The Blacklist

Chapter 165 The True Identity of Liz's Mother
No one expected that Elizabeth's last question would get such an answer. After further questioning, Zhang Quan said that he only knew that this person was called Kara Kurt, but he had no idea of ​​her identity or why she came to the United States. Moreover, by this time, she should have already arrived in the United States...

Donald and Elizabeth knew everything about Kara, but Mira and Nawabi were shocked. Both female agents knew this person - a senior agent and operations expert of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, nicknamed "Wolf Spider". She was well-known in the intelligence circle, had done many big things, and had been wanted and guarded by Western countries for many years!
Cooper did not dare to neglect it. He asked Donald and Elizabeth to lead the team to the smuggling entry location specified by Zhang Quan to arrest the suspect. At the same time, he asked Mira, Nawabi and Alam to investigate Kara's situation and analyze her intentions in coming to the United States...

After Carrie received this information, he immediately prepared himself. He knew how the plot would develop next. This time he had to rescue people, make a new ally for himself, set a trap for the secret society, and eliminate at least one of its directors!
Well, the task is a bit daunting and requires careful planning.
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When Donald and Elizabeth arrived at a dock warehouse in Annapolis, it was too late. There was only an empty metal coffin inside, which was equipped with a complete survival system that allowed people to sleep comfortably during the "long journey"!
SER found a lot of criminal data on Kara Kurt and confirmed that he was not young anymore. He had hardly left Russia in recent years and was only responsible for planning and directing foreign operations in the Foreign Intelligence Service. Therefore, it can be judged that he must have sneaked into the United States to carry out some major operation - it must be an operation carried out by him personally, and the target must be extremely important, but what was it? Was it a person or something else?
Although Carrie also participated in the analysis, he did not reveal the inside story. He asked Elizabeth to ask Reddington if he knew about this person and this matter.

Elizabeth took the opportunity of visiting to ask about Kara.

Reddington was able to move freely by then, and was supported by her while walking on the lawn. When he heard the name Kara Kurt, his face changed drastically and he asked, "Have you confirmed that this person has come to the United States?"

"Yes!" Elizabeth saw something was wrong and answered seriously, "Although we haven't found Kara's whereabouts yet, we can be sure that she should have arrived."

Reddington stopped walking and called Dembe over, saying, "Pack up and let's go to room one."

Dembe was stunned for a moment, looked at Elizabeth beside him, nodded in understanding, and immediately went to do it.

More than two hours later, the three arrived at an old apartment in Baltimore. The outside looked old and ordinary. Although the room was also old-fashioned, it was not ordinary at all. The four walls were filled with kitchen cabinets and bookshelves, filled with old items.

Reddington sat on the sofa in the room to rest, motioned for Elizabeth to look around, and explained: "The things in this room are all what I have preserved and collected over the past few decades. They are not valuable, but they all have commemorative significance..."

Elizabeth looked at everything in the room with great interest. She saw a lot of old photos and pointed to a young naval officer in a photo and said, "Old Lei, this is you when you were young. You were very handsome!"

"Hmph! Am I not handsome now?" Reddington said with pretended dissatisfaction.

"Haha! You're still handsome now." Elizabeth was overjoyed, satisfying the wounded man's vanity.

Dembe washed the cups for the two of them and poured two glasses of water. Hearing this conversation, he also chuckled.

Soon, Elizabeth found a photo that particularly attracted her. She picked up the frame and looked at it carefully. A young woman in a blue dress was holding a little girl about three or four years old sitting on a swing. She felt both familiar and puzzled, and asked hesitantly, "Old Lei, is this little girl me?"

"Yes." Reddington nodded when he saw her pick up the photo.

"So... the person behind is my mother?" Elizabeth's voice trembled a little.

"Yes." Reddington still said simply. The photo was taken facing the sun, and most of the mother's face was covered by the halo, so it was always unclear... Elizabeth's eyes began to be misty, and it became increasingly unclear! She wiped her eyes with her hands and asked seriously: "Who is my mother, and why is she so mysterious? Sam always said he didn't know before, and I knew he didn't want to tell me. Now, are you willing to tell me?"

"Your mother's name is Katerina Rostova!" Reddington's voice was a little hoarse, "She was one of the most outstanding female spies in the former Soviet KGB. She is still a legend in the intelligence community..."

Elizabeth listened carefully. Although her mother's true situation surprised her, it was much better than not knowing who her mother was, so she accepted it all!
After Reddington briefly described Katarina's situation, Elizabeth couldn't help but ask, "Is she dead?"

Reddington hesitated for a moment, and decided to follow Carrie's advice and tell the truth, "No, she should still be alive...but I don't know where she is, and I can't go find her, and the same goes for you!"

"Why?" Elizabeth was happy at first, then suspicious, and naturally wanted to ask clearly.

Reddington said solemnly: "As I said just now, your mother was a female spy of the KGB. She was sent to the United States to carry out missions. She did a lot of great things back then...

"After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reorganized Russian intelligence agencies wanted to find her. CIA, MI5 and other agencies were hunting her down. Even many underground organizations wanted to catch her, and they all wanted to learn some of the secrets of the past from her...

“That’s why she had to leave you!

"Although I don't know how she is now or where she is, I believe she must still be alive!"

"Why?" Elizabeth's question this time had a different meaning: how to be sure that she was still alive.

"I got some news from Europe. There is a woman who has been very active in the past two years..." Reddington said, "Although she has never admitted it, some people suspect that she is Katarina!"

Elizabeth was even more confused and didn't understand what he meant by this?
"I know Katarina. She would never behave so high-profile!" Reddington said affirmatively.

"You mean, someone is pretending to be my mother?" Elizabeth reacted.

Reddington nodded and said, "If... I mean if, in the near future, someone comes to you and says that they are Katarina, your mother, then it must be fake!"

Elizabeth vaguely understood something, but she seemed to have more questions in her mind.

(End of this chapter)