The Blacklist

Chapter 187 The People Behind the Kidnapping Case
Susan was in charge of the Halcyon Shield, which was ordered directly from the Ministry of Defense. Naturally, she was no ordinary woman. She immediately concluded that the SLR was targeting her! As for why, she didn't know.

Halcyon Shield's influence was indeed great. Only two hours later, the newly appointed National Security Advisor Wright personally brought Susan to the SLR. After seeing Carrie, he first pulled her into an office and reminded her, "Richard, this company has a military background. Don't be stubborn!"

"Raven, it's okay. I just want to test Halcyon's quality!" Carrie admitted her thoughts without any reservation. "I want to see what Susan is capable of. Don't worry, I have a trump card."

Seeing his confident look, Wright believed it and said no more. After introducing the two of them, he left first, indicating that they would handle the follow-up matters themselves.

Susan, who looked to be only about 40 years old, was tall and elegant, with the appearance of a lady from a noble family. She smiled and stretched out her hand to shake hands with Carrie. If he had not been obviously resisting, she would probably have kissed him on the cheek!

"Director Kerry, your department is really well hidden!" Susan laughed as she spoke, "It took me a lot of effort to find out where your SLR is!"

"Ha! Mrs. Hargreave is joking." Carrie said calmly, "Halcyon Shield is the real secret. If it weren't for what happened this time, our small tax collection department would not have known the name of your company." There was a hint of sarcasm in her tone, responding to the other party's high-profile tone.

"It seems Director Kerry has some misunderstanding about our company!" Susan was not afraid and continued to speak in a high-profile manner, "I came here this time to explain Solomon's matter to you in person..."

"Mastin Solomon is a senior executive of your company. He personally kidnapped a one-year-old baby. His crime is unforgivable!" Carrie was the first to set the tone for the matter. "I don't want to know what secret mission your company assigned to him, but this method itself cannot be tolerated!"

Susan frowned slightly. She obviously didn't expect the young manager opposite her to be so strong. After thinking for a while, she said, "Manager Kerry, you should know the nature of our company. Some tasks are confidential. I can't tell you..."

"No matter what level of confidentiality, kidnapping a baby is definitely illegal!" Carrie said disdainfully. "Although our SLR is not just a law enforcement agency, I would be guilty of not doing anything if I knew about this evil. Ms. Susan, your son disappeared after being kidnapped. You should be able to understand this basic sense of justice, right?"

Hmm? Susan's face showed a painful look. She was annoyed that the other party brought up her sad story, and was also shocked at how well the other party knew her. This opponent was very strong! However, she quickly calmed down and emphasized: "Solomon's method was indeed inappropriate, but the goal was to find Reddington..."

"Wait, Ms. Susan, don't tell me that you don't know the relationship between Reddington and SER!" Kerry interrupted her. "Based on your company's capabilities, I'm sure you know it, and you do it knowingly. Are you provoking SER and SLR?"

There was no way to smooth things over, so Susan lowered her stance and explained the reason behind Solomon's mission - an old client had placed an order through a high-level government official: start with Dumby, who was close to Reddington, to find the "Red Devil", capture or kill him, and the information about Dumby's daughter and granddaughter was provided by the other party; and, in the process, try to avoid attracting SER's attention. "I want to know who placed the order, and who this old client is?" Of course, Carrie would not just listen to the reason and leave it at that. She was worried about not being able to find the next target, so how could she not ask for clarification!
Susan hesitated for a long time before saying, "The client is Lafayette Kahler, assistant director of the DIS (Defense Investigation Service), and the old customer is Makiyuki Moriguchi, president of the Japanese-owned Makimori Import and Export Company."

Carrie looked at Susan, who was nearly fifty years old but still beautiful. After thinking for a while, he said, "I will verify these two pieces of information. If they are confirmed to be true, you can send someone to pick up Solomon in 24 hours. But there is one thing, if your company or he personally attacks people around Reddington again, I will kill him directly and then launch an all-round attack on your company - checking personal taxes is the main job of our SLR!"

Susan knew she was doomed this time, so she could only bow her head and admit defeat, not daring to raise any more conditions...
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After sending Susan away, Carrie informed SER of this information, and decided that it would be better for them to handle the rest of the matter so that they could achieve results. His SLR appeared at the last moment, and the main target was Moriguchi Makuyuki, the director of the secret society - this guy had already destroyed the agreement they had reached with Fitch before, and he should be punished!

He contacted Reddington and informed him of this matter, and told him about his response and his plan to take action against Moriguchi. As for the newly emerged Kaler, even if he is not a member of the secret society, he has cooperated with Moriguchi, so he must be hit as well this time, but the severity of the attack depends on the situation.

Then he called Tom over to have a talk with him.

After joining SLR, Tom kept a low profile. Carey gave him a field team. He gathered most of the young "pretenders" who were also from the "major's" school. He was considered to be eating "royal food" and had a proper official identity. With Carey's consent, the main task of their team was very clear, which was to use their own skills to gather information and conduct secret investigations for SLR, and the results were quite good.

When Tom came into the office, the first thing Kerry asked him was: "Tom, how much do you remember about your biological parents?"

Huh? Tom was stunned. How long had it been since he had thought about his biological parents? After thinking carefully, Tom found that he really didn't remember much. He couldn't even remember how he left his biological parents.

This situation was pretty much what Carrie had expected, so she didn't say much about this topic, but instead gave Tom a new task: investigate Halcyon Shield, especially Chairman Howard and current President Susan.

After accepting the task, Tom left the office, feeling puzzled: Why would Carrie ask about his biological parents? After thinking for a long time, he could not figure it out, so he had to focus on the new task.

What he didn't know was that this was a chance that Carrie had given him. It depended on how long he could figure it out! As for what choice he would make after finding his biological parents, Carrie would wait and see.

(End of this chapter)