The next day, Jimmy reported to the FBI's Chicago office, and Hughes gave the same phone number as the director, but he didn't see anyone at all, but was taken directly to the conference room borrowed by the Secret Service.

There were already a lot of people in the conference room, and the Secret Service agents were setting up tasks, and Jimmy was still late.

Just by observing their arrangement, you can see that the Secret Service is really powerful, the whole itinerary is no matter how big or small, and a special person is arranged to be in charge, the hotel where the banquet is held is in charge of the Secret Service, the two blocks around the hotel are in charge of the FBI and the Chicago police, and the traffic control is carried out by the police along the way from the vice president's residence to the hotel.

Several buildings around the hotel have been arranged to investigate and control, to avoid facing the direction of the hotel there are any loopholes, the road around the hotel is planned out of 4 access routes, can be adjusted at any time as needed, two Cadillac extended bulletproof cars for each other, one by the vice president, will stay in the underground parking lot, the other stay outside the hotel to hide, as a backup and emergency use.

Personnel are arranged to inspect and monitor the fire escapes, entrances and exits, restaurants, toilets, and ventilation ducts of the hotel, and manpower is deployed at each entrance and exit to inspect the entry and exit personnel on site. Of course, it is impossible for them to completely block the entire hotel, after all, there are still other people living in it normally, and the Secret Service has only closed the upper and lower floors of the banquet hall and the various passages connecting the banquet hall, and other guests in the hotel can still enter and exit the hotel normally through other routes.

Guests attending the banquet have arranged security screening equipment at the entrance to check metals, explosives, firearms, etc., to avoid incidents that endanger safety.

The arrangements for the outside of the FBI had already been arranged, with everyone in charge of an area and the police in charge of part of the security, but Jimmy was still a little late, and he didn't hear the arrangement at all. But now is not the time to ask, when they are all arranged, the meeting is dissolved, and the follow-up is to lead the team to disband, Jimmy quickly walked to the Secret Service agent who explained the security plan.

Jimmy: "Hi, I'm Jimmy Young from the FBI's Manhattan office in New York, and I'm here to cooperate with you as requested by headquarters. Sorry, I'm a little late, do you have any assignments for me? ”

The agent frowned, "Do we ask for support from New York?" You wait here. ”

The agent left his position and went to the other agent to say a few words, after which the two left the conference room. Jimmy looked at the empty conference room, and had no choice but to sit here and wait.

After more than ten minutes, the agent who explained before returned, "I'm sorry, because you are not on the previous list, so your place has not been arranged, you can be on guard in the banquet hall with us tomorrow night." ”

Jimmy nodded, "OK, I'm following you guys now?" Or wait until tomorrow night and go straight to the ballroom? ”

Agent: "Tomorrow at 3 p.m., I'll go to the ballroom and report to Agent Tom Burbach, who will be in charge of the security arrangements for the ballroom." ”

Jimmy: "Understood, I'll go back first." Good bye. ”

Jimmy is completely unfamiliar with the people in the Chicago office, and now his task is also the security of the hotel, and there are no arrangements for this morning or tomorrow morning, and he is free to do less, anyway, he can do less.

Jimmy had a day off in Chicago, he was really in no mood to go out, Chicago is not a place to play casually, one of the most famous histories here is the traditional Chicago gangs of Italian origin, even now, Chicago is still a city of frequent violence, in 2021, there were more than 3,000 shootings in Chicago, an average of 10 a day, close to 800 homicides, almost twice as high as New York, of course, most of the deaths were black, for Chinese Americans like Jimmy, It's a little better, but it's just a little better.

This kind of city is very troublesome for Jimmy, who is not familiar with the situation, if something happens, and it will be very troublesome to delay the task arrangement. Jimmy is still very ethical, as an FBI agent, traveling to participate in the mission of the Secret Service, naturally the mission is the priority, as for tourism, let's talk about it later.

