The Blacklist

Chapter 214 Blacklisting Eri
New Year's Day in 2016 was relatively peaceful, with no major cases requiring SER and SLR to worry about.

During the three-day holiday, Carrie and Gina did not go out. Elizabeth was picked up by Reddington and no one knew where she went.

Donald took his wife and children to his father-in-law's home in Pennsylvania and was said to have received a warm welcome.

Others also have their own vacation destinations. Among them, Nawabi is more unique. He was invited to take President Netanyahu's special plane to visit relatives in Israel! ——
On Monday, January 1, when they went to work, everyone was physically at work, but