Chasing Time

“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)

The Shadow of Great Britain

So, if Harrison refuses to drop the lawsuit, then Scotland Yard only has one path to thoroughly seal his fate with the evidence chain.


Should Sir Peel and the members of the Tory Party fail to reach an agreement, and Bernie Harrison remains adamant about not resigning his parliamentary seat, then Scotland Yard would have no choice but to submit the case to the House of Lords for adjudication.


As per the legal statutes, the House of Lords, being Britain's highest court of appeal, is the only entity authorized to judge a Member of Parliament. Arthur could only go to the House of Lords with all sorts of materials and the record document he had just obtained from the Thames River Drowning Prevention Society, to deliver an on-the-spot speech and conduct scientific experiments before the eyes of the lords.


The lords would then decide whether to appoint a professional physician to act as coroner and submit a reasonable and legal autopsy report.


Chapter 216 Forensic Toxicology Foundation (4K8)_2