The Blacklist

Chapter 18: Killing the Corpse-Changing Cornish

Kerry smiled, looked back at the innocent girl, and said, "He is our informant, and he promised to tell us the information of some extremely evil criminals. But in this case, the 'Corpse Transmuter' is the criminal he provided, and Lorca is his client now, so he is not being betrayed - at least people cannot think that he is being betrayed. Do you understand?"

"Wait, let me think about it..." Elizabeth felt that it was a bit confusing and needed to be sorted out.

Kerry finished his second self-heating meal, cleaned up the garbage, and set up the monitoring software on his laptop, activating the three surveillance points and the warning function outside the SUV, so as not to miss the movement of Cornishi's return. The laptop was installed with a bunch of software and optimized by Aram not long ago, so it has relatively complete functions.

Looking back, Elizabeth was still talking, but now she has fallen asleep in her sleeping bag! Ha, this girl has a future. She remembered the training she received in Quantico and knew when to rest. This is good. It is better than being an ignorant, disobedient, and rebellious girl.

He checked several surveillance cameras again to make sure they were all safe, then he wrapped himself in a cotton coat and dozed off...
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At this time, on the highway more than 200 kilometers away, a station wagon was driving at a slow speed, which would definitely not give the police on duty at night a chance to check for speeding.

The driver was an elderly white man who looked to be around 60 years old. He drove with his lips pursed and didn't even listen to the radio. He just drove quietly.

In Washington, the agents still in the post office are still busy, using various means to hope to find the escaped Lorca and rescue Agent Mira; and many people in the local police station are also working overtime and working hard for it - an FBI agent has been kidnapped, this is a big deal, even if the local police are unhappy, they have to work hard under pressure!
Cooper personally called Reddington and asked him to tell him where Lorca was hiding and rescue Mira, but of course he was rejected. However, Reddington said that he could find a way to rescue Mira. He could not guarantee success, but he would try his best, and then hung up the phone.

Cooper was very angry when he heard this, but he was helpless. He could only urge all departments to continue their efforts. He was not planning to go home tonight and stayed in the office.

Donald was knocked down by the rocket attack and was sent to the hospital where he was diagnosed with a concussion, but he rushed back as soon as he woke up. When he heard Cooper say that Reddington refused to reveal Lorca's hiding place, he immediately took out his phone and called Reddington, but the call didn't go through. He then called Demby, but still didn't go through. He was so angry that he almost threw his phone!
Aram had no time to care about others. He sat in front of the computer, constantly trying one search program after another, hoping to find Mira's trace...

Basically, other staff members at the post office base did not leave work either. They were all busy and nervous. Their colleague had been captured, and if he could not be rescued as soon as possible, the consequences would be unpredictable. Everyone felt the same way and could not help but be anxious.
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At around one in the morning, a warning beep was heard from the laptop. Carrie immediately opened his eyes and looked at the surveillance screen. A car with only low beams on was driving towards the jungle cabin - yes, here it comes!
He sat up straight and turned around to wake Elizabeth, but found that she was already awake, so he said, "Liz, get up and wash your face. Cornish is back. Let's go catch this guy."

"OK!" Elizabeth nodded with a hint of excitement.

After a while, the two men packed up, quietly got out of the car, took off the camouflage cloth, and sneaked through the woods towards the jungle cabin...

Twenty minutes later, when the two came near the cabin again, they saw a light coming out of the window. Elizabeth was about to rush over, but Carrie held her back, motioning that he would go first. Seeing that she was a little puzzled, he raised a plastic bag in his left hand and shook it. There was a piece of fresh beef in it - she then remembered that Cornish had a dog!

Under her gaze, Carrie bent over and walked forward in quick steps, making almost no sound. When he was about twenty meters away from the cabin, he threw the piece of beef to the side of the door. Then, a ferocious-looking bulldog rushed out from the door frame, pounced on the piece of beef and started to chew it!
Elizabeth immediately stood up and followed, while Carrie kicked the door open and rushed in, followed by two gunshots...

When she rushed into the house, she saw Carrie searching the entire wooden house. Mira was tied to a wheelchair in the middle of the room, and a white man was lying on the ground next to her with a long sharp metal needle in his hand.

She quickly stepped forward and checked, confirming that the man had been shot twice in the chest and was dead. So she put away her gun and went forward to untie Mira...

After the towel in Mira's mouth was taken out, she looked at the two of them and said in a hoarse voice: "Thank you, you saved my life!"

After searching the entire cabin and making sure there was no other danger, Carrie returned to the front hall, took out a food bag and handed it to Elizabeth, asking her to take care of Mira first and call Cooper to report. He then ran out to drive the car over - he knew he would be busy tonight as there was a lot of physical evidence in this house.
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When Elizabeth called, the people working overtime at the post office had already found out that Lorca and the "Corpse" were communicating through mailboxes, and the mailbox renter was Stanley Connors, who used the alias Bill Connors and had a small dental clinic in the town of Kizilmer, Maryland...

Elizabeth reported that she and Carrie had been waiting outside Cornish's jungle cabin, and finally saw him driving back, so they raided his cabin. Carrie shot Cornish dead, and now they have rescued the kidnapped Mira!
Cooper announced the good news to everyone, causing a round of cheers. He then sent a large team of trace and physical evidence investigators to search for evidence, and notified the local FBI branch and police station to send personnel to protect the scene.

In addition, he arranged for Donald to take a helicopter to take over the command of the scene, pick up Elizabeth and the other two, and arrange for Mira to go to the hospital for examination...

Two hours later, the three returned by helicopter. Mira was sent to the hospital, while Elizabeth and Carrie went back to rest after a brief report on the situation. They also got half a day off tomorrow morning.

After arriving home, Carrie checked what she had gained today: "Host completed the triggering mission 3: Killed the 'Corpse Transmuter' Cornishi, solved 461 unsolved cases, awarded 2.3 crime-killing points, and recovered 426 million dollars in criminal funds."

Well, not bad!
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