North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 323 The Professional and Unlucky Secret Service

The next day, Jimmy reported to the FBI's Chicago office. Hughes also gave him the phone number of the supervisor here, but he didn't see anyone at all. Instead, he was taken directly to the conference room borrowed by the Secret Service.

There were already many people in the conference room, and the Secret Service agents were assigning tasks, but Jimmy was still late.

Just by observing their layout, you can see that the Secret Service is really powerful. The entire trip is meticulous and has a dedicated person in charge. The hotel where the banquet is located is in charge of the Secret Service, and the two blocks around the hotel are staffed by the FBI and Chicago police.

The police are responsible for controlling traffic along the route from the Vice President's residence to the hotel.

Several buildings around the hotel have been assigned special personnel to investigate and control to avoid any loopholes in the direction facing the hotel. The roads around the hotel have been planned with 4 entry and exit routes, which can be adjusted at any time as needed. Two Cadillac extended bulletproof cars interact with each other.

For backup, one car will be taken by the Vice President and will stay in the underground parking lot, while the other will stay hidden outside the hotel for backup and emergency use.

The hotel's fire escapes, various entrances and exits, restaurants, restrooms, and ventilation ducts have been inspected and monitored by personnel, and manpower has been deployed at each entrance and exit to check on-site personnel entering and exiting. Of course, they cannot completely block off the entire hotel, after all, there are still people inside

While other people are living normally, the Secret Service has only closed the upper and lower floors of the banquet hall and all the passages connecting the banquet hall. Other hotel guests can still enter and exit the hotel normally through other routes.

Security inspection equipment was arranged at the entrance for guests attending the banquet to check metal, explosives, guns, etc. to avoid incidents that endanger safety.

The FBI's peripheral arrangements have been arranged. Each person is responsible for an area, and the police are responsible for part of the security. Jimmy came a little late, and he didn't hear the arrangements at all. But now is not the time to ask, wait until they finish all arrangements

, the meeting was disbanded, and the follow-up was for each team to disband. Jimmy quickly came to the Secret Service agent who was explaining the security plan.

Jimmy: "Hi, I'm Jimmy Young from the FBI's Manhattan office in New York. I'm here to cooperate with you as required by the headquarters. Sorry, I'm a little late. Is there any task assigned to me?"

The agent frowned: "Have we requested support from New York? Just wait here."

The agent left his position and went to talk to another agent, and then the two left the conference room. Jimmy looked at the empty conference room and had no choice but to sit here and wait.

Ten minutes later, the agent who had explained before returned, "Sorry, because you were not on the previous list, your place was not arranged. You can stay on guard in the banquet hall with us tomorrow night."

Jimmy nodded, "OK, should I follow you now? Or should I go directly to the banquet hall tomorrow night?"

Detective: "Go to the banquet hall at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and report to Agent Tom Burbach. He will be responsible for the security arrangements of the banquet hall."

Jimmy: "Understood, I'll go back first. Goodbye."

Jimmy is completely unfamiliar with the people in the Chicago office. Now his task is also security in the hotel. There are no arrangements for today and tomorrow morning. He can just move around freely. It's okay to have less things to do anyway.

Jimmy had a day off in Chicago. He really wasn't in the mood to go out for fun. Chicago is not a place where you can just hang out. One of the most famous histories here is the traditional Italian-American Chicago gang. Even now, Chicago is still prone to violence.

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In 2016, there were more than 3,000 shootings in Chicago, an average of 10 a day, nearly 800 homicides, almost twice as many as in New York. Of course, most of the people who died were black. For a Chinese like Jimmy, it was relatively okay.

, but it is only relatively better.

For Jimmy who is not familiar with the situation in this kind of city, if something happens, the impact will be great and the task schedule will be delayed. Jimmy is still very professional. As an FBI agent, he travels to participate in the Secret Service.

As for the mission, the mission is naturally the most important thing. As for travel and sightseeing, we will talk about it later.

