The Hunter's Path: Starting as a constable, ascend to the Old Ones.

"Officer Wong, is this your service weapon?"

Lu Ming drove to Huang Bingyao's house, rang the doorbell to call Huang Bingyao out, and handed him the .38 he had found.

"Yes, yes, this is my old buddy."

Huang Bingyao recognized his sidearm at a glance, gave it a warm kiss, and said, "Old buddy, I've missed you so much! Seeing you makes my back itch again."

As he spoke, he picked up a .38 pistol and used it as a back scratcher on his back, while praising Lu Ming with admiration, "Ah Ming, it was definitely a wise choice to ask you to help me find the gun. In less than a day, you've found my old buddy."

The thought of Zhou Xingxing and Cao Dahua, whom he had sent undercover at St. Yuqiang Middle School, investigating for so many days, almost getting expelled from the school, and having to call him every day to clean up his messes, made him want to smother their heads.

"I only discovered the address where Dafei was hiding weapons by chance. When I infiltrated the investigation, I happened to find that his sidearm was mixed in with the weapons."

"You don't need to be modest. I promised to recommend you for a trainee inspector position, and I'll write a note to recommend you to the higher-ups in a couple of days."

After thinking for a moment, Huang Bingyao said, "With your performance recently, Ah Ming, you are qualified to be recommended for the position of probationary inspector. However, if I recommend you, I'm afraid it will cause opposition from other people in the headquarters."

"After all, Ah Ming, you're not one of our headquarters staff. If I recommend you to take the exam without going through the proper channels, it's easy for the people below to become dissatisfied."

"Here's what we'll do. This Dafei arms case is a great opportunity for you to showcase your abilities. I'll summon you tomorrow and have you reveal the location of Dafei's hidden weapons in front of everyone else at headquarters. Use this achievement to shut everyone else up."

"I will follow orders!"

Lu Ming didn't say much. He glanced at his panel and saw that he had nearly eighty hunting records. He was not far from advancing to the next tier.

By then, his police rank may no longer matter to him, and he may no longer even be a police officer.

……

"Ka-Kui, did you sneak off to have an affair last night behind Ah-Mei's back? Why do you have two panda eyes?"

When Lu Ming arrived at the Central Police Station the next day, he found that Chen Jiaju's eyes were bloodshot and he had obvious dark circles under his eyes, obviously having stayed up all night the night before.

He never expected Chen Jiaju to be so dedicated.

"Ah Ming, last night I sneaked into Da Fei's office under the cover of darkness and planted a bug in his phone. This morning, I overheard Da Fei talking to a group of people about buying and selling arms."

Chen Jiaju rubbed his eyes and pulled Lu Ming to a secluded spot. Despite his dark circles, he said with great enthusiasm, "I suspect that the group of people over there are the international terrorists that Inspector Huang mentioned."

"They discussed on the phone how to secretly trade arms in the Dafa parking lot the following night."

Lu Ming blinked. Chen Jiaju was indeed capable; he had investigated the exact time and location of Dafei's arms deal in just one night.

"I also found something. I discovered that Dafei's weapons were hidden on a large truck in the Dafa parking lot, and there was a tracking device hidden in the gun. Now it seems that it's no longer needed."

Lu Ming briefly recounted what he had gained last night.

Chan Ka-kui said excitedly, "Let's report this to Inspector Wong right away and have him send his men to wipe out Tai Fei and this gang of terrorists all at once."

"That's exactly what I was thinking."

Lu Ming didn't mention Huang Bingyao's gun at all, as if it had never happened.

"Ah Ming, Chief Inspector Wong wants to see you. Come with me."

Just as the two were talking and heading back to the Major Crimes Unit, Uncle Biao appeared in front of them with a helpless expression and specifically asked Lu Ming to come with him to the headquarters.

Just now, the General Administration called the Director's office directly, and Huang Bingyao asked Lu Ming to come to the General Administration to discuss work when he came to work.

As expected, the director once again asked him to bring people to headquarters to report.

Lu Ming wasn't surprised that Huang Bingyao had asked him for help. He pulled Chen Jiaju along, "Jiaju, let's go together. The information you've gathered will be of great help to the whole case."

"Let's go, let's go."

Chen Jiaju certainly didn't want to miss this case.

Uncle Biao looked at the two officers who had uncovered a large amount of clues and intelligence in just one day, and a hint of satisfaction appeared in his eyes. They truly deserved to be the best officers in their Central Police Station, much better than those good-for-nothings at headquarters.

……

"Ouch, ouch, officer, be gentle!"

"Your parents paid for your schooling, and you act like gangsters, fighting and brawling. You deserve to be in pain..."

