Chapter Summaries

News coverage of Ji Bingxiong’s capture boosted Zhou Quan’s reputation, but a Police Force leadership reshuffle soon drew attention away from the case. Mr. Hui became Commissioner of Police and promoted several officers whose advancement was linked to Zhou Quan’s earlier contribution.

• The police withdrew Ji Bingxiong’s wanted notice after West Kowloon police captured him, arrested eleven associates, and seized firearms and stolen property.
• Hong Kong Island news highlighted Zhou Quan’s role in planning Ji Bingxiong’s capture, strengthening his standing with the public and within the Police Force.
• Lee Man-bun retired as Commissioner of Police, and Mr. Hui succeeded him as the Police Force’s Number One.
• Mr. Hui reshuffled senior postings, promoting Wong Bing Yiu to Senior Assistant Commissioner and Director of Operations, Tsang Heung-wing to commander of the Hong Kong Island Region, and Lee Man-bun to Assistant Commissioner and head of the Criminal Department.
• The chapter revealed that Zhou Quan’s substantial earlier contribution had helped secure Wong Bing Yiu’s and Lee Man-bun’s promotions.

Zhou Quan received a mysterious order to report to Police Force Headquarters and learned that the Commissioner, Sir Hui, had summoned him. Sir Hui praised Zhou Quan’s record and appearance, but the chapter ended before he explained why he had called him in.

• Zhou Quan received an unexplained transfer order directing him to report immediately to Police Force Headquarters.
• Cheung Man Yiu escorted Zhou Quan to the top floor and told him that Number One was waiting.
• Zhou Quan entered Commissioner Sir Hui’s office and formally reported for duty.
• Sir Hui praised Zhou Quan’s service record, bearing, and uniform.

Sir Hui summoned Zhou Quan to Tai Kwun and selected him to take responsibility for operations in the Security Department. Zhou Quan accepted and left wondering whether Sir Hui’s mention of the Government Gazette meant he would also be promoted to Senior Superintendent.

• Sir Hui explained that Zhou Quan’s operational record, management ability, and political reliability made him his preferred candidate for the Security Department.
• Sir Hui asked whether Zhou Quan was confident he could shoulder the department’s operational responsibilities, and Zhou Quan stood and accepted.
• Sir Hui told Zhou Quan the appointment would be published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette after the start of the year.
• Zhou Quan left the office unsettled, suspecting the gazette announcement might include a promotion, but resolved to stay calm and wait for official news.

After being promoted to Senior Superintendent, Zhou Quan prepared to take charge of the Security Department’s operations at Tai Kwun and asked Chow Sing Sing to join him. He planned to use the new Action Group to give Chow Sing Sing a path into the commissioned ranks.

• The Hong Kong Government Gazette announced Zhou Quan’s promotion to Senior Superintendent and his transfer to the Security Department at Police Force Headquarters.
• Tai Kwun gave Zhou Quan authority to restructure the Security Department’s operational arm, and he prepared transfer orders before taking up his post.
• Zhou Quan summoned Chow Sing Sing and asked whether he wanted to transfer to Tai Kwun with him.
• Chow Sing Sing eagerly accepted, and Zhou Quan told him to ask Ah Yan, Ah Keung, and five other officers whether they wanted to come too.
• Chow Sing Sing took the transfer orders and left to arrange the handover.

Zhou Quan transferred to the Security Department at Tai Kwun with his trusted subordinates and reunited with He Wenzhan. He arrived at the Murray Building, where Lok Ming-wah and Lau Kit-fai welcomed him before Lok began showing him around.

• After completing three days of handover procedures, Zhou Quan brought his trusted subordinates to the Murray Building.
• He Wenzhan greeted Zhou Quan and said he was honored to serve under him again, then exchanged greetings with the others.
• Zhou Quan led the group to the Security Department’s fifteenth floor to inspect its operational offices.
• Lok Ming-wah and Lau Kit-fai welcomed Zhou Quan at the elevator and warmly exchanged greetings with him.
• Lok Ming-wah led Zhou Quan through the offices and began explaining the Security Department’s structure.

After becoming Deputy Head of the Security Department, Zhou Quan received the Intelligence Mastery achievement and began shaping the department’s operational team. Lok Ming-wah and Lau Kit-fai approved his plan to recommend five young officers for the Inspector Selection Process.

• Zhou Quan officially assumed the post of Deputy Head of the Security Department at Tai Kwun.
• When his personnel file entered Tai Kwun’s system, Zhou Quan received the Intelligence Mastery achievement reward.
• Lok Ming-wah and Lau Kit-fai praised the young officers Zhou Quan had brought into the department.
• Zhou Quan told Lok Ming-wah and Lau Kit-fai he would recommend five young officers for the Inspector Selection Process.
• Lok Ming-wah approved the recommendations and assigned Lau Kit-fai to assemble the Selection Board, which Lok Ming-wah and Zhou Quan would approve.

