss Shi Yijian. The chapter ended with both men unsettled by Lau’s reason for raising the name of the Macau magician.

• Lau Bo-keung dispatched Jing Jinxian, Lee Family Ka-chun, and a technical team to enter Macau secretly by way of Yuezhou and Zhuhai.
• Wang Dong and Yu Le arrived at Police Force Headquarters and met Lau Bo-keung.
• Lau greeted Wang Dong warmly, reflecting on Wang’s career and his ties to the Police Force’s National Security faction.
• Lau told Wang and Yu that he had called them in mainly to discuss Shi Yijian.
• Wang, Shi Yijian’s old friend, and Yu, Shi Yijian’s eldest disciple, wondered why Lau had raised Shi’s name.

Lau Bo-keung explained that the National Security Department was investigating two transnational criminal groups and wanted to enlist Shi Yijian’s help through his connections to one target. Wang Dong and Yu Le agreed that they knew Shi, and Lau asked them to arrange a meeting so he could seek Shi’s cooperation.

• The chapter recounted how Shi Yijian and Jiang Dawei had sworn brotherhood with Yu Le’s father, who later died from injuries sustained protecting them, leaving the two men to raise Yu Le.
• Shi Yijian became the renowned gambler Magic Hand, while Jiang Dawei built a legal Macau hotel business, and Yu Le’s abilities and background helped him enter the Police Force’s National Security Department.
• Wang Dong told Lau Bo-keung that he and Shi Yijian were old friends, and Yu Le reported that Shi was his master and godfather.
• Lau Bo-keung reassured Yu Le that the meeting was not an internal hearing and explained that the NS had established Shi had not joined a criminal group’s activities.
• Lau Bo-keung asked Wang Dong and Yu Le to connect him with Shi so he could visit Macau and seek Shi’s help dismantling the criminal group.

Wang Dong and Yu Le agreed to join Lau Bo-keung’s Special Working Group for a mission targeting a transnational criminal group, and they traveled with him to Macau. There, Yu Le reunited with his godfather Jiang Dawei, leaving the group to face an important connection to the mission.

• Wang Dong and Yu Le agreed to cooperate with Lau Bo-keung and were temporarily assigned to the Special Working Group led by Sir Luo.
• Lau Bo-keung told them to meet at Hong Kong-Macau Pier in an hour and said the detailed mission brief would be given aboard the boat.
• Wang Dong left to make preparations, while Yu Le departed with Lau Bo-keung.
• Lau Bo-keung, Wang Dong, Yu Le, and Su Kin-chiu arrived at a Manueline-style building in Macau.
• Jiang Dawei greeted Yu Le, who hurried over and embraced his godfather.

Yu Le returned to Macau on official business after years away, and his godfather Jiang Dawei worried about his career and hoped Lau Bo-keung would support him. The chapter ended with Lau Bo-keung acknowledging Yu Le’s abilities and hinting that a successful operation could bring him greater notice.

• Yu Le recalled leaving Las Vegas to join the Hong Kong Island Police Force and returning home after four years to face his master Shi Yijian.
• Jiang Dawei welcomed Yu Le, reflected on his rapid rise to sergeant in the National Security Department, and resolved to help him advance.
• Jiang Dawei greeted Lau Bo-keung and pointed out that Yu Le was involved in the operation.
• Lau Bo-keung praised Yu Le’s ability and said a successful operation could make him a young officer worth watching.

Lau Bo-keung and the Hong Kong Island Police Force officers visited Shi Yijian, who welcomed them after recognizing their senior ranks and accepting Wang Dong’s gift. As the group entered Shi Yijian’s home, he suddenly slapped Yu Le on the back of the head.

• Jiang Dawei led Lau Bo-keung and the officers into Shi Yijian’s home and reunited warmly with his old friend.
• Shi Yijian recognized Lau Bo-keung and Wang Dong, then met Superintendent Su Kin-chiu.
• Wang Dong gave Shi Yijian a box of Cohiba cigars, and Shi Yijian accepted the gift and invited the officers inside.
• Shi Yijian called for his daughter A Cai to serve tea as Lau Bo-keung led the group through the doorway.
• Shi Yijian brought his hand down on the back of Yu Le’s head, startling Lau Bo-keung.

