The Blacklist

Chapter 177 Kill the arrogant Shessman
On Sunday afternoon, Cooper, who was on leave, came to the Fraternal Order of Police Club and found FBI Deputy Director Shessman, who was inspecting the fraternal dinner there, and said he wanted to talk to him about Agent Keene's case.

Shessman was not on guard against the suspended deputy director and thought he was begging for mercy, so he readily agreed and walked to a corner of the hall with him, "Agent Cooper, you can say whatever you want to say."

Cooper said directly: "You and I both know that Agent Keane was wrongly accused, so you must immediately withdraw the wanted warrant for her!"

"Ha! Are you stupid, Cooper?" Shessman thought it was ridiculous. "Now the evidence is irrefutable. If Keane is caught, he will definitely be convicted..."

"That's enough, Shessman!" Cooper was very angry. "You know clearly that the real murderer who killed 14 CIA agents and assassinated Senator Hawkins was Kara Coulter. Why did you frame Agent Keane?"

"So what?" Shessman also took off his mask. "It doesn't matter whether Agent Keane is innocent or not. We need to do this and we have the ability to do it!"

"You guys? You mean the secret society?" Cooper asked.

"Oh? It seems you know a lot!" Xie Siman chuckled, "Then you should know how powerful our secret society is. Whether it's you or Keane, going against us is just courting death! Well, I have things to do and don't have time to talk nonsense with you! If you don't leave, I'll call the security!"

"You'd better listen to what we say!" At this time, Elizabeth came out from behind the curtain and pointed a pistol at Shessman. "You should sue the real murderer, Kara Kurt, clear my name, and get everything back on the right track."

Glancing at the pistol Elizabeth was holding, Shessman was not afraid at all. Instead, he laughed and said, "Agent Keene, I admire your courage for coming here! But you don't really think I will listen to you, do you?"

"If you don't listen, we will hand over the evidence in this case to the Department of Justice and the FBI," Cooper said.

"Since you know about the secret society, you should also know our strength!" Xie Siman said with a smile, "I am here at the FBI headquarters, and there are naturally higher-level people at the Ministry of Justice who are responsible for solving the problem. Do you think it would be useful to hand over the evidence?"

"Then we'll hand the evidence over to a federal judge..." Elizabeth said angrily.

"Then I wish you good luck!" Shessman shrugged. "Since we can influence the Department of Justice and the FBI, we can also influence the court. Your naivety makes me laugh! Agent Keene, what you should do now is to run away quickly, because once you are caught, you will be charged with 15 counts of first-degree murder, treason, and espionage. According to the Patriot Act and the Counterintelligence Act, you will be sentenced to death!"

Cooper was so angry that he shouted, "Shesman, you are so shameless!"

"Ha! There are even more shameless ones!" Shessman said proudly, "In three hours, I will be the main speaker at the Police Brotherhood dinner here. I will announce that we will conduct a comprehensive investigation of your SER special team and bring you, Cooper, and other key members including Donald, Mira, and Nawabi to court, because you have been shielding Keane, a foreign spy, for more than two years...

"Look, we have already arranged your future. What can you do now that you know it? Are you going to kill me here? I'm afraid you don't dare to do it! Come on, shoot... If you don't shoot, I will come first... Look, I have a gun too..." "Bang bang!" Two gunshots shook the hall...

"Don't move! The FBI is investigating the case..." Amidst shouts, Donald led SER's field operations team into the club hall, took control of the scene, and arrested Elizabeth, who fired the shot, and Cooper next to her!

Afterwards, the FBI requested to take over the arrested Keane and Cooper, but Donald firmly refused, and the two sides confronted each other...

Soon, DOJ Deputy Minister Wright arrived with his men and announced that the case was serious and the department took over the case. They questioned everyone at the scene and released Cooper on the spot because he was just a witness and had not committed any crime. He did not even have a weapon. In the end, the DOJ only took Elizabeth away.
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Wanted Elizabeth Keen committed another crime and shot FBI Deputy Director Mike Schesman, and was caught on the spot! This news spread quickly, triggering a wave of public opinion.

Upon learning that Shessman had been killed, National Security Advisor Hitchen was only slightly surprised, and then continued to act according to the predetermined plan, instructing the prosecutor of the District of Columbia to take action.

The D.C. Attorney's Office immediately announced that it had brought public prosecution against former FBI agent Keane. Due to the seriousness of the case, the defendant's special identity, and the great threat to society, he was not granted bail. The office also applied to the D.C. Court to send federal marshals to supervise him.

At the White House press conference in the evening, Hitchin personally announced that Elizabeth Keen, a former FBI agent who had murdered 14 CAI government employees with explosives, murdered a federal senator with a biological virus, and shot the FBI deputy director, had been arrested and brought to justice. The FBI and local police had made strenuous efforts to achieve this...

A reporter asked: "According to rumors, Agent Keane is a foreign spy. Is this true?"

Hitchin replied: "Although there is no evidence to prove that Keane is a foreign spy, it has been verified that Keane's real name is Masha Rostova, born in Moscow, and his biological mother is former KGB senior spy Katerina Rostova...Follow-up, law enforcement agencies will conduct further investigations."

Although she said she hadn't confirmed it, the information she revealed was enough. The reporters present seemed to be on stimulants and felt that they had uncovered big news this time...
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SLR, in Carrey's office, Cooper, who had been released, was also there. The two watched the White House press conference broadcast on the big screen and knew that things had reached a critical moment.

Cooper said worriedly, "Richard, in this case, even if Liz escapes this time, her identity as the daughter of a KGB spy will be exposed, which is very detrimental to her future development!"

"We can't help it. We can't hide this." Carrie said, "The secret society is using this as a trump card. If we don't use this incident to expose it, it will still be a problem in the future. But if it is exposed once, as long as Liz is proven innocent in the end, it will be useless for anyone to use this to attack her in the future."

In fact, he knew in his heart that the real trouble and even danger of this matter was the identity of Elizabeth's mother. Intelligence departments of various countries and numerous underground forces wanted to capture Katarina. Now that her daughter had appeared, it was unknown how many organizations would take action. It was imaginable what would happen to Elizabeth afterwards.

(End of this chapter)