Zhou Quan gathered his trusted officers to accelerate Operation Crouching Tiger and establish the TUI intelligence unit. He also began preparing several subordinates for promotion, leaving Chow Sing Sing determined to study for his own examination.

• Zhou Quan ordered Chow Sing Sing, He Wenzhan, Chan Wing Yan, and Lau Bo-keung to build the Security Department's Action Group and expand Operation Crouching Tiger's personnel tenfold.
• Zhou Quan announced that the new intelligence network would be called TUI and would track criminal activity across Hong Kong Island.
• Zhou Quan told Pang Yik-hang, Chan Chi-kit, and three other young officers to study laws and Police Force regulations for their upcoming Selection Board.
• Zhou Quan warned Chow Sing Sing that he also had to prepare for the promotion examination, threatening to send him to border duty if he failed.
• Chow Sing Sing stopped complaining and resolved to meet Zhou Quan's expectations for promotion to Commissioned Rank.

After completing the Security Department’s initial formation, Zhou Quan began directing its officers toward advanced training and organized-crime investigations. When he learned that Sun Yee On’s Dragon Head Luo Tuo was returning for a celebration, Zhou Quan decided to use it to introduce himself to Hong Kong Island’s major gang leaders.

• Zhou Quan formed four Security Department action groups, staffed largely by officers from elite Police Force units, and began putting them through his advanced training syllabus.
• Zhou Quan gathered Chow Sing Sing, Chan Wing Yan, and Lau Bo-keung to review TUI’s intelligence on Hong Kong Island’s gangs.
• Chow Sing Sing reported that Wo Sing Wo was behaving respectably under Ah Lok and that Hung Hing remained under Chiang Tin-sang’s control.
• Chan Wing Yan and Lau Bo-keung reported that Sun Kee and Wo On Lok remained quiet, while Sun Yee On awaited Luo Tuo’s return and Ching Hing was caught in a leadership struggle.
• Zhou Quan ordered his team to watch Sun Yee On closely and planned to attend Luo Tuo’s celebration to meet the major gang leaders.

Zhou Quan brought Security Department Action Group One to disrupt Camel’s Sun Yee On celebration, arriving in force and confronting the gathered Gou Hok Jai. Camel came out to challenge them, but Lam Wai Lok and Chiang Tin-sang recognized Sir Kwan’s car and reacted before Camel could finish his threat.

• Zhou Quan ordered his convoy to stop outside the Sun Yee On Ancestral Hall and prepared to disrupt Camel’s celebration.
• Lau Bo-keung accelerated the convoy toward the hall, while the North New Territories police commander recognized Zhou Quan’s car and held his officers back.
• Zhou Quan’s fifty action officers emerged with concealed MP5K briefcases as the convoy stopped and Gou Hok Jai surrounded them.
• Chan Wing Yan demanded that the Gou Hok Jai move aside and bring out their boss.
• Camel appeared, invited the officers inside, and began threatening them, but Lam Wai Lok and Chiang Tin-sang recognized Sir Kwan’s car and focused on it.

Zhou Quan arrived with He Wenzhan to meet Lam Wai Lok and Chiang Tin-sang, but a Sun Yee On member insulted him and provoked a violent response. The chapter ended with He Wenzhan holding a Glock to the man’s forehead.

• Lam Wai Lok greeted Zhou Quan respectfully, while Lau Bo-keung stopped Chiang Tin-sang from approaching the vehicle.
• Zhou Quan stepped out with He Wenzhan and acknowledged Chiang Tin-sang.
• Lok Bing-yeun mocked Zhou Quan, prompting Lam Wai Lok and Chiang Tin-sang to warn Camel and his men.
• He Wenzhan rushed forward and kicked Lok Bing-yeun in the chest.
• He Wenzhan drew his Glock and pressed its muzzle against Lok Bing-yeun’s forehead.

Zhou Quan forced Luo Tuo to choose between visiting his office for forty-eight hours and dispersing his gangsters after He Wenzhan slapped Wu Ya. Before Luo Tuo could answer, a former Police Force officer surnamed Tsang intervened, and Zhou Quan questioned the newcomer’s standing.

• He Wenzhan drew his gun, and Luo Tuo apologized for Wu Ya rather than confront Zhou Quan.
• On Zhou Quan’s order, He Wenzhan slapped Wu Ya until Zhou Quan told him to stop.
• Zhou Quan gave Luo Tuo the choice of spending forty-eight hours at his office or dispersing his gangsters.
• A man surnamed Tsang approached and asked Zhou Quan to let the matter go for the day.
• Lam Wai Lok identified Tsang as a former chief inspector from the seventies, and Zhou Quan dismissed the significance of his title.

