Chapter Summaries

After receiving Kong Long’s intelligence about Guan Shanhai’s hidden arms warehouses, Zhou Quan ordered surveillance on Guan Shanhai, Johnny Wang, and the warehouse sites. He then deployed Ling Jing and the Flying Tigers elites to monitor a signal at Clearwater Bay Pier, preparing them to act against Johnny Wang.

• Zhou Quan told Kong Long to wear a white rose so his men could identify him during the operation, and Kong Long handed over intelligence about Guan Shanhai’s arms group.
• Zhou Quan read that Guan Shanhai had arms warehouses in East Tsim Sha Tsui, Tuen Mun, and Tseung Kwan O, including one at the Lung Tai Fung Shipping Warehouse.
• Zhou Quan ordered Lau Bo-keung and Luk Koon-wah to keep Guan Shanhai and Johnny Wang under surveillance, while Chow Sing Sing watched the three warehouse locations.
• Zhou Quan went to the Kowloon City safe house and ordered Ling Jing and five Flying Tigers elites to monitor a signal from Clearwater Bay Pier around the clock.
• Zhou Quan told the provisional squad to notify him when the signal cut out and to remain ready to engage, making Johnny Wang their first target.

Yuan Ho-yun confronted Zhou Quan after discovering that the Yau Tsim District Anti-Triad Unit had launched an operation without informing his team. Zhou Quan asserted his authority over the arms trafficking case and ordered Yuan Ho-yun out of his office.

• Yuan Ho-yun went to the Yau Tsim District Anti-Triad Unit with two officers after waiting days for news about the case.
• Yuan Ho-yun found only a few young officers at the station and realized Zhou Quan had not intended to inform his unit about the operation.
• Yuan Ho-yun entered Zhou Quan's office without knocking and demanded to know why his team had not been notified.
• Zhou Quan reminded Yuan Ho-yun that he was in charge of the case and ordered him to leave and return after calming down.

Zhou Quan confronted Yuan Ho-yun over his reckless disregard for discipline and the lives of fellow officers. Yuan Ho-yun accepted the rebuke, and Zhou Quan promised to notify him when the operation began so he could avenge the fallen officers.

• Yuan Ho-yun demanded that Zhou Quan notify his unit whenever he took action in the arms case.
• Zhou Quan’s men moved to intervene, but Zhou Quan ordered them to stay out of the confrontation.
• Zhou Quan accused Yuan Ho-yun of endangering officers and explained that his superiors had repeatedly cleaned up after his reckless actions.
• Yuan Ho-yun reflected on his responsibility for the deaths at Yunlai Teahouse and apologized to Zhou Quan.
• Zhou Quan promised to give Yuan Ho-yun’s unit a chance to avenge the fallen officers and said he would notify them when the operation began.
• Yuan Ho-yun saluted Zhou Quan and left with renewed resolve.

Zhou Quan coordinated Yellow Sparrow Operation to trap Johnny Wang and Guan Shanhai’s arms syndicates at the Lung Tai Fung shipping warehouse. After both targets began moving, he ordered discreet surveillance and sent the SDU helicopters toward West Kowloon Headquarters while the units awaited further instructions.

• Zhou Quan called Yuan Ho-yun before the operation and prepared to use the intelligence about Johnny Wang’s planned attack on Guan Shanhai.
• Ling Jing reported that Kong Long’s signal had disappeared, while Lau Bo-keung reported that Johnny Wang was heading toward East Tsim Sha Tsui.
• Zhou Quan assembled the support units, briefed their commanders, and named the operation Yellow Sparrow.
• Chow Sing Sing reported that Johnny Wang had entered the warehouse, and Luk Koon-wah later reported that Guan Shanhai was on the move.
• Zhou Quan ordered Luk Koon-wah to follow Guan Shanhai discreetly and report when he entered Kowloon City District.
• Zhou Quan ordered the SDU helicopters to move toward West Kowloon Headquarters and circle overhead.

