The Blacklist

Chapter 156: Determined to Strike First
Kerry said, "Old Lei, tell me about this board of directors!"

"Okay!" At this point, Reddington no longer had to worry and just brought it up!
The secret society's board of directors consists of seven people, without a chairman, and decisions are made by voting.

Laurel Hitchin (female), current White House National Security Advisor.

Alan Fitch, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and Deputy Director of National Intelligence.

Kenneth Jasper (UK), media tycoon, responsible for Europe and media.

Shaquille Hall (Saudi Arabia), oil tycoon, responsible for oil and the Middle East.

Roger Hobbs, tech tycoon, responsible for tech-related business

Mitchum Ler (Brazil), responsible for South America and Korea.

Tokuyuki Moriguchi (Japan), responsible for Japan and Southeast Asia.

Elizabeth was quite surprised to hear the identities of these seven directors. They were either high-ranking politicians or tycoons on the global rich list. This secret society was so powerful!
Dembe is Reddington's closest guard, but it was the first time for him to know all seven of these people. He was also very surprised and then worried about his boss. The enemy was too strong!
Kerry's expression remained unchanged. When he killed Pete, he already knew the identities of the other six directors. Roger Hobbs was the replacement after Pete's death, so he also knew them. Therefore, he was not surprised at this time. Instead, he said in a cold voice: "Old Lei, according to what you said, among these seven people, Fitch, Hobbs, and Lele support cooperating with you, that Jasper is a traitor, and the other three are against you. Then just kill these four!"

The other three were stunned. They didn't expect him to make such a suggestion!
Reddington originally planned to kill only Jasper, and then the secret society would re-elect a director, and then he would win the support of the new director. But Carrie wanted to kill four directors in one wave, which made him think - it's not that he can't do it, but the identities of these people are too high and too sensitive. Just take the National Security Advisor Laurel Hitchin as an example. If she is eliminated, it will definitely cause an uproar!
Elizabeth said directly: "Lee, you should think about this carefully!"

After Dembe got over his initial surprise, he immediately calmed down. He had done so many great things with Reddington that it would not be a big deal if he did something bigger.

After thinking for a while, Reddington asked, "Richard, do you really think so?"

"Why, you don't dare?" Carrie asked back.

"What's there to be afraid of?" Reddington was angry. "They have already issued a kill order against me. I am afraid of nothing!"

"That's right!" Carrie said, "But now the most important thing for you is to heal your wounds. If another wave of assassins comes, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on."

Before Reddington could speak, Elizabeth asked, "Lee, are you saying that the secret society will send assassins again?"

"Of course!" Carrie said, "The secret society wouldn't just be this capable. Giving up after failing once is not the style of this organization."

Hearing this, Reddington and Dembe both nodded. They certainly knew this. "Then this place is not safe either?" Elizabeth reacted and asked.

Carrie nodded and said, "Cooper arranged this place. I believe he will keep it confidential, but if DOJ orders an investigation, he can't stop it! Moreover, it is easy to find this place from within SER... Fortunately, Lao Lei is awake now and we can move!" In fact, he had instructed Kaplan when he came in just now, and he thought that the people outside must have been ready to leave by now.

Half an hour later, several low-profile trucks and ambulances drove out from different exits of the hospital's underground parking lot, mixed in with the many vehicles leaving the hospital, and merged into the traffic on the street...

However, the annex of Sibley Memorial Hospital has not been alerted, and SER's field operations team is still performing security tasks. Most people don't even know that Reddington has been transferred!
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Before leaving get off work, Carrie returned to SLR, and Gina asked, "Lee, how is Reddington?"

"He's awake. The surgery was successful. He'll be fine in a week." Carrie said. "By the way, how's SER doing?"

"You're right. DOJ requested an investigation into this incident!" Gina pointed to the large screen on the wall and said, "Cooper withstood two attacks, but now Deputy Minister Wright is here and has been in his office for half an hour..."

Carrie glanced at the SER command hall on the screen and paid attention to the open office. Although it was covered with blinds, he seemed to see Cooper refusing to argue with Deputy Minister Wright and refusing to reveal the whereabouts of Reddington, so the two should be arguing at this time!

He knew that he couldn't solve this problem, so he might as well do his own thing, so he looked away and said, "Gina, you haven't forgotten your old job, right?"

Hmm? Gina was stunned, looked at him and said, "Lee, do you want to deal with someone?"

"Big shot, do you dare?" Carrie chuckled, but he actually knew the answer in his heart.

"What's there to be afraid of?" Sure enough, Gina stiffened her neck and said firmly.

"Okay, let's research this person..." Kerry turned on the computer on his desk, browsed to a page online, and pointed at the woman in the photo who was answering the reporter's questions. "That's her, an important director of the secret society!"
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In the SER command hall, Donald, Mira, Nawabi, Alam and others all had worried expressions on their faces. They glanced at Cooper's office on the second floor next to them from time to time, knowing that this matter might not end well.

In the office, Cooper was very angry. He sat behind his desk and refused to reveal Reddington's whereabouts when facing Deputy Minister Wright's questioning...

Raven Wright is a somewhat thin black woman. It has been more than a year since she took over from Miranda who was forced to resign and became the deputy director of DOJ in charge of SER. Usually she sticks to her duties and does not interfere with the normal operation of SER. If Cooper makes a request, she will try her best to help, because she also has a share in the achievements here!

But this time it’s not the case. The large-scale gun battle on the streets of downtown Washington has attracted strong attention from the media, and no official department has made a public statement on the matter so far, which has caused dissatisfaction among many people!

White House National Security Advisor Laurel Hitchin personally called the Attorney General and asked for a detailed report and the immediate release of the investigation results, otherwise she would ask the President to give the order himself!
Although the Attorney General has great independence in judicial implementation, she is also troubled by the direct pressure from senior White House staff, so she was ordered to let SER explain the matter clearly...

(End of this chapter)