"Officer, we're innocent! It was gangsters who came to our school and beat people up. We are the victims."

When Uncle Biao, Lu Ming, and Chen Jiaju arrived at the headquarters, they found a large group of students wearing the uniforms of St. Yu-Chiang Middle School sitting inside the huge office area, their faces bruised and swollen, giving statements.

In addition, there was a group of gangsters handcuffed.

"Hey buddy, what's going on here?"

Uncle Biao pulled over a police officer from the Major Crimes Unit of the Public Security Bureau.

"Early in the morning, Dafei gathered his henchmen and stormed into St. Yuk Keung Middle School, intending to kill a student. However, they were met with a strong counterattack from the student group, and the two groups fought each other. We arrested them both."

The police officer gave a casual answer.

"Dafei is so arrogant? He dares to infiltrate St. Yuqiang Middle School?"

Uncle Biao and Chan Ka-kui were taken aback. St. Yuk Keung Secondary School was no ordinary school. This higher education institution not only had many children from powerful and wealthy families studying there, but it also produced many high-ranking officials. Several members of the Legislative Council had studied at St. Yuk Keung Secondary School.

Dafei, a gang leader, dared to target Shengyuqiang Middle School. Isn't he afraid that someone higher up could take him down with a single word?

However, Dafei is now like a grasshopper in autumn, he won't be able to jump around for much longer.

Upon hearing this news, Lu Ming immediately realized that Da Fei had targeted Zhou Xingxing and Cao Dahua, who were lurking in Sheng Yuqiang Middle School, which was why he had clashed with the students of Sheng Yuqiang Middle School.

"Ah Xing, Uncle Da!"

Just then, He Min rushed into the Major Crimes Unit from outside, anxiously searching for Zhou Xingxing and Cao Dahua, but the two were not in the unit's common office area.

"Sai-Kui, where are Ah-Sing and Uncle Tat?"

Unable to find anyone, He Min immediately went to Sai Kwai, who was closest to Zhou Xingxing at school, to inquire about their whereabouts.

With a face bruised and red, Xi Gui said with a pained expression, "Teacher He, I don't know where Xing Ge and Uncle Da are either? I haven't seen them."

He Min anxiously scanned the area and spotted Lu Ming and his group. She immediately stepped forward excitedly, "Lu sir, we met last night. Have you seen Uncle Da and Ah Xing?"

"They're taking their statements now, they'll be out in a bit, everything will be fine, just wait outside for a little while."

Lu Ming knew that these two were Huang Bingyao's undercover agents and that nothing serious could happen to them at headquarters. He guessed that Huang Bingyao had probably called them over for a talk.

Huang Bingyao asked the two of them to find the lost gun, and they made a lot of trouble over and over again. It would be strange if they weren't scolded.

"I'll wait outside, Officer Luk. If you see them, please ask the other officers to release them as soon as possible. I believe they are innocent."

He Min breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Ming nodded to He Min, and under the strange looks from Uncle Biao and Chen Jiaju, went straight to Huang Bingyao's office.

"Please inform Inspector Wong."

They arrived at the office and asked the female civilian officer at the door to inform Huang Bingyao. The officer said apologetically, "Dong sir, I'm sorry, Huang sir is summoning someone inside. You may have to wait a while."

"Okay, let's sit outside for a while and let us know when Inspector Wong is free."

Uncle Biao smiled.

"Oh dear, that's a real scissor kick!"

Just as they were about to sit and wait outside for a while, a scream suddenly came from inside the office, followed by strange cries and pleas for mercy.

Lu Ming and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.

A full-blown brawl is unfolding in the office of a chief superintendent of the police department; if word gets out, it'll probably become a laughing stock.

The female police officer stood there somewhat bewildered, unsure whether she should knock on the door and inquire about the situation inside.

"Haha, the sun is really nice today."

Uncle Biao reacted quickly with a laugh, then grabbed Lu Ming and Chen Jiaju and made a quick getaway.

It's best to know as little as possible about your boss's embarrassing moments and flaws.

Otherwise it will affect my career!

Left with no other option, the female civilian police officer steeled herself and knocked on the door. "Officer Wong, Officers Tung, Chan, and Luk from Central Police Station are here. Should we let them in?"

"Let them in."

After a while, Huang Bingyao's voice came from inside.

……

"Reporting to Inspector Wong, Tung Piu, Chan Ka-kui, and Luk Ming from the Central Police Station are reporting for duty."

Uncle Biao, Chen Jiaju, and Lu Ming entered the room and saluted Huang Bingyao.

Then, Chen Jiaju couldn't help but glance at Zhou Xingxing, who was standing to the side holding his waist and grimacing, and Cao Dahua, who was smiling kindly at him with trembling hands. He secretly wondered who these two were and how they could make Huang Bingyao so angry that he would personally beat someone up.