Zhou Quan’s forces overwhelmed the arms syndicates at the Lung Tai Fung Shipping Warehouse and arrested Johnny Wang, Guan Shanhai, and Kong Long. Zhou Quan revealed that he knew Johnny Wang’s arsenal was hidden beneath Mingxin Hospital, leaving the hospital operation as his next priority.

• After Luk Koon-wah reported Guan Shanhai’s movements, Zhou Quan launched the Yellow Sparrow Operation and ordered the police to capture Johnny Wang and Guan Shanhai alive while protecting Kong Long.
• More than a hundred officers surrounded the warehouse, and the assault teams used flashbangs and tear gas to subdue the criminals without explosives.
• The police secured the warehouse in five minutes, while Zhou Quan withheld ambulances and ordered Ah Wah to treat the wounded to keep Mingxin Hospital from learning what had happened.
• Yuan Ho-yun kicked Johnny Wang down and pressed on his gunshot wound, while Zhou Quan approached the arrested syndicate leaders.
• Zhou Quan identified Johnny Wang’s hidden arsenal beneath Mingxin Hospital’s underground mortuary, and Johnny Wang realized that his secret had been exposed.

After capturing Johnny Wang, Zhou Quan sent police teams to raid Mingxin Hospital, where Johnny Wang had hidden an arms depot beneath the mortuary. Zhou Quan and Chow Sing Sing infiltrated the hospital and prepared to rappel into the security room, leaving the assault poised to begin.

• Zhou Quan stopped Yuan Ho-yun from killing Johnny Wang and ordered Lau Bo-keung to have the criminals taken to the station, with Johnny Wang kept in isolation.
• Zhou Quan ordered Yuan Ho-yun to remain with the DATS men while he and Chow Sing Sing joined Ling Jing's team to raid Mingxin Hospital.
• Zhou Quan briefed the officers that Johnny Wang's arms depot was beneath the hospital mortuary and assigned PTU to secure the hospital and SDU to raid the mortuary.
• Zhou Quan had Ling Jing take a sniper position while he led Chow Sing Sing and three Flying Tigers into the hospital in plain clothes.
• Zhou Quan led his team to an empty fourth-floor room above the security room and ordered them to twist curtains and bedsheets into rappel ropes.

Zhou Quan led a coordinated raid on Mingxin Hospital, securing its security room and arms depot. The Flying Tigers reached a sealed iron door, and Zhou ordered Headquarters to send EOD support before they opened it.

• Zhou Quan and Chow Sing Sing prepared to enter the security room by rope while Ling Jing took position to snipe the guards.
• At 11:45 p.m., Ling Jing shot the guard watching the CCTV monitors, and Zhou Quan and Chow Sing Sing killed the remaining guards before entering the security room.
• Zhou Quan ordered the operation to begin as the Flying Tigers and Mobile Unit stormed the hospital and its underground mortuary.
• Gao Wenshan reported that the assault team had reached the arms depot but was blocked by an electric iron door.
• Zhou Quan confirmed through the CCTV feeds that the arms depot was clear and ordered Kwan Man Chin to inform Headquarters and request EOD support.

Zhou Quan’s reinforcements secured Mingxin Hospital and opened Johnny Wang’s hidden arsenal, uncovering a huge stockpile of weapons and explosives. Zhou Quan arranged for the evidence to be guarded until senior officials and the British garrison took over, while Wong Bing Yiu warned him to keep the arms safe overnight.

• Commissioner Wong sent reinforcements to Mingxin Hospital, where Zhou Quan briefed EOD officer Cheung Choi Shan on the arsenal behind an iron door.
• Cheung Choi Shan cut an opening through the iron door within ten minutes without damaging the weapons inside.
• Gao Wenshan reported that the arsenal held RPGs, C4, and a vast quantity of other weapons, and Zhou Quan ordered the teams to secure and inventory the evidence.
• Zhou Quan called Wong Bing Yiu and explained that the stockpile required Tai Kwun to contact the British garrison.
• Wong Bing Yiu agreed to notify Tai Kwun and told Zhou Quan to guard the arms carefully overnight because the garrison might not respond until working hours.