Zhou Quan forced Tsang to verify his identity and ordered Sun Yee On to disperse its celebration, leaving Luo Tuo to vent his anger on Wu Ya. After the Security Department convoy left, Chiang Tin-sang and Chan Yiu planned how Hung Hing could avoid trouble at its upcoming celebration, while Lok Chiu’s respectable-looking Wo Sing Wo men stood out among the other societies.

• Zhou Quan ordered Lau Bo-keung to check Tsang’s identity documents, and Lau confirmed that Tsang had entered legally and was not wanted by the ICAC.
• Luo Tuo accepted Zhou Quan’s demand, and Ng Chi-wai arranged for Sun Yee On’s gangsters to leave the ancestral hall.
• After Zhou Quan and his officers drove away, Luo Tuo kicked and berated Wu Ya for causing trouble.
• Bucky worried that Sir Kwan might disrupt Hung Hing’s upcoming Second Lord Guan birthday celebration, so Chan Yiu advised Chiang Tin-sang to have the gangsters dress and groom themselves more respectably.
• The other society leaders noticed that Lok Chiu’s Wo Sing Wo men already looked presentable because Lok Chiu had registered New Wo Hing as a legitimate company and paid taxes.

Zhou Quan allowed Hung Hing’s Fireworks Festival to proceed for Second Lord Guan’s birthday, while instructing Chow Sing Sing to detain any troublesome attendees. At the venue, O Division officers admired Zhou Quan’s reputation and hoped he would lead them, but Niu Xiong doubted he would leave the Security Department.

• Chow Sing Sing asked Zhou Quan whether police should disperse the Gou Hok Jai attending Hung Hing’s Fireworks Festival, and Zhou Quan told him to let respectful attendees celebrate while detaining anyone suspicious for forty-eight hours.
• Chow Sing Sing gathered a team and headed to the Wan Chai restaurant hosting the festival.
• Chiang Tin-sang stayed away from the event, leaving Chan Yiu and Bucky to manage it, and the other societies’ Dragon Heads also sent representatives instead of attending.
• Niu Xiong and O Division officers observed that the Gou Hok Jai had covered their tattoos and changed their appearance to look respectable.
• O Division officers praised Zhou Quan’s leadership and hoped to serve under him, but Niu Xiong said Zhou Quan would have little reason to leave the Security Department for O Division.

Chow Sing Sing and Security Department officers arrived at the Fireworks Festival restaurant, where Niu Xiong and O Division officers joined them. Inside, Chow confronted Sun Yee On’s Wu Ya as he appeared ready to overturn a table.

• Niu Xiong identified the five Camrys as Security Department vehicles and recognized Chow Sing Sing when he arrived with his men.
• Chow told Niu that he had come to investigate the Gou Hok Jai, and Niu agreed to accompany him with O Division B Group.
• Chow and Niu entered the restaurant together, and Chow ordered the Hung Hing men guarding the entrance out of their way.
• Chow spotted Wu Ya inside, mocked him for appearing ready to flip a table, and Wu Ya froze with his hand on its edge.

Chow Sing Sing confronted Wu Ya at the Fireworks Festival, forcing him to stand quietly while the officers were on duty. After Kam Tsz Tai escorted Chow and his men upstairs, the auction resumed and Chan Ho-nam won the long red sash for HK$280,000.

• Wu Ya swallowed his anger and tried to excuse himself to Chow Sing Sing, but Chow ordered him to stand and behave.
• Chan Yiu pleaded with Chow to go easy on Hung Hing, and Chow let him return to his duties.
• Kam Tsz Tai arrived, dismissed Chan Yiu, and escorted Chow Sing Sing and his men upstairs, refusing Chan Yiu’s offer of food and wine because the officers were on duty.
• With the officers upstairs, the auction resumed, and Chan Ho-nam won the long red sash for HK$280,000.
• Wu Ya felt some satisfaction that Chan Ho-nam had paid far above the sash’s usual price, though he regretted not being able to disrupt Hung Hing’s event.

After learning that Wu Ya and Smiling Tiger Ng Chi-wai had opened Dongman Bar in Causeway Bay with a foreign superintendent possibly backing them, Zhou Quan took three officers to watch the bar discreetly. They waited across the street for Chan Ho-nam and Hung Hing to confront Sun Yee On, ready to arrest anyone who caused trouble.

