The Blacklist

Chapter 205: The Red Devil Was Betrayed
A red bottle was poured in, and after a while, Dembe woke up from his coma. The first thing he saw was Carrie's concerned look. He grinned, coughed, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lee, I knew you would come..." Then he felt something strange in his body. His physical strength and energy were recovering rapidly. Even the gunshot wound didn't hurt. He knew that Carrie had given him another bottle of that precious medicine, and he didn't know how to thank her.

Kerry removed all the restraints on him, helped him sit up, leaned him against the car box, and gave him a massage himself to prevent him from hurting his muscles and bones due to being tied up for too long...

Half an hour later, Dumby was sweating all over and had fully recovered. He motioned for Carrie to stop and said, "Thank you! Lee, Lao Lei has been kidnapped!"

"Yeah, I know." Kerry nodded and took out two cans of Chinese imported eight-treasure porridge bought from Chinatown and a bottle of mineral water. "Fill your stomach first, it won't be too late to talk later."

Carrie jumped out of the car and asked Elizabeth to get in and take care of Demby. He walked towards Gina, who was leading the team to interrogate the three captives, and asked, "How is it?"

"These four guys are all minions of the Mexican gang here. They are guarding this truck as ordered by their superiors. They are told that their only responsibility is to make sure no one inside dies. They don't know anything else." Gina said.

"Mexican gang?" Carrie said, "Well, let's deal with these three as well and let the IRS take over here. We'll take Dembe to meet Jeffrey first..."

After a while, everyone left and the matter was naturally handled by the IRS branch.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the Heaton Hotel in the city. Jeffrey had booked eight guest rooms on the eighth floor, two of which were suites, one for Carrie and Gina, and the other for Elizabeth and Abby. They also served as the command room and communications room respectively.

Among the accompanying team members, two are retired Marine Corps paramedics who participated in the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War respectively. Although they are not formal doctors, they have both certificates and practical experience in trauma treatment. Therefore, it was very easy for them to deal with Dembe's injuries, especially since the gunshot wound on his shoulder was only a penetrating wound. It only required cleaning, disinfection and suturing. There was no need for surgery or even going to the hospital.

After treating his wound, washing and cleaning himself up, Dembe sat in the dining room of the suite and ate with Carrie, Gina and Elizabeth while recounting what had happened in detail.
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Three days ago, Dembe followed Reddington to Springfield. Varga, the head of the local "business" of the Thunder faction, received advance notice and waited at a private airport on the outskirts of the city. Then he took them to his home in a villa in the eastern suburbs. Because they had known each other for more than ten years, neither of them was wary.

That afternoon, the three of them set out for the Illinois state prison and picked up Marvin Gerard, who had just been released from prison. This man was sentenced to child kidnapping, five years in prison, and was disqualified as a lawyer because he violated a court ban and stole his son from his ex-wife. Many people felt sorry for him, but only he knew that his ex-wife abused his son and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he acted on impulse!
After going to prison, this once talented lawyer developed deep doubts about the current laws of the United States. He transformed himself from a legal adviser who only provided services for Reddington's legitimate business to a shadow lawyer who provided services to many gray business controllers while in prison, and made a name for himself in the underground world.

The reason why Reddington came to pick up Marvin was because of their many years of friendship, and of course he also valued his legal talent. Even if he no longer had a lawyer's license, he was still a rare legal talent and was useful to his "business."

What they didn't expect was that as soon as they returned to Varga's villa, they were surrounded by a group of armed men. Dembe wanted to draw his gun to resist, but was shot in the right shoulder by the other side and lost the ability to resist! Afterwards, he lost blood and was beaten to a coma. When he woke up, he found himself tied up in a truck. Reddington, Marvin and Varga were not around...

After listening to his story, Carrie asked, "Demby, that special account was checked by someone, and Zeng Luli only then knew that you were kidnapped and notified Kaplan... Who checked it?"

"Huh? It's not me!" Dembe was stunned and thought for a while, "It should be Reddington. I don't know how he did it, but it can only be him! Lee, you should have known that besides Zeng Luli, Kaplan and me, only Edward and Felix could query that account, but they both stayed in Washington and did not come to Illinois this time."

"Is Edward not here?" Carrie was a little confused. This was the captain of Lao Lei's private jet. He was loyal, reliable, and had superb driving skills. He had a good impression of him.

"This time, Lao Lei and I came here on a friend's plane instead of our own." After saying this, Dembe thought that there might be something wrong, so he explained: "This friend is Andras Halmi, an econometrician and the chief economic adviser of the secret society. Fitch trusts him very much, and Lao Lei is also quite familiar with him..."

"Can you find this Halmi?" Kerry asked, handing over a new smartphone. "This is a new secure communicator. The previous one is a bit outdated!"

When he said this, Gina and Elizabeth at the table couldn't help laughing - this was an improvement they had worked hard for, otherwise it would be too LOW to always use "8110"!
Deng Bi didn't care about this. He took the phone, thought for a moment, and dialed a number, but it was busy! He dialed again, and it was still the same...

He said, "I didn't remember the number wrong! It seems that something happened to Halmi as well!"

Kerry cut a piece of steak and put it in his mouth. He ate while saying, "Now let's analyze it. Lao Lei has always been careful to protect his whereabouts and safety. This time, it is certain that he was betrayed! The three people who knew about his whereabouts in Illinois before were you, Demby, the owner of the private plane, Halmi, and Varga who picked him up here. I believe Demby. Now we need to confirm which one of Halmi and Varga is problematic?"

"Valga!" Deng, Ji and Yi said almost in unison - if there was something wrong with that Halmi, something would happen as soon as Reddington got off the plane, and would not wait until he picked up Marvin!
Seeing that everyone was not stupid, Kerry smiled and said, "Then let's start investigating this Valga..."

(End of this chapter)