Shi Yijian scolded Yu Le for leaving the Police Force without notice, then welcomed Lau Bo-keung, Wang Dong, and Su Kin-chiu into his home. The officers sought Shi Yijian’s help with the National Security Department’s priority operation, and he began showing them around.

• Shi Yijian slapped and scolded Yu Le for abandoning his Police Force post, then warned him to stay and finish what he started.
• Yu Le accepted his master and godfather’s discipline and promised to remain in the Police Force.
• Shi Yijian apologized to Lau Bo-keung, Wang Dong, and Su Kin-chiu for the family scene, and Lau Bo-keung praised Yu Le while signaling he would look after his career.
• Shi Yijian and Lau Bo-keung exchanged cordial remarks, with both sides focused on securing Shi Yijian’s assistance with the operation.
• Shi Yijian led the officers into his home and explained how he had renovated the former foreigners’ library into his residence.

Shi Yijian hosted Lau Bo-keung and other senior Hong Kong Island police officers, who revealed they were investigating the DOA and JC criminal groups. After learning that the DOA mastermind had ties to him, Shi Yijian guessed the person was his former lover, Mo Chou.

• Shi Yijian welcomed Lau Bo-keung's group and showed them his home's mechanisms, while A Cai reunited with her lover, Yu Le.
• Lau Bo-keung told Shi Yijian that the police were investigating the DOA Group and the JC Group.
• Shi Yijian identified Mr. Gao and Yi Tianxing as the groups' known figures and questioned why the police wanted his help.
• Lau Bo-keung revealed that the police had dismantled the DOA Foundation and taken Mr. Gao into custody, but an elusive mastermind remained behind the group.
• Lau Bo-keung said the mastermind had deep ties to Shi Yijian, who suspected his former lover, Mo Chou.

Shi Yijian learned that his former first love, Mo Chou, was the real Cangjing behind the DOA Foundation and had ties to criminal power players. Lau Bo-keung asked him to help the Hong Kong Island Police Force, assuring him they trusted his character as the police began surveillance of Mo Chou.

• Shi Yijian recalled that he had nearly married Mo Chou twice but had broken things off after discovering her secret ties to drug lords and arms dealers.
• Jiang Dawei recognized that the police might ask Shi Yijian to help with Mo Chou and stayed silent, while Yu Le and A Cai remained committed to their own loyalties.
• Lau Bo-keung revealed that Mo Chou was the real Cangjing behind the DOA Group and that Yi Tianxing, mastermind of the JC Group, had long pursued her.
• Shi Yijian asked whether his lingering feelings for Mo Chou might compromise the police operation.
• Lau Bo-keung vouched for Shi Yijian's character and said officers led by Jing Jinxian and Lee Family Ka-chun had already begun surveilling Mo Chou.

Shi Yijian agreed to help Lau Bo-keung’s Hong Kong Island Police Force target the DOA Group, putting aside his feelings for Mo Chou. The chapter ended with Shi Yijian and Lau Bo-keung shaking hands as Yu Le prepared to serve as their liaison and take part in the operation.

• Shi Yijian decided that protecting A Cai and Yu Le mattered more than his past with Mo Chou, and asked Lau Bo-keung how he could help.
• Lau Bo-keung revealed that an informant had secured access to a plan to misappropriate at least fifteen billion US dollars from the DOA Group, and asked Shi Yijian to help expose a weakness in Mo Chou’s defenses.
• Shi Yijian agreed to cooperate with the Hong Kong Island Police Force, citing his duty to fight crime while also considering Yu Le’s future.
• Lau Bo-keung explained that the Police Force had formed a Special Task Force and that Yu Le would liaise with Shi Yijian during the operation.
• Shi Yijian and Jiang Dawei worried that Yu Le might face danger, but Shi Yijian chose to respect Yu Le’s decision and shook hands with Lau Bo-keung.

He Wenzhan and the Hong Kong Island Police Force’s transnational operations team arrived in Bangkok, where Police Major General Withaya welcomed them and arranged extensive support. Their reception reflected the close cooperation between Thai Police Headquarters and the Hong Kong Island Police Force, and the team prepared to begin its operation.