• Chow Sing Sing told Zhou Quan about the tension between Sun Yee On and Hung Hing, then reported Wu Ya's plan to establish a presence in Causeway Bay through Dongman Bar.
• Zhou Quan ordered Ah Yan and Ah Keung to join him in Causeway Bay and told Chow Sing Sing to investigate the suspected foreign superintendent's finances and connections.
• After work, Zhou Quan and his three officers quietly took seats at Broadway Seafood Restaurant opposite Dongman Bar to observe the bar without alerting the gangs.
• When Sun Yee On and Hung Hing gangsters began shoving outside the bar, Zhou Quan told his officers to keep eating and wait for Chan Ho-nam to arrive with his men.

Zhou Quan intervened in the standoff at Dongman Bar, arresting superintendent Robinson on suspicion of protecting the Triad Society and ordering the four gang leaders detained. The chapter ended with Zhou Quan leaving the bar while his officers arranged to shut it down and take the men to Tai Kwun.

• Chan Ho-nam arrived at Dongman Bar and argued with Bucky and Sun Yee On’s Wu Ya, who splashed beer in Chan Ho-nam’s face.
• Robinson, superintendent of Wan Chai District, stepped between the gangs and sided with Sun Yee On as Zhou Quan identified him as the suspected corrupt officer.
• Zhou Quan ordered Chow Sing Sing, Chan Wing Yan, and Lau Bo-keung to arrest Robinson, who submitted without resisting.
• Zhou Quan ordered Wu Ya, Chan Ho-nam, Bucky, and Ng Chi-wai to come with him, then instructed Chow Sing Sing to have Dongman Bar shut down and detain Ng Chi-wai for forty-eight hours.
• Zhou Quan told Chan Wing Yan to call the nearby PTU to take the men to Tai Kwun, then walked out of the bar.

After Zhou Quan attended Au Wing-yan’s graduation, a woman staged a roadside incident and tried to assassinate him, but he overpowered her. Chow Sing Sing mobilized the Security Department and called for police and Flying Tigers reinforcements as the attempt drew attention across Hong Kong Island.

• Zhou Quan arranged for Robinson to be dismissed and prosecuted for accepting bribes, while the thug who took sole responsibility received a three-year sentence and Wu Ya, Smiling Tiger, Chan Ho-nam, and Bucky endured harsh interrogations.
• Zhou Quan took leave on July 31 to accompany Au Wing-yan to her CUHK graduation ceremony.
• A woman darted in front of Zhou Quan’s vehicle after he and Au Wing-yan left campus, and Zhou Quan told Au Wing-yan to stay inside and call the police and an ambulance.
• The woman attacked Zhou Quan when he helped her up, but he broke her ribs and leg, dislocated her arms, and restrained her to prevent her from killing herself.
• Au Wing-yan called Chow Sing Sing, who mobilized the Security Department’s Action Group, G4, local police, and the Flying Tigers as news of the assassination attempt spread.

Zhou Quan survived an ambush by an armed woman in an armored vehicle, captured the injured female assassin, and called in police backup. The shooter escaped, leaving Zhou Quan and Au Wing-yan at CUHK as officers searched for the vehicle and Zhou tried to keep the assassin alive for questioning.

• Zhou Quan dislocated the female assassin's jaw and kicked her behind his Off-road Vehicle when he heard an approaching engine, then dodged three suppressed shots.
• Zhou Quan fired at the attackers' armored vehicle but failed to injure the long-haired woman inside, then shot the female assassin in both legs.
• The shooter sped away, and Zhou Quan checked that Au Wing-yan was unharmed before dragging the female assassin into his vehicle.
• Au Wing-yan told Zhou Quan that she had contacted Ah Sing and police backup was on the way.
• Zhou Quan ordered officers to search for the Black Off-Road Rover with license plate BZ5438 and bandaged the female assassin's legs to keep her alive.

After an assassination attempt at CUHK, Zhou Quan organized a sweeping response and sent his trusted officers to investigate the attackers and protect Au Wing-yan. He took the captured female assassin to Safe House Six, intending to uncover the people behind the attack.

• Sha Tin District officers, Ling Jing's Flying Tigers, and Chow Sing Sing's Security Department team arrived at CUHK to reinforce Zhou Quan.
• Zhou Quan ordered Chow Sing Sing to escort Au Wing-yan to Lee Garden, while He Wenzhan, Chan Wing Yan, and Lau Bo-keung investigated the getaway vehicle, local gangs, the airport, and Customs.
• Zhou Quan told his subordinates that the attackers appeared to be young women working with gunmen and that he suspected their methods were familiar.
• Au Wing-yan embraced Zhou Quan, then left for Lee Garden with the G4 Officers after urging him to be careful.
• Zhou Quan took the captured female assassin, accompanied by Chow Sing Sing and Ling Jing's men, toward Safe House Six to interrogate her.