After Zhou Quan’s operation uncovered major weapons caches at Mingxin Hospital and a shipping warehouse, senior police officers and the foreign garrison arrived to secure the scene and remove the weapons. Commissioner Wong publicly credited Zhou Quan with dismantling two arms-trafficking syndicates, leaving Zhou in the spotlight as he deferred questions to the Police Force’s publicity department.

• Zhou Quan and more than two hundred officers secured Mingxin Hospital overnight and screened its staff and patients.
• Guan Zhibang, Pang Yan Kin, Commissioner Wong, other senior officers, and Richard arrived at the hospital, followed later by a foreign garrison convoy that collected the weapons.
• Reporters gathered outside Mingxin Hospital and photographed the garrison removing crates of weapons.
• Commissioner Wong told the press that Zhou Quan had dismantled two arms-trafficking syndicates and seized weapons at both Mingxin Hospital and the Lung Tai Fung Shipping Warehouse.
• Zhou Quan declined to discuss the operation’s results and directed reporters to the Police Force’s publicity department.

After the police dismantled Guan Shanhai and Johnny Wang’s arms-trafficking syndicates, Zhou Quan became a celebrated star officer across Hong Kong Island. He visited Johnny Wang in custody to question him about a ring, and Johnny responded with defiance.

• The media reported that the police had seized weapons worth over a hundred million and dismantled the syndicates led by Guan Shanhai and Johnny Wang without civilian casualties.
• Citizens praised the operation, and Zhou Quan’s reputation spread across West Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.
• Zhou Quan arrived at Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station after a day of rest to question Johnny Wang, whose injured arm was bandaged and cuffed to his other hand.
• Johnny Wang said the police had already raided Mingxin Hospital, where he had hidden C4 explosives as a hostage-taking escape plan.
• Zhou Quan asked Johnny Wang about the ring he wore, and Johnny reacted sharply before telling Zhou to keep the funeral wreath for himself.

Zhou Quan hypnotized Johnny Wang during interrogation and learned what he knew about the Aether Society’s activities on Hong Kong Island. Johnny Wang revealed an incoming meth distributor but could not identify them, leaving Zhou Quan focused on catching Lam Kwan and finding out more.

• Johnny Wang threatened Zhou Quan and refused to cooperate, but Zhou Quan named the Aether Society and hypnotized him with a finger snap.
• Under hypnosis, Johnny Wang explained that the Aether Society was made up of several Chinese foreign-national families with influence in the Netherlands, Nanyang, and South America.
• Johnny Wang said two Aether Society members were on Hong Kong Island: himself, who handled arms, and Lam Kwan, who had taken over Nai Kun’s heroin market.
• Johnny Wang revealed that the organization planned to send another member to Hong Kong Island to distribute methamphetamine, but he did not know their identity.
• After Johnny Wang had shared everything he knew, Zhou Quan snapped his fingers to end the hypnosis, and Johnny Wang remembered what had happened and accused him of sorcery.

Chan Wing Yan returned from the Golden Triangle with evidence of Lam Kwan’s drug network and confirmation of his ties to the Mong Tai Army. Zhou Quan prepared to organize Lam Kwan’s arrest and promised to transfer Chan Wing Yan back to the Police Station and support his inspector selection.