• Police Major General Withaya and a Thai Police Headquarters delegation met He Wenzhan and his team at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
• He Wenzhan and Withaya greeted each other warmly, recalling their earlier cooperation during a Hong Kong-Thai joint anti-drug operation.
• The chapter explained that Police General Phongsaphat and Sir Kwan had maintained a close, legitimate partnership that strengthened cooperation between their police forces.
• Withaya arranged a command center, a secure safe house, and a tactical police unit to support the Hong Kong team, whose members had brought their operational weapons and equipment.
• He Wenzhan thanked Withaya and saluted him, and Withaya returned the salute while affirming the Thai side’s duty to support the operation.

He Wenzhan led a Hong Kong Island Police Force team in Thailand to extract informant Ma Latang, whose information could help recover the DOA Group’s fifteen billion US dollars. After Ma Latang sent a coded message naming a Bangkok hotel, the team set out while Thai police prepared backup.

• Withaya hosted the operation at Thai Police Headquarters, where He Wenzhan commanded the Hong Kong Island Police Force team and Chan Chi-kit led it in the field, with Guan Zu as his deputy.
• Yeung Kam Wing was assigned to contact Ma Latang, while Magic Hand Shi Yijian was tasked with using any clash with the DOA Group to attract its attention and help draw out Mo Chou.
• The senior officers anticipated that the DOA Group would pursue Ma Latang and prepared elite personnel, advanced weapons, and support from a Thai special police unit.
• Yeung Kam Wing received a coded text from Ma Latang naming Yulong Hotel in Chinatown and reported it to He Wenzhan.
• He Wenzhan ordered Chan Chi-kit’s team to move out, while Withaya put the Thai special police unit on combat readiness.
• The Hong Kong team left Thai Police Headquarters in five armoured vehicles, and He Wenzhan sent Chan Chi-kit the target location on his tactical tablet.

He Wenzhan’s team successfully picked up Ma Latang and prepared to escort him to a Thai Police Headquarters safe house while awaiting flight clearance. Withaya joined the convoy and arranged extensive security as they relocated.

• He Wenzhan learned that Chan Chi-kit and his team had picked up Ma Latang, then ordered them to return by the same route to the Safe House.
• He Wenzhan asked Withaya to help obtain early departure clearance for the official jet, but the team had to wait for approval of a temporary flight route.
• Withaya offered to accompany the team to the Safe House and personally oversee the arrangements.
• Yeung Kam Wing and the other Hong Kong Island Police Force personnel packed up the temporary operations center and prepared for withdrawal.
• He Wenzhan led his team and Chan Chi-kit’s group, with Ma Latang, toward the Safe House near Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
• Withaya told He Wenzhan that the riverside Safe House had security facilities, three speedboats, and additional special police teams assigned to protect them.

He Wenzhan learned that his team’s aircraft could not depart for five hours, leaving them to protect their informant from a possible DOA Group attack while they waited. At the Safe House, he ordered his men to remain ready for battle and prepared to discuss the operation with Ma Latang and Mr. Shi.

• Withaya secured approval for the Hong Kong Island Police Force’s aircraft to depart in five hours and asked He Wenzhan to pass his regards to Sir Kwan.
• He Wenzhan recognized that the delay gave the DOA Group time to locate and attack their informant, so he resolved to keep his men on high alert.
• Withaya brought He Wenzhan’s team into the Safe House and offered its bunker, secret room, and surveillance network.
• He Wenzhan told Yeung Kam Wing to bring Mr. Ma and Mr. Shi for a discussion and ordered everyone else to prepare to engage.
• Withaya left the secret room, while Chan Chi-kit assigned men to inspect the Safe House and took charge of its security system.

He Wenzhan’s team prepared the Safe House for a confidential meeting with Ma Latang and explained the plan to protect him and his daughter until their flight to Hong Kong Island. The chapter ended with He Wenzhan outlining an emergency evacuation and his own plan to hold the Safe House if the DOA Group attacked.