"You two bastards, stand up straight!"

Seeing that Zhou Xingxing and Cao Dahua were standing improperly, Huang Bingyao immediately slammed his hand on the table and scolded them, making them subconsciously straighten their bodies and regain some of their policeman demeanor.

Uncle Biao kept his eyes straight ahead, and casually tugged at Chen Jiaju's sleeve to warn him not to look around and risk getting into trouble.

"Why is Ka-Kui here too?"

After reprimanding Zhou Xingxing and Cao Dahua, Huang Bingyao noticed that Chen Jiaju was also present. He was puzzled because he had only summoned Lu Ming, so why had Chen Jiaju come along?

Lu Ming said, "Reporting to Inspector Wong, Jiaju has uncovered some important clues related to the Dafei arms case, and I think it's necessary for you to know about them."

When Stephen Chow heard about the arms case, he was startled and immediately pricked up his ears to eavesdrop.

"Oh, really? Then we should definitely listen to it."

Huang Bingyao nodded knowingly and asked Chen Jiaju to tell him the information he had investigated.

Chen Jiaju looked at Zhou Xingxing and Cao Dahua with some hesitation. He didn't know their identities yet, but since they were in Huang Bingyao's office, they should also be police officers.

"Oh, let me introduce you. These two are also accomplices in the Da Fei arms case. One is Zhou Xingxing, an elite member of the Flying Tigers, and the other is Cao Dahua, a veteran police officer with over thirty years of undercover experience. They were both undercover agents I sent to St. Yuqiang Middle School. They clashed with Da Fei because of their investigation."

Huang Bingyao briefly mentioned Zhou Xingxing and Cao Dahua.

As an undercover agent, one should not expose their identity, but since his service weapon has been recovered, there is no point in Zhou Xingxing continuing to go undercover.

As for Cao Dahua... He looked at the undercover agent he had personally selected years ago and sighed inwardly. He was about to retire and was thinking of transferring this old buddy back to the police force before he retired, so that he could retire in a low-paying department and avoid being kicked out of the police force by the next chief superintendent.

"Over thirty years of undercover work!?"

When Uncle Biao and Chen Jiaju heard Cao Dahua's resume, their gazes towards him changed instantly. To be able to stay alive and kicking after more than 30 years of undercover work, what an amazing person!

Moreover, what could possibly motivate someone to remain undercover for over thirty years without returning to the police force for a promotion?

Three years, three years, and another three years...

Only someone with absolute faith in justice could do that!

Lu Ming sneered inwardly. Cao Dahua was a complete scoundrel. From the moment he went undercover, all he thought about was living a life of ease and waiting to die. He would never do anything that was even slightly dangerous. It was no wonder that he had survived as an undercover agent for more than 30 years.

If it weren't for Wong Bing-yiu protecting him within the police force, Cao Dahua, an incompetent and lazy undercover agent, would have been kicked out of the force long ago.

"Flying Tigers officer Stephen Chow reporting to the three officers!"

Seeing that his identity had been exposed, Zhou Xingxing decided to stop pretending and immediately saluted the three men.

"Inspector Lu, we meet again."

Cao Dahua greeted Lu Ming with a smile. Zhou Xingxing thought of what Cao Dahua had told him last night, and looked at Lu Ming with a strange gaze. He instinctively moved to stand in front.

"I didn't expect you to be on our side. I apologize for offending you last night."

Lu Ming pretended not to know anything and apologized to Cao Dahua.

"Officer Lu, you need it for the investigation, I understand, I understand."

Cao Dahua shuddered as he recalled how Lu Ming had inexplicably shoved a .38 rifle into his hand last night. This officer was not someone to be trifled with.

"Ka-Kui, now you can tell me what you've found out."

Without further hesitation, Chen Jiaju recounted all the information he had gathered.

When Huang Bingyao learned that Dafei and this group of terrorists were going to conduct an arms deal in Dafei's parking lot that very night, he immediately stood up and exclaimed with delight, "Jiaju, your intelligence came just in time!"

"Inspector Wong, Da Fei's weapons are hidden in the Da Fa parking lot. I investigated it last night."

Lu Ming then shared his findings from the investigation.

"Good, good, good, Jiaju, Ah Ming, you two truly deserve to be called the elites of our police force."

Huang Bingyao praised the two men repeatedly with delight.

When Zhou Xingxing heard that Lu Ming and Chen Jiaju had thoroughly investigated Da Fei's weapons storage locations and transaction times, he immediately perked up and shouted, "Officer Huang, I suggest we set an ambush and capture Da Fei and this group of arms buyers in one fell swoop."