This mission is not simple, saving your life is the first thing, not only don't get shot and don't have an accident, but although Tom didn't say it, he was still very worried about one thing, that is, he was sold by them. Ever since he found out that Tom appeared next to Frank and them, Jimmy knew that he had pitted Tom, even if Tom had more important things, he was still willing to contact Frank privately and come to them, and he did it for the sake of Jimmy, so that Tom could make up his mind to see Frank, which showed that Tom was not at ease with Frank and did not trust him.

Ignorant, Jimmy, if something really happens to Tom, you're the biggest sinner.

Jimmy was lying on the hotel bed, looking at the ceiling, the TV was playing whatever was going on, and he didn't care at all, it was time to grow up.

The next afternoon, Jimmy had already arrived at the hotel early and found Secret Service agent Tom Burbach in the lobby who was checking the deployment.

Jimmy: "Hi, Agent Tom Burbach, Jimmy Young from the FBI's New York office is on duty. ”

Tom Burbach glanced at Jimmy, looked down at the list in the folder in his hand, looked for it, and checked Jimmy's papers.

Tom Burbach: "Okay, that's it, Jimmy, you're in charge of the side door in the left corner of the ballroom, and this is our third retreat passage. Trouble hanging up the papers. ”

Jimmy: "OK. With that, Jimmy prepared to leave and head to the banquet hall to see where it was.

Tom Burbach: "Wait, I think you're familiar. What department were you in before? ”

Jimmy: "Assistant Sheriff of Pulaski County, Arkansas. ”

Tom Burbach's eyes lit up, "I remember you, we worked together two years ago. Seeing Jimmy's puzzled face, he continued: "I was with John Butler, the bombing, remember? ”

Jimmy suddenly realized, "Oh, I remember, you two came to our police station to help survey the route. Sorry, it's been too long to recognize it. ”

Tom Burbach laughed and said, "It's really fate, I didn't expect you to become the FBI." ”

Jimmy: "yes, at the end of last year, the FBI Academy just opened a new training session, and I signed up. Speaking of which, I met John Butler the other day, and he was transferred to the White House. ”

Tom Burbach nodded, of course he knew about John's transfer, it seemed that Jimmy had some personal friendship with John. "Okay, let's not talk about it yet, you go and check your location, I'll continue to check here."

Jimmy: "OK, goodbye, Tom. By the way, give me your number. ”

Speaking of which, he really doesn't have much impression of this Tom Burbach, he looks ordinary, not as impressive as John Butler's square face, looking back, he complained about the two of them at the time, John, Tom, this name looks like a fake name no matter how you look at it, but I didn't expect the names of both people to be true.

Jimmy and Tom Burbach exchanged phone numbers, took a walkie-talkie and headset from Tom Burbach, pinned it to his belt, pulled the headset from behind his shoulder, put it on his right ear, and then pulled out the FBI badge chain, hung it around his neck, and went upstairs into the banquet hall. This walkie-talkie has been adjusted to the frequency, and it only needs to be turned on to access the frequency band of the secret service to facilitate communication with each other.

The ballroom was not particularly large, with a main door on the side, a side door on each side of the wall opposite the podium for access, and a side door to the backstage, which was also the entrance for the vice president who was about to give a speech on the podium, which was in charge of the Secret Service, and outsiders like Jimmy could only look at the corners.

Jimmy opened the side door he was responsible for and took a look around the back passage, of course, by the way, he checked the surroundings with his eyes to see if there were any potential dangers, fortunately, the hotel that could be selected for the vice president's dinner was of course very good, plus the Secret Service blocked some areas, and the part that Jimmy was responsible for was very safe.

After checking it out, Jimmy found a corner and started to rest with a chair, because the dinner started late, and there were still a few hours left, and it was too tiring to stand all the time.

In the evening, all the security guards and agents were mobilized, and one after another people with invitations entered the hotel, and Jimmy could only stand at the side door, looking at the high-class people who greeted each other in the middle in a daze, speaking of which, it seemed that this was Jimmy's first time participating in a high-level dinner party on the spot, although he was only standing on the side, it could be regarded as a full participation.

Jimmy saw two familiar faces among the people who participated in the dinner, Ivan and Victoria, and their plan did start, but Jimmy didn't know what they were going to do now, because when the plan was discussed, Jimmy didn't participate, and several old men and old ladies didn't have a detailed plan when they discussed, just a rough idea.