• Withaya gave Chan Chi-kit the Safe House security key and explained its surveillance system, underground bunker, tunnels, and evacuation vehicles.
• Chan Chi-kit ordered the surveillance in room No. 1 turned off, while Yeung Kam Wing searched the room and activated a signal jammer.
• He Wenzhan introduced himself and his credentials to Ma Latang, then introduced Yeung Kam Wing and Shi Yijian as members of the extraction team.
• Ma Latang thanked the officers for coming to rescue him and his daughter, Chu Yi, and asked them to call him Little Ma.
• He Wenzhan said their aircraft had permission to depart for Hong Kong Island in five hours and warned that the DOA Group might discover their operation.
• He Wenzhan planned for Yeung Kam Wing and Shi Yijian to escort Ma Latang and Chu Yi to Thai Police Headquarters if danger arose, while he stayed behind to defend the Safe House.

He Wenzhan led the dangerous part of the Thailand operation to protect Ma Latang and his daughter, whose fifteen billion US dollars could advance Zhou Quan’s plans against the DOA Group. He planned to keep them away from the Thai Police Headquarters if possible, but accepted it as their last refuge if their safety required it.

• He Wenzhan followed Zhou Quan’s principle of leading from the front and took the greatest risks in the transnational operation.
• He prioritized Ma Latang and his daughter’s safety over securing the fifteen billion US dollars, and refused to abandon them after using them.
• He arranged for Yeung Kam Wing and Shi Yijian to accompany Ma Latang and his daughter during their evacuation.
• He Wenzhan planned to avoid the Thai Police Headquarters because the money could spark a dispute or attract betrayal from Thai officials.
• He Wenzhan kept the Thai Police Headquarters as a last resort if it became necessary to protect Ma Latang and his daughter.

Ma Latang and the police prepared for the possibility that the DOA Group would attack the safe house, where he and his daughter were sheltering. He Wenzhan moved everyone into the bunker and set up defenses and drone surveillance, leaving them ready to respond.

• Ma Latang approved of the Hong Kong Island Police Force's plan to prioritize his and his daughter's safety, while keeping the fifteen billion US dollars out of the discussion.
• He Wenzhan invited Ma Latang and the others to eat instant noodles while they waited at the safe house.
• Ma Latang warned that the DOA Group had acquired weapons powerful enough to pierce a fifteen-millimeter-thick titanium plate, prompting Withaya to question the safe house's defenses.
• He Wenzhan ordered everyone to finish eating, move into the bunker, and expand surveillance with drones.
• The Thai officers took up defensive positions, Hong Kong Island Police Force personnel guarded the bunker's access passages, and specialists launched four drones to monitor the area.

He Wenzhan and Withaya discovered that mercenaries were attacking the safe house and fighting the Thai special police outside. Withaya called for reinforcements and ordered the Machanu Special Forces to deploy as the defenders faced overwhelming firepower.

• A drone detected an unidentified aircraft approaching the safe house, and He Wenzhan ordered everyone to prepare for combat.
• He Wenzhan and Withaya saw the surveillance feeds go static before a remaining camera showed armed men in desert camouflage emerging from the Chao Phraya River.
• The Thai special police exchanged fire with the mercenaries, killing several attackers but suffering casualties from concealed snipers and heavy weapons.
• Withaya contacted his support force and ordered the Marine Police's Machanu Special Forces to deploy in full.

He Wenzhan led the Hong Kong Island Police Force team out of the bunker to help the Thai Special Police Force resist the mercenaries, then organized an orderly retreat into the bunker. He and the surviving Thai officers established defensive lines and prepared to hold out until Thai reinforcements arrived.

• Police Major General Withaya mobilized reserve forces while He Wenzhan led the Hong Kong team toward the front line.
• He Wenzhan assigned Yeung Kam Wing rear command and ordered the team to advance behind him as Thai officers laid down suppressive fire and used smoke grenades and flashbangs.
• The surviving Thai special police officers retreated into the safe house while He Wenzhan and Chan Chi-kit covered them from behind multiple walls.
• He Wenzhan ordered more smoke and rifle-grenade fire as the Hong Kong team withdrew into the bunker after the Thai officers.
• He Wenzhan shut and mechanically locked the bunker door, then organized the Hong Kong and Thai officers into defensive lines to hold off the mercenaries until reinforcements arrived.

As mercenaries breached the Safe House and attacked the bunker entrance, He Wenzhan and Police Major General Withaya prepared to defend it while awaiting Thai Marine Police speedboats. When the enemy began descending through the smoke, He Wenzhan signaled the Hong Kong Island Police Force to fall back into cover.