• After Johnny Wang received a life sentence, Zhou Quan waited for Chan Wing Yan to return from the Golden Triangle.
• Chan Wing Yan met Zhou Quan at a Kowloon City safe house and reported that he had gained Lam Kwan’s trust and taken control of his drug business channels.
• Chan Wing Yan told Zhou Quan that Lam Kwan had introduced him to Mong Tai Army contacts Chatchai and Nuo Ka, and described the operation’s suppliers, money laundering, distributors, factory, and warehouse.
• Chan Wing Yan said Lam Kwan planned to leave Hong Kong Island after his wife’s prenatal checkups and suspected Lam Kwan’s wife might know more than she let on.
• Zhou Quan told Chan Wing Yan he would organize Lam Kwan’s arrest, promised to transfer him back and arrange his inspector selection, then left the safe house.

Zhou Quan gave Lee Man-bun intelligence on Lam Kwan’s drug network and arranged simultaneous raids with O Division. He then deployed his Anti-Triad Unit to seize a drug factory, a warehouse, and Lam Kwan himself.

• Zhou Quan called Lee Man-bun and offered intelligence on Lam Kwan’s laundering operation and drug distributors as a gift for his promotion.
• Lee Man-bun agreed to receive the information by fax and coordinate arrests across Hong Kong Island with Zhou Quan’s operation.
• Zhou Quan returned to Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, ordered Chow Sing Sing, Lau Bo-keung, and Luk Koon-wah to prepare their officers, and faxed Chan Wing Yan’s intelligence to O Division.
• Zhou Quan assigned Chow Sing Sing and Ling Jing’s Auxiliary Squad to storm a drug manufacturing facility in Kwun Tong.
• Zhou Quan sent Lau Bo-keung’s team to Lam Kwan’s factory warehouse and led the remaining officers to arrest Lam Kwan and his family.

Zhou Quan led an Anti-Triad Unit team to Queen Elizabeth Hospital and arrested Lam Kwan, whom he had tracked for drug trafficking and manufacturing. He also ordered Luk Koon-wah to bring Lam Kwan’s wife to the police station after her prenatal checkup.

• Zhou Quan’s surveillance team tracked Lam Kwan’s Mercedes-Benz to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where Lam was accompanying his wife to a prenatal checkup.
• Zhou Quan arrived with his officers, showed his Appointment Certificate, and found Lam outside the obstetric examination room.
• Zhou Quan presented Lam with an arrest warrant, and Lam demanded a lawyer and asked to see his wife.
• Zhou Quan refused to let Lam see his wife and revealed that she was also on the police’s list to be brought in.
• Zhou Quan ordered Luk Koon-wah to wait until the prenatal checkup was finished, then bring Lam’s wife and her medical report to the police station.

Zhou Quan arrested Lam Kwan and his heavily pregnant wife, then used evidence about Lam Kwan’s network to break his composure and reveal Chan Wing Yan’s undercover identity. Lam Kwan accused Zhou Quan of arranging the shot that had injured him, but Zhou denied the allegation while privately implying it was true.

• Zhou Quan had Luk Koon-wah and two female officers bring Lam Kwan’s wife out of her examination room with her prenatal records.
• Zhou Quan ordered officers to cuff Lam Kwan and his wife and take them to separate vehicles.
• Zhou Quan interrogated Lam Kwan and named people and locations in his network, causing Lam Kwan to suspect that Chan Wing Yan had betrayed him.
• Zhou Quan told Lam Kwan that Chan Wing Yan was an undercover police officer, leaving Lam Kwan stunned that Nai Kun’s son had been recruited by the Police Force.
• Lam Kwan accused Zhou Quan of arranging the shot that had injured him, but Zhou denied the accusation and privately indicated that Lam Kwan’s guess was right.

Lam Kwan accepted that he would face trial and pleaded with Zhou Quan to spare his pregnant wife, then gave a detailed confession. Zhou Quan revealed that the unborn child had a congenital atrial defect, and Lam Kwan broke down, insisting it had nothing to do with him.