The waiting time was almost up, and the people on the rostrum introduced and invited Vice President Robert Stanton, speaking of which, the vice president's skin is really good, he looks very good, he is in his 40s, his hair is meticulously arranged, he simply said hello, and then announced the news that he is about to run for president.

There was a dance party before the dinner, and when he was seated at the end of the dance, Ivan suddenly began to run wild, he shouted "gas", which caused a panic, and then he turned on the fire alarm button on the wall, and at this point, the chaos broke out completely, and the crowd began to run in panic, and the vice president, escorted by the Secret Service agents, ran to the first evacuation channel, the main entrance of the banquet hall.

Jimmy had seen it before, Victoria left from the main door, and didn't care at the time, but now it seems that there was a plan to leave, the vice president and the agents came to the door, but they never opened the door, Jimmy had seen it in the back, and the handle behind the door was entangled in something, in fact, as long as you try to hit it a few times, you can go out directly if you break the doorknob, but unfortunately the agents didn't stay, and directly chose the second retreat channel, the side door on the other side, and Jimmy's side door is that there are many guests who escape from here.

Seeing that the vice president and they left the banquet hall, Jimmy also followed them and began to evacuate, he had already observed in advance, the riot was only in the banquet hall, and the so-called gas leak did not exist at all, let alone the fire.

Following all the way to the end, Jimmy observed his surroundings while looking back to avoid being followed, and came to the underground parking lot, where the Secret Service agent pressed the vice president's head into the bulletproof car and prepared to leave, but unfortunately, there was no place for Jimmy in these cars, and he could only stand and watch them leave. After a short drive, a Browning M2HB heavy machine gun opened fire on the convoy, and the bulletproof vehicle withstood the heavy machine gun fire, but the other agents' cars were not so lucky.

The detective and the vice president got out of the car to take shelter, and a second extended bulletproof Cadillac sedan drove in from outside, but unfortunately as soon as they arrived at the position, there was a sudden explosion. Seeing that the spare vehicle also had an accident, they had to return to the hotel through a small door in the parking lot and leave the hotel by other routes. It was also considered lucky, Jimmy was able to follow the Secret Service again, dodging the range of the heavy machine gun, and Jimmy quietly followed the vice president and his party.

While walking through the kitchen, the vice president and his party were shot, and there was only one person listening to the gunshots, using a fully automatic weapon, which should be a submachine gun, not Jimmy's usual M14 and M16 rifles, Jimmy followed a few steps, and there were Secret Service people in front of him, he wouldn't go to join in the fun, just hide in the corner to prevent stray bullets.

Here you can see the image of the gunman, two figures, one is shooting, the other is loading the magazine next to it, and then handed it to the person in front, judging from the shape of the body, it should be Victoria and Marvin, they are really reckless, two people are going to intercept a group of people from the Secret Service.

The agent and the vice president did not stop, but after some people returned fire, they left the kitchen through the side door, and a team of SWAT SWAT officers had followed the vice president's route to the kitchen, and Jimmy did not follow the secret service, but followed SWAT.

SWAT is still good, under their attack, the two people opposite are pressed in the corner, unable to rise, and in a place where no one else can see, Jimmy finds Victoria leaning against the wall with her hands pressed on her waist, looking like she has been shot.

Marvin, who was a little taller, threw a few smoke out of the corner and popped it out, and SWAT pressed forward as he shot at the smoke. Jimmy looked at their situation and felt not optimistic, with so many SWAT members, it would be difficult for Victoria to escape if she was shot, and even if she escaped the kitchen, it would be difficult for her to escape from the hotel after being shot.

Jimmy follows SWAT, always making sure if they run away, and soon Victoria and Marvin part in the aisle, and Victoria comes to a dead end, and Jimmy can see that something is blocking the aisle, and it seems that she can be seen when SWAT turns a corner.

Jimmy prepares, but before they can arrive, a man appears behind Victoria, and leaves with Victoria in his arms, but fortunately, it seems that there is no need to make a move.

(End of chapter)