The Blacklist

Chapter 17: Ambush at the Jungle House
Carrey analyzed: "Now that Lorca has escaped, what he has to do is to leave the country as soon as possible, so he will go to Reddington and prepare to escape tonight...

"I guess Lorca's original target was you, but you didn't show up, so he captured Mira for revenge! So, Mira should have been in the hands of the Corpse Transmuter now...

"The original mission of the Corpse Disintegrator was to deal with witnesses, so he would prepare a place in Washington in advance. However, after the prisoner hijacking, the killing of the marshal, and the capture of the FBI agent, a large-scale manhunt should have begun in Washington, and he would not stay there to take risks!

"We are now basically sure that Cornish is the 'Corpse Transmuter'. For him, the safest place right now is this jungle hut, so we are waiting for him here!"

Elizabeth said anxiously, "But what if Cornish attacks Mira on the way?"

"Calm down, Elizabeth!" Carrie said softly, "You are a profiler, you should know that a serial killer like the 'Corpse Devourer' who has psychological problems will not give up his inherent killing pattern if there is even a slight possibility! Therefore, there is a lack of safe places and time on the road, so he will definitely come back here."

Of course Elizabeth understood this truth, but she was anxious just now and didn't calm down. After hearing his words, she breathed a sigh of relief, closed her eyes and thought for a while, and then she realized that Carrie was right!
"I'm sorry, Richard, I really need to calm down," Elizabeth apologized.

"You're welcome. We are partners! As long as you can consider my suggestions." Carrie said.

"Of course," Elizabeth said. "Yes, we are partners. I will remember that. By the way, you can call me Liz from now on. This is my childhood name."

"Okay, this way I can save two syllables at a critical moment and save time." Kerry nodded and said, "You can also call me Lee from now on... That's '李' in Chinese, which is my Chinese surname."

"Chinese surname?" Elizabeth was puzzled. "Are you of Chinese descent?"

"I don't know." Kairui spread his hands and said, "But my Chinese is very good, enough to get a language certificate, so I chose the Chinese name 'Li Kairui'."

People who learn a foreign language basically take a name based on the language they are learning. This is a common practice. Elizabeth nodded to show her understanding.

Before this communication, the two felt much more familiar and comfortable with each other.

Carrey did this for a purpose. He had remembered a lot of the plot and knew that this lady was often unclear-minded and impulsive, and she kept making mistakes in the original plot and betrayed many people... But now that he had joined this special team and promised Reddington to protect her, he had to pay more attention and even take certain measures to stop her impulsiveness when necessary.

After thinking for a while, Carrie said, "Well, we are not sure when Cornishi will come back. Let's assume that he took over Mira immediately after Lorca escaped, and then left Washington and came back here immediately.

"For safety reasons and considering his age, Cornish would have been back in about four to five hours if he had not exceeded the speed limit.

"Of course, he may also take longer to eat, refuel, rest, etc. In this case, we will have to wait here for a longer time and need food and warm clothes...

"Liz, you stay in the car and watch the surveillance video. If you see anyone or a car approaching the jungle cabin, call me immediately. I'll go out and get some supplies so that we can live more comfortably." Elizabeth hesitated, then felt that this was the only way, so she said, "Okay, then you have to be careful."

"Don't worry! You should also pay attention. After I get out of the car, I will lock it. While watching the surveillance, you should pay attention to the movements outside the car." Carrie instructed, "I will be back as soon as possible." After that, he got out of the car and ran away quickly.

Elizabeth watched him get out of the car and run away. She immediately closed and locked the car door, then stared at the surveillance camera, thinking about what her partner had done and felt that it was very good.
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After running for a distance, Carrie determined that Elizabeth in the SUV could no longer see him, so he took a detour and ran to the drive that Cornish had to take to go home. After taking a look at the surrounding environment, he immediately installed two more wireless cameras on the trees on both sides of this jungle road, extending the warning distance to more than three kilometers.

Then he carefully circled the cabin in the jungle, identified several possible escape routes, and memorized the surrounding terrain.

Then he took advantage of the last bit of natural light to return to the SUV, and bought a long cotton coat, sleeping bag, blanket, small electric heater with battery, large bottle of drinking water, self-heating food pack, etc. from the system mall, and put them all into a large travel backpack, as well as a large piece of camouflage cloth. Then he quickly ran back to the SUV, took a look, and made sure there was nothing unusual, then he went forward and knocked on the window...

Ten minutes later, inside the SUV that was completely covered by camouflage cloth, with the small heater on and a delicious self-heating meal on, both of them felt warmed up and felt great.

After eating and drinking, Elizabeth leaned comfortably in the back seat and said happily: "Lee, where did you get these things? This is so timely!"

"Well, I ran five kilometers and robbed a mobile food truck..." Carrie, who was eating his second self-heating meal, stared at the surveillance screen on the computer and said casually.

"Haha! You're just talking nonsense!" Elizabeth, of course, didn't believe it and laughed.

"Move around after you've eaten, lay down the back seat, spread out the blanket, open the sleeping bag, and have a good sleep!" Carrie said without turning his head.

"What about you?" Elizabeth asked.

"I'll be watching the surveillance video in the front." Carrie said, "I'll set up an alarm in a moment, just stay tuned."

"Well, if your predictions are correct, this evening might be a busy one..." Elizabeth said.

As Elizabeth flattened the back seat, she suddenly said, "Richard, I think we should call Reddington and ask him to tell us where Lorca is."

"It's useless." Carrie said, "Reddington needs a reputation to mix in the underground world. It's definitely no secret that Lorca found him through a middleman and paid for his escape. If Lorca is caught by the FBI at this time, his reputation will be ruined! So, he won't tell you."

"But Reddington is our informant, he should tell us!" Elizabeth said somewhat indignantly.

(End of this chapter)