Subtitle of this chapter: Blame me?

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"FBI students, my name is Clarice Starling, I am the lecturer of your anti-terrorism lecture..." (Author's note: Starling is not Stanlin (Iron Man), but Starling. This is a tribute to the Hannibal series.)

"In this class, we will talk about the earliest and perhaps the most famous terrorist attack in history - the 723 major events."

"This terrorist attack in 1921 is a textbook crime. No wonder terrorists are imitating them until today in the 21st century. So let me briefly talk about the process of the incident..."

"Colleges, now we know that Scotland Yard made two serious mistakes from the beginning. The first one was institutional, their alarm system was too bureaucratic. The second one was tactical, and they did not control traffic at all."

"Of course, we are not going to laugh at them. After all, if the '723 big incident' happened in Washington in 1921 or New York in 1921, our FBI... was called BOI at that time and the local police did not necessarily perform better than them."

"Fortunately, we Americans learned a lesson from it immediately. Under President Harding's authorization, our Director Hoover established a strict monitoring system in a very short time, and by the 1930s this system had spread all over the country."

"No matter what our 21st century people think of him, he is the true founder of our FBI and the first person to counter terrorism in our country!"

"It's a bit far. The time for the Hibiscus Legion to actually carry out the hijacking operation was only half an hour. They rushed into the venue at half past eight and released all the hostages they didn't need at nine o'clock. During this period, they also secretly transferred the real goal of this operation, the two princes, to the emperor."

"Actually, at this time, they have succeeded. I have to say that the person who planned this action is a genius... This student, what are your problems?"

"You are asking the planner if it's Mr. Neo Yuan? Well, this is a very popular question. I think you have read Dan Brown's latest book "Angels and the Devil"?"

"It's true. Don't laugh. "SCP Code" and "Angels and Devils" are both good entertainment books, and there is indeed a little historical truth. I suggest that those who have not seen it from you can go and see it."

"Actually, what Mr. Dan Brown said in his book that the argument that Neo Yuan was the mastermind of the '723 Event' is not new. Especially for the Chinese Americans in 1921, this is basically an open secret. Because long before the '723 Event', the Chinese gang members knew that he was going to do a so-called 'big thing'."

"Of course, no one thought that the 'big thing' he was going to do would be so big..."

"Okay, let's get back to the point. And Scotland Yard made the third mistake after that, that is, it's not cutting off the embassy and the outside communication!"

"And the third mistake caused a very serious consequence, that is, it allowed the propaganda media to intervene in the '723 major incident' on a large scale. This not only made the British government embarrassed, but also made the terrorists sympathize all over the world."

"From this perspective, the on-site commander at that time was undoubtedly incompetent."

"And the commander was named Sir William Thomas Francis Horwood. He was the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis at Scotland Yard."

"But this commander is not a professional policeman. In fact, before him, most of the directors of the London Police Department were not policemen but soldiers!"

"In September 1868, he was born into a lower British aristocratic family. Although he graduated from the famous Hagrid School, he did not go to college. Instead, he began his military career in 1887."

"In 1900, he was promoted to captain and transferred to reserve, becoming an official of the Bureau of Recruitment. From 1904 to 1910, he served as an assistant to the War Office of the British Office."

"In 1910, he was transferred to the Northeast Railway Police Supervisor. Sir Hallwood did a pretty good job in this position. He changed the uniforms to modern style, and he was also the first to pay pensions to railway police."

"During World War I, he returned to the War Office and served as chief assistant to the Director of Personnel and Executive Staff. He was then sent to France with the position of commander of the Western Front Gendarmerie."

"In 1918, he served as Director of the London Police Department in his old superior, Sir Nevil Macready from 1862 to 1946, and he also became Assistant Commissioner of the Chief Assistant Commissioner."

"During this period, Sir Hallwood was also well received by all walks of life at that time. Because he once again became a reformer who was brave enough to innovate, introducing women's police, car patrols and airship units for the first time around the world."

"In 1920, the security situation in Ireland worsened, and Sir Neville McGrady was transferred to commander of the Irish army. On April 20, Prime Minister David Lloyd officially appointed Sir Hallwood as the leader of Scotland Yard."

"However, this is not a good thing for him and the British Empire..."

——From a classroom teaching for junior students in FBI

"That night, Violet and I were reading a letter from my daughter in the living room. Their family went on vacation in France and were very happy. The phone rang at fifteen minutes after nine o'clock. Violet complained to me that even if I work in London, she couldn't do it normally, and she wanted to go to France for a vacation."

Translator's note: Sir Hallwood married Violet Fift in 1897 and had an only daughter in 1900.

"Then I received a very bad news, a group of gangs were openly killing people in front of the Japanese Embassy on Piccadilly Street. At that time, my heart was tight because I remembered that a diplomatic cocktail party was being held there that night. And the Prince of Wales would also attend in person."

"I immediately asked them to send additional police forces on the phone and block the entire Piccadilly Street and not let anyone go."

"Because I only received an alarm about the gangsters' murder and did not receive any further circumstances, I could only issue such instructions. It is not necessary for the prisoners to slip away calmly."

"There is another point. Now some people accuse me of not cutting off the embassy's external communications immediately. But why did I do this at that time? Is it just because someone killed someone outside the embassy?"

"I didn't even have time to change into my uniform, but called on the driver and asked him to arrive at Piccadilly Street as fast as possible."

"When I arrived at the scene, the big bell rang nine times, and I saw that this historic street was full of people..."

——Excerpt from Sir Hallwood, "Not justification but facts - My account of the 723 major events"

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Chapter completed!