This mission is not simple. Life protection is the first priority. Not only is it important not to get shot or get into trouble, there is also one thing that Tom is very worried about even though he has not said it out loud. That is that he has been tricked and betrayed by them. Since then,

After discovering that Tom appeared next to Frank and the others, Jimmy knew that he had tricked Tom. Even if Tom had more important things, he was still willing to contact Frank privately and come to them. He did this for only one reason, and that was for Jimmy.

For Tom to be able to make up his mind to see Frank, it shows that Tom is not at ease with Frank and does not trust him.

You are ignorant, Jimmy. If anything happens to Tom, you will be the biggest sinner.

Jimmy was lying on the bed in the hotel, looking at the ceiling. The TV was playing something, and he didn't care at all. It was time to grow up.

In the afternoon of the next day, Jimmy had arrived at the hotel early and found Secret Service agent Tom Burbach in the lobby who was inspecting the deployment.

Jimmy: "Hey, Agent Tom Burbach, Jimmy Young from the FBI's New York office checking in."

Tom Burbach glanced at Jimmy, lowered his head and opened the list on the folder in his hand, looked for it, and checked Jimmy's ID.

Tom Burbach: "OK, the inspection is over. Jimmy, you are in charge of the side door in the left corner of the banquet hall. This is our third retreat. Please hang up the ID."

Jimmy: "OK." After saying that, Jimmy was about to leave and headed to the banquet hall to check out the location first.

Tom Burbach: "Wait a minute, you look familiar. Which 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 confusion, he continued: "John Butler and I worked together on the bombing case, do you remember?

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Jimmy suddenly realized, "Oh, I remembered that you two came to our police station to mobilize people to help survey the route. Sorry, it took too long, so I didn't recognize you."

Tom Burbach laughed and said: "What a fate. I didn't expect you to become the FBI."

Jimmy: "Yeah, at the end of the year before last, the FBI Academy just opened a new training session, and I signed up for it. Speaking of which, I met John Butler a few days ago, and he was transferred to the White House."

Tom Burbach nodded. Of course he knew about John's transfer. It seems that Jimmy and John still have some personal relationships. "OK, let's not talk anymore. You go and check your position. I will continue to check here."

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

Speaking of which, he really didn't have much impression of this Tom Burbach. He looked very ordinary and did not have the impressive square face of John Butler. Looking back, he even complained about the two of them at the time. John and Tom, this

The names looked like fake names, but I didn't expect that both of their names were real.

Jimmy exchanged phone numbers with Tom Burbach, then took a walkie-talkie and headset from Tom Burbach, fastened it to his belt, pulled the headset from behind to his shoulder, put it on his right ear, and then put the FBI badge chain on

He took it out, hung it around his neck, and went upstairs into the banquet hall. The frequency of this walkie-talkie has been adjusted, and it only needs to be turned on to access the Secret Service's frequency band, making it easier to communicate with each other.

The banquet hall is not particularly large. There is a main door on the side. There are side doors on both sides of the wall opposite the rostrum for entry and exit. The rostrum also has a side door leading to the backstage passage. This passage is also for the vice president who is about to give a speech on the rostrum.

Entering the passage, where the Secret Service is in charge, outsiders like Jimmy can only look at the corners.

Jimmy opened the side door that he was responsible for and looked around in the back passage. Of course, he also checked the surroundings carefully to see if there were any potential dangers. Fortunately, it was certainly very good to be selected as the hotel for the Vice President's dinner.

, plus the Secret Service has blocked off some areas, the part Jimmy is responsible for is very safe.

After checking, Jimmy found a corner and took a chair to rest. Because the dinner started relatively late and there were still a few hours left, it would be too tiring to stand all the time.

In the evening, all the security guards and agents were mobilized, and people with invitation letters entered the hotel one after another. Jimmy could only stand at the side door, staring blankly at the upper-class people greeting each other in the middle.

, this seems to be the first time Jimmy has participated in a high-profile dinner live. Although he only stood on the side, he can be considered as participating in the whole process.

Jimmy saw two familiar faces among the people attending the dinner, Ivan and Victoria. Their plan had indeed begun, but Jimmy didn't know what they were going to do now, because Jimmy did not participate in the discussion of the plan.

