Recaps

Zhou Quan builds his authority in Yau Tsim District, takes Chan Wing Yan undercover, and uncovers Lam Kwan as the source of a new drug supply. He assembles a Flying Tigers team to support Chan’s operation against Lam Kwan.

• Zhou Quan invited Guan Zu to learn shooting, and Guan Zu accepted him as a mentor after seeing him set an IPSC record.
• Zhou Quan agreed to take Chan Wing Yan undercover as a surviving illegitimate son of the Nai Family and secured a pardon order for his minor offenses.
• Zhou Quan confronted the Vietnamese Gang brothers and warned them and the Wo Sing Wo bosses against bringing drugs or weapons into his district.
• When a new drug supply spread through Yau Tsim District, Zhou Quan ordered a crackdown that disrupted the supplier’s distribution routes.
• Chan Wing Yan identified Lam Kwan as the supplier and told Zhou Quan that Lam planned to use him to take over drug transport routes while staying clear of the drugs’ source and storage.
• Zhou Quan formally assigned Chan Wing Yan to earn Lam Kwan’s trust and sought an unfamiliar team and advanced weapons to support the operation.
• Kong Chi Lap offered Zhou Quan Flying Tigers personnel, and Zhou Quan selected Chow Sing Sing’s former team with Ling Jing as sniper for the operation against Lam Kwan.

Zhou Quan traced Lam Kwan’s drug operation to Johnny Wang’s arms network and organized a coordinated assault that captured both syndicate leaders and exposed the arsenal beneath Mingxin Hospital. The operation made Zhou Quan a public hero, while Johnny Wang’s ring and hidden C4 raised new questions.

• Zhou Quan staged a shooting that wounded Chan Wing Yan and Lam Kwan, earning Chan Lam’s trust and revealing that Lam’s drug profits partly went to people above him.
• Chan Wing Yan connected Lam Kwan to Johnny Wang through their matching Aether Society rings, and Zhou Quan joined forces with Wong Bing Yiu and Pang Yan Kin to pursue the arms syndicate.
• Zhou Quan discovered that welded mortuary cabinets at Mingxin Hospital concealed Johnny Wang’s arms warehouse and recruited Kong Long to infiltrate Johnny’s circle.
• After Yuan Ho-yun apologized for his earlier recklessness, Zhou Quan launched Yellow Sparrow when Kong Long’s signal disappeared and Johnny Wang moved against Guan Shanhai.
• Police captured Johnny Wang and Guan Shanhai at the warehouse, then raided Mingxin Hospital and secured the weapons hidden beneath its mortuary.
• The police seized a vast arsenal, and Commissioner Wong announced the dismantling of both arms syndicates as reporters publicized Zhou Quan’s success.
• Zhou Quan questioned Johnny Wang, who revealed that he had hidden C4 at Mingxin Hospital as an escape plan and reacted sharply when Zhou asked about his ring.

Zhou Quan dismantled Lam Kwan’s drug network, earned promotion to Chief Inspector, and transferred to Regional Headquarters for greater authority. He left Chow Sing Sing to lead his old unit and took charge of the regional Anti-Triad Unit.

• Zhou Quan hypnotized Johnny Wang and learned that the Aether Society had members in Hong Kong Island and planned to send someone to distribute methamphetamine.
• Chan Wing Yan reported that he had gained Lam Kwan’s trust and taken control of his drug channels, so Zhou Quan coordinated raids and arrested Lam Kwan and his wife.
• Zhou Quan exposed Chan Wing Yan as an undercover officer and pressured Lam Kwan into revealing the Aether Society’s international contacts and the Asian Ice Queen’s planned meth shipment.
• Zhou Quan passed his promotion interview, became a Chief Inspector, and took command of the Yau Tsim District Anti-Triad Unit as Chan Wing Yan advanced toward inspector training.
• At Zhou Quan’s promotion banquet, he confronted Lian Ho-lung’s men, then promised to help Ma Jun with an Internal Affairs investigation.
• Zhou Quan chose to transfer to Regional Headquarters, arranged for Chow Sing Sing to lead his old unit, and departed Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station with Pang Yik-hang.
• Zhou Quan became deputy commander of the Regional Headquarters Anti-Triad Unit, met its group commanders, and set rules for the officers while promising rewards for loyal service.

Zhou Quan tightened his control over West Kowloon’s gangs, used a major drug seizure and cooperating informants to weaken Chung Shing Yee, then confronted the Political Department to keep key suspects in custody. The arc ended with Zhou questioning Cheung Chi-keung about Wo Hing Shing’s missing regalia and the foreign power backing him.

• Zhou Quan took charge of West Kowloon’s anti-triad units, summoned gang leaders, and warned them that serious crime and drugs would not be tolerated.
• Zhou Quan secretly received Fa Fut’s tip about Lian Ho-lung’s heroin shipment, then led a large operation that seized the drugs and arrested Lian Ho-tung, Law Ting-fat, and other gang members.
• Zhou Quan used Law Ting-fat and Su Su’s evidence to build cases against Lian Ho-lung and Tong Lai-yu, while Chung Shing Yee’s collapse sparked fights over Mong Kok.
• Zhou Quan ordered coordinated crackdowns on Handsome Kwan and Cheung Chi-keung, and Chiang Tin-sang sent him evidence that further weakened Handsome Kwan.
• Zhou Quan intervened when Willy tried to compromise a key witness, confronted the Political Department, and kept Willy and the other suspects under police control despite Wilson Smith’s demands.
• Commissioner Wong refused outside pressure to release the prisoners, and Richard apologized to Zhou Quan for the Political Department’s conduct.
• Zhou Quan questioned Cheung Chi-keung without recording the interrogation, learned that Cheung did not know where Wo Hing Shing’s Dragon Head Staff or Haidi roster were, and heard that Brother George had arranged foreign support.