The Blacklist

Chapter 129 Occupy the Position and Control the Situation
An hour later, Abby came hurriedly and reported: "Director Kerry, the venom of the Australian giant snake was found in the collars, armpits, cuffs and other parts of the two navy uniforms. It can poison people through contact with the skin, and the dose is enough to cause death!"

Carrie nodded, "That's right. Agent Katie, tell Gibbs from NCIS this news!"

"Oh, okay." Katie recovered from her surprise and quickly took out her cell phone, but Kerry next to her changed his expression drastically!

Katie finished the call quickly. Gibbs on the other end had already arranged for forensic personnel to test the victim's body and clothing to determine whether it was the same type of snake venom.

Kerry tried to hold back, but finally said: "Katie, maybe I harmed Depp..."

Kaiti was stunned and asked, "What do you mean?"

"If there is snake venom on the uniform I picked up from the dry cleaners on 19th Street last night, then Depp must have been killed by this poison!" Kerry said with a pale face, "I introduced him to the dry cleaners on 19th Street..."

Katie opened her eyes wide, but was speechless.

Kerry didn't want to mention this, but Kerry was honest and said it himself. He was an honest guy, worthy of Katie! At this time, he didn't need to say anything else, just wait for the result from NCIS. However, he still had to praise Abby for her effective work, so he said, "Well done, Abby, go and recheck it and make a formal report. After the case is closed, it should be added to the file."

"Understood, sir." Seeing that her work was being taken care of, Abby happily agreed and skipped away.

Another hour passed, and Abby brought the results of the second test. After waiting for more than ten minutes, Katie's phone rang. Gibbs reported: After testing, it was found that there was snake venom on Lieutenant Colonel Tep's uniform, and it was confirmed that he died of cardiac arrest caused by the venom of this kind of snake!

Now, although the cause of death of the victim was confirmed, it also proved that Tep was indeed harmed by Kerry's guidance! Kerry hugged his head in pain, and Katie beside him didn't know how to comfort him...

"Major Kerry, you don't have to do this!" Kerry said in a stronger tone, "This was carefully planned by the terrorists. The original target should have been you, but Trump took your place because you had a cold. Even if he didn't choose the 19th Street dry cleaner you recommended to clean his uniforms, the enemy would have taken other measures to harm him - because their goal is to create a vicious incident on Air Force One and force the presidential team to change planes!"

"But what's the point of that?" Kerry didn't understand. "Even if Trump and I can't be on duty, there will be others, just like now, another nuclear weapons escort officer is on the new Air Force One."

"I think the meaning is that the current Air Force One has been replaced!" said Kerry. "Ah, I see!" Katie suddenly said, "The terrorists must have tampered with the backup plane... which is now Air Force One! But what exactly do they want to do?"

"Just go and take a look and you'll know!" Carrie stood up and said, "Notify Gibbs, we'll go to California together, let's go now..."
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In the evening, Gibbs and others took advantage of Carey's opportunity and arrived in Sacramento, California on a Gulfstream 650, which was at least three hours faster than taking a flight on their own!
This time, Gibbs only brought Tony with him, Carrie brought Gina and Elizabeth, and the others were Katie and Kerry. After getting off the plane, the seven of them headed straight to Air Force One, which was on another runway...

Before coming, Katie had contacted the director of the Secret Service, who was waiting on the plane. After the two sides met, they immediately exchanged information. The director also felt that something was wrong, but still didn't understand why?
Of course Carrie knew the reason, but he was not going to say it out loud at this time because he wanted to kill the guy with his own hands!
Air Force One was to take off early in the morning, and the chief of the Secret Service led everyone to check the interior of the plane again, but still did not find any danger. There was nothing they could do but agree to let them get on the plane together and help protect the president - this time they only registered their pistol numbers, but did not ask them to hand over their weapons.
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At seven in the morning, Air Force One took off from the airport and increased its altitude to the eastbound air route. It was escorted by four F16 fighter jets - this could not be omitted even when flying over the inland United States.

On the plane, Kerry returned to his post as the president's nuclear weapons officer. The director of the Secret Service arranged for Katie to accompany Gibbs, Kerry and others so that they would not disrupt order on the plane.

As soon as Gibbs got on the plane, he slapped Tony on the back of the head, stopping this energetic subordinate from being attentive to Elizabeth, and ordered him to follow the director of the Secret Service to get a list of all the attendants. After he left, he said to Carrie, "Director Carrie, I am very grateful that you found out the cause of death of Lieutenant Colonel Trap, but I think you should understand that this is our Navy's case. I think you FBI should just watch from the sidelines!"

In his previous life, when watching NCIS, Carrie didn't like Gibbs very much because his style of doing things was too inconsistent with his own ideas. Seeing that he showed his arrogant and unruly side, he grinned and said, "Gibbs, you are just a small team leader and you are not qualified to give me orders!

"Remember, in the civil service sequence, although we are not in the same department, my rank is at least three levels higher than yours. Maintaining the minimum respect is the basic principle of being a human being and doing things. Don't let me look down on you!" After saying that, she ignored him and took Gina and Elizabeth to the airline seats nearby and sat down. She picked up a can of coffee on the seat, opened it and took a sip, looking out the window.

Gibbs was stuck and stood there in a daze. It took him dozens of seconds to react. He looked deeply at Carrie and the others, turned around and left with a stern face without saying anything!

Gina and Elizabeth were of course aware of Carrie's temper and did not take it as a surprise, but Katie next to them was surprised and delighted, as she had disliked Gibbs for a long time!

At this moment, they were sitting in the front row of the middle cabin, diagonally facing the corridor that was the only way to get to the president's room. Carrie knew that as long as he was here, he could control the situation, so he was not in a hurry at all.

Gibbs, who was sitting a few rows back, and Tony were carefully going through the list of attendants they had received from the Director of the Secret Service, trying to analyze who among them was the dangerous element. However, these people had all gone through background checks, so it was impossible to find any problems right away!

(End of this chapter)