The Blacklist

Chapter 175 The high-level game officially begins

Carrie has made his own judgment about his own system. Judging from the conditions of the second world update of the system, there may be more updates in the future. The amount of crime-eliminating points and crime-recovering bonuses required will be extremely large, even astronomical figures, and he must prepare in advance; criminal organizations like the Secret Society that can provide a large amount of crime-eliminating points and bonuses, although not unique, will not be too many, and he must catch one and never let it go.

He didn't tell anyone about this, not even his partners. Reddington even thought of only killing the enemies in the secret society and keeping people like Fitch and Roger to continue cooperation in the future!
Carrie couldn't help but wonder, if she could safely destroy the secret society, would Reddington be angry?
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In the following period of time, the attack on Hawkins became more and more serious. Congress, the White House, various ministries and bureaus all called or sent people to ask for case reports and to understand the situation. Fortunately, Carrey had divided the work with Wright and Cooper before. He was responsible for directing the joint action of the two departments, and the two of them were responsible for dealing with inquiries and contacts from the outside world. They each performed their duties and were not harassed.

What is a little strange is that the deputy director of the IRS, Most, called specifically to ask whether Kerry was involved in the investigation of the attack on the senator?
Carrie was a little confused, so her answer was naturally ambiguous.

Most gave him a friendly warning, and the meaning of his words was clear: Don't get involved in this, there are many hidden dangers behind it, so as not to get yourself implicated.

Regardless of whether he really regarded himself as a close subordinate or did not want to lose this general who collected special taxes, Kerry had to know about Most's statement. However, this also proved that there had been rumors among the senior officials of various public departments!
Therefore, Carrie judged that the speed of action must be accelerated to avoid any further complications.
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At noon on the second day after the church incident, Senator Hawkins, who was taken to Andrews Air Force Base Hospital for treatment, became seriously ill and was in critical condition. Military experts were trying their best to rescue him!
Soon, the CDC announced: The virus test reports of all the people present at the time came out, and three people were virus carriers. Two of them were arrested on the spot, and the other was Elizabeth Keen, a senior agent of the FBI Special Operations Department SER Team!
National Security Advisor Ms. Laurel Hitchin issued a statement on behalf of the White House: The biological virus attack against Senator Hawkins was a clear terrorist act, and the President will instruct relevant departments to conduct a thorough investigation...

Subsequently, the Attorney General publicly stated that the case would be thoroughly investigated and instructed Deputy Attorney General Raven Wright to supervise it and FBI Deputy Director Mike Shessman to investigate it.

At lunch time, a team of agents from the FBI came to the post office and asked to enter the base to investigate, but were refused by the guards. A physical conflict broke out between the two sides and several people were injured!

Twenty minutes later, a large battalion of the Armed Action Team of the General Administration's Operations Department arrived, with more than eighty people. The SER Guard Team was unable to hold on, and the Field Action Team sent reinforcements in time, and a standoff broke out between the two sides!
At 1:30 p.m., DOJ Deputy Director Wright and FBI Deputy Director Schessman arrived outside the post office one after another, and SER Director and Counterterrorism Deputy Director Cooper had to greet them. Cooper then showed the official definition document given to SER by the Attorney General - SER operates independently and is not subject to administrative interference.

In this regard, Wright and Shessman had no choice but to agree to enter the post office base alone to negotiate. The focus of the issue was SER's Agent Keane and the other two virus carriers who had been arrested before...

After Cooper agreed, the two were handed over to the headquarters, but he believed in Agent Keane's innocence. Even if there was an investigation, it could only be conducted by SER itself, and it was impossible to hand him over!

Shessman naturally refused, claiming that Keane was the primary suspect and must be handed over to the General Administration for investigation. If SER did not hand him over, it would be shielding a criminal!

After careful consideration, Wright supported Shessman's point of view and asked Cooper to hand over the person, but was also rejected. This made the female minister "furious" and she claimed that if Cooper did not obey the orders of the department, she would ask the Attorney General to replace him... Unexpectedly, Cooper was not moved at all and said coldly: "Then I'll wait!"

Deputy Minister Wright walked away in a huff. Deputy Director Shessman, who was supposed to be the vanguard, was stunned for a moment and hurried to follow...
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At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Attorney General personally led a team to the post office and announced that Deputy Director Harold Cooper would be on administrative leave. The SER Special Operations Group would be acted over by Senior Agent Donald Lessler, who would report directly to DOJ Deputy Director Wright. Cooper could only resign silently!

The newly appointed Donald still refused to hand over Agent Keane to the General Administration at first, but under the severe pressure from the Director and Wright, he finally agreed...

When Elizabeth Keen was sent out of the post office base and handed over to the agents of the General Administration, all members of SER stared at these people with hatred. Even core members such as Mira, Nawabi, Alam and others looked at Donald with strange eyes - this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes actually betrayed his brothers in order to get to the top!

Anyway, concessions were made here, and the Attorney General also understood the feelings of the SER people and did not pursue the matter any further. Instead, he gave them a consolation prize: from now on, SER will only be responsible to DOJ, under the charge of Deputy Minister Wright, and the FBI will no longer interfere in administration and business!

After hearing this order, Deputy Director Shessman's eyes flickered and he felt a little wronged, but when he thought of the secret society's previous plan, he no longer worried about it. This time, after dealing with Keane and nailing Reddington to death, what's the use of a simple field department like SER? Just give it to the department. It can't make any big waves!
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The Attorney General and Wright left in the same car. They still had to discuss the SER issue in the car. This matter was a bit complicated, and the Attorney General's move to this point was already the biggest concession - for both sides.

FBI Deputy Director Shessman got in the car and led the team away. After confirming that the prison van carrying the suspect, Agent Keane, was following behind, he called his superior, Hitchin, and said, "Ma'am, it's been done. Agent Keane has been captured and is on his way back to the headquarters... Well, don't worry, we'll start the next plan right after we get back..."

After hanging up the phone, Shesman breathed a sigh of relief. He looked back and saw that the prison van was still following the convoy. He turned around and said to the driver, "Speed ​​up and go back as soon as possible."

Afterwards, the convoy began to speed up. Shessman sat in the back seat and began to close his eyes to rest. The events of the past two days made him very tired - although he did not doubt whether he was right to join the secret society, he did have some doubts about its self-boasted magical powers!
At this moment, with a loud "bang", the deputy director felt himself flying!

(End of this chapter)