• Lam Kwan realized he lacked evidence to bring a case against Zhou Quan and accepted that he could not escape judgment.
• Lam Kwan pleaded with Zhou Quan to leave his wife alone, but Zhou Quan said the Police Force would investigate her for possible crimes.
• Lam Kwan raged that drug users were responsible for their own choices, while Zhou Quan urged him to confess honestly.
• Lam Kwan gave a detailed account of his drug network but withheld information that Chan Wing Yan had not already provided.
• Zhou Quan showed Lam Kwan his wife's prenatal report and revealed that the fetus had a congenital atrial defect.
• Lam Kwan read the diagnosis and broke down, repeating that the child's condition had nothing to do with him.

Lam Kwan agreed to confess after Zhou Quan promised to seek leniency for his pregnant wife and support their unborn child. His revelations exposed the couple’s Aether Society membership and identified a powerful meth supplier preparing to enter Hong Kong Island’s drug market.

• Lam Kwan pleaded with Zhou Quan to protect his wife, and Zhou promised to seek leniency and arrange support for their unborn child.
• Zhou pointed out Lam Kwan’s Aether Society ring, prompting Lam Kwan to admit that he and his wife were members.
• Lam Kwan revealed what he knew about the Aether Society and his international drug contacts, secrets he had withheld from Chan Wing Yan.
• Lam Kwan told Zhou that the Asian Ice Queen was preparing to ship meth into Hong Kong Island under the Aether Society’s arrangements.

After earning a promotion interview through his string of major cases, Zhou Quan faced a question from senior Police Force officer Lok Ming-wah about Hong Kong Island’s upcoming return to the Motherland. The chapter ended with Zhou Quan and the other officers waiting for his answer.

• Zhou Quan passed the written portion of the Promotion Examination after his achievements earned support from senior officers and his family’s connections.
• Zhou Quan attended his Chief Inspector promotion interview at West Kowloon Police Headquarters with Wong Bing Yiu, Guan Zhibang, and Lok Ming-wah.
• Lok Ming-wah praised Zhou Quan’s record and said he supported his promotion.
• Lok Ming-wah asked Zhou Quan for his views on Hong Kong Island’s impending return to the Motherland, and Zhou Quan straightened as the room grew solemn.

Zhou Quan passed his promotion interview after affirming his commitment to Hong Kong Island’s rule of law and his Chinese identity. After William retired, Lok Ming-wah formally promoted him to Chief Inspector and presented him with the Governor’s certificate and a red Chicken Rope, leaving him in command of the Yau Tsim District Anti-Triad Unit.

• Lok Ming-wah asked Zhou Quan about his stance, and Zhou declared his commitment to the law and his Chinese identity.
• Lok Ming-wah approved Zhou Quan’s promotion, and Wong Bing Yiu and Guan Zhibang signed the documents as well.
• Zhou Quan passed the interview stage but had to wait for William to vacate a Chief Inspector position.
• Seven days later, William retired from Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, and Lok Ming-wah arrived to install Zhou Quan in his new post.
• Lok Ming-wah gave Zhou Quan his Chief Inspector appointment certificate and a red Chicken Rope, officially placing him in command of the Yau Tsim District Anti-Triad Unit.

Lok Ming-wah attended Zhou Quan’s ceremony to attach the Red Chicken Rope, then left as Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station celebrated Zhou Quan and Chan Wing Yan’s promotions. Guan Zhibang praised the Anti-Triad Unit’s successes and introduced the station’s newly graduated officers, leaving the meeting poised to welcome its next generation.

• Lok Ming-wah attached the Red Chicken Rope to Zhou Quan, exchanged pleasantries with Guan Zhibang and other senior officers, and left Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station.
• Guan Zhibang gathered the station’s officers in the decorated conference room and celebrated the district’s success in cracking major arms-trafficking and drug-supply cases under Zhou Quan’s command.
• Zhou Quan and Chan Wing Yan received applause for their promotions; Chan Wing Yan had become a station sergeant and passed selection for probationary inspector training.
• Guan Zhibang praised Zhou Quan as the district’s pinnacle and welcomed the newly graduated Police Academy officers as its future.