• Withaya armed himself and resolved to fight alongside He Wenzhan rather than abandon the Hong Kong Island Police Force.
• Withaya told He Wenzhan that Marine Police speedboats would arrive in three minutes, and He Wenzhan said his men could hold the bunker.
• He Wenzhan urged Withaya to retreat to the Surveillance Room, but Withaya refused and joked about his long experience with guns.
• An explosion sounded as the mercenaries breached the Safe House and tried to destroy the bunker’s security system.
• He Wenzhan and Withaya raised their rifles as footsteps approached through the smoke, and He Wenzhan signaled the Hong Kong Island Police Force to withdraw into cover.

He Wenzhan and Police Major General Withaya repelled the mercenaries’ first assault on the bunker and refused to surrender Ma Latang. After He Wenzhan exposed the mercenaries’ hesitation to risk Ma Latang’s life, their commander ordered a renewed assault with a large death bonus.

• He Wenzhan and Withaya led Hong Kong and Thai personnel in firing on the mercenaries’ advance squad after grenades exploded in the bunker passage.
• The mercenaries’ spokesman demanded that the officers hand over Little Ma, but He Wenzhan and Withaya refused to compromise.
• The spokesman threatened to raze the safe house, prompting hesitation among Withaya and the Thai special police.
• He Wenzhan argued that the mercenaries would not risk killing Ma Latang, whose safety was vital to the DOA Group’s fifteen billion US dollars.
• The mercenary commander ordered his force to storm the bunker and promised five hundred thousand US dollars in death benefits for each person killed.

He Wenzhan and Withaya’s forces fought off the DOA Group mercenaries inside the bunker as Thai Marine Police reinforcements attacked from outside. The surviving mercenaries surrendered, and He Wenzhan confirmed the identity of their commander.

• He Wenzhan ordered his men to evade the mercenaries’ rocket attack and return fire from cover.
• The mercenaries stormed the bunker, triggering a fierce firefight between them and the Hong Kong and Thai personnel.
• Thai Marine Police reinforcements arrived, suppressing snipers in the woods with machine guns and a naval gun before landing troops.
• He Wenzhan ordered the bunker defenders to advance with the reinforcements and eliminate the mercenaries.
• Within five minutes, the surviving mercenaries surrendered as their resistance weakened.
• He Wenzhan and Withaya took custody of the prisoners, and He Wenzhan confirmed the mercenary commander’s identity.

He Wenzhan captured Ghost Hand, who offered to testify against the DOA Group in exchange for being returned to Hong Kong Island for trial. Withaya could not authorize his transfer, so He Wenzhan proposed that they refer the decision to their superiors.

• He Wenzhan identified the captured mercenary commander as Ghost Hand, a senior DOA Group operative.
• Ghost Hand offered to cooperate with the Hong Kong Island Police Force and seek state witness status if they took him back to Hong Kong Island for trial.
• He Wenzhan considered the value of Ghost Hand’s testimony but worried that his confession could expose the 15 billion US dollars and spark a dispute with the Thailand Police Headquarters.
• Withaya said he lacked authority to decide whether Ghost Hand could be transferred and would need instructions from General Phongsaphat.
• He Wenzhan proposed that Withaya report to General Phongsaphat while he contacted the Hong Kong Island Police Force’s Number One, leaving the decision to their superiors.

He Wenzhan reported that Thai authorities had captured Ghost Hand after a DOA Group attack and asked Zhou Quan to decide where he would be tried. Zhou Quan sought Police General Phongsaphat’s support by offering Thailand a leading role in a future operation against the DOA Group and JC Group.

• He Wenzhan told Zhou Quan that the DOA Group’s mercenaries had attacked the Thai safe house, but the joint forces had defeated them and captured Ghost Hand.
• He Wenzhan explained that Ghost Hand wanted to become a state witness and return to Hong Kong Island for trial, a decision he and Police Major General Withaya could not make.
• Zhou Quan instructed He Wenzhan to follow the original plan and said he would handle the matter.
• Zhou Quan contacted Police General Phongsaphat through official channels to discuss the operation.
• Zhou Quan told Phongsaphat that Hong Kong Island planned to bring an important witness and a captured mercenary commander home, then launch an operation against the DOA Group and JC Group with Thailand’s coordination.