When a few old men and women discussed it, they didn't have detailed plans, they just made a rough outline.

The waiting time is almost over. The people on the rostrum introduced and invited out Vice President Robert Stanton. Speaking of which, the Vice President has a really good skin and looks very good. He is in his 40s and has his hair done.

Meticulously, he simply said hello and then announced that he was about to run for president.

There was a dance before the dinner. As they were sitting down at the end of the dance, Ivan suddenly started to go berserk. He shouted "gas", causing a panic. Then he turned on the fire alarm button on the wall. At this point, chaos completely broke out.

The crowd began to run in panic, and the Vice President, escorted by Secret Service agents, ran towards the first evacuation channel, the main door of the banquet hall.

Jimmy had seen it before. Victoria left through the main door. She didn't care at the time. Now it seems that she really had a plan to leave. The Vice President and the agents came to the door, but they couldn't open the door. Jimmy had seen it from behind.

There was something caught on the handle on the back of the door. In fact, as long as the door handle was broken by hitting it a few times, it was possible to go out directly. Unfortunately, the agents did not stop and directly chose the second escape passage, the side door on the other side, and Jimmy

There are many guests escaping from the side door here.

Seeing the Vice President and others leaving the banquet hall, Jimmy followed them and began to evacuate. He had already observed in advance that the commotion was only in the banquet hall, and the so-called gas leak did not exist at all, let alone a fire.

Following all the way, Jimmy observed the surrounding environment and looked back to avoid being followed. When he arrived at the underground parking lot, the Secret Service agent pressed the vice president's head into the bulletproof car and prepared to leave. Unfortunately, these cars

There was no place for Jimmy inside, so he could only stand and watch them leave. After driving for a short distance, a Browning M2HB heavy machine gun fired at the convoy. The bulletproof vehicle withstood the heavy machine gun fire, but other detectives

The officer's car was not so lucky.

The agents and the Vice President got out of the car to escape. A second extended bulletproof Cadillac sedan drove in from the outside. Unfortunately, as soon as it arrived, an explosion suddenly occurred. Seeing that the backup vehicle also had an accident, they could only get out of a small car in the parking lot.

The door returned to the hotel, and another route was used to leave the hotel. It must be considered lucky that Jimmy was able to follow the Secret Service people and move forward again. Avoiding the shooting range of the heavy machine gun, Jimmy quietly followed the Vice President and his party.

While walking through the kitchen, the Vice President and his party were shot. There was only one person who heard the gunfire. The weapon was a fully automatic weapon. It should be a submachine gun, not Jimmy's common M14 or M16 rifles. Jimmy followed up a few steps.

There were people from the Secret Service in front of him, so he would not join in the fun. He would 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 him, and then hands it to the person in front. Judging from the body shape, it should be Victoria and Marvin. They are really reckless.

Ah, two people are going to intercept a group of Secret Service people.

The agents and the Vice President and his entourage did not stop, but after some people fought back, they left the kitchen through the side door. A team of SWAT police officers had followed the Vice President's route to the kitchen. Jimmy did not follow the Secret Service, but followed the SWAT police.

Act together.

SWAT was pretty good. Under their attack, the two people on the opposite side were suppressed in the corner and could not show their heads. Moreover, in a place where others could not see, Jimmy found Victoria leaning against the wall with her hands on her waist. It looked like she had been shot.

Already.

The taller Marvin threw a few smoke pop-ups from the corner, and soon after the smoke came out, the SWAT fired at the smoke while pressing forward. Jimmy looked at their situation and felt not optimistic, so many SWAT

Members, it would be difficult for Victoria to escape if she was shot. Even if she escaped from the kitchen, it would be difficult for her to escape from the hotel after being shot.

Jimmy followed SWAT, always checking to see if they had run away. Soon Victoria and Marvin separated in the passage. Victoria came to a dead end. Jimmy could see something blocking the passage over there. It seemed that SWAT would turn around later.

You can see her when you turn.

Jimmy made preparations, but before they arrived, someone appeared behind Victoria, then hugged Victoria and left. Fortunately, it seemed that there was no need to take action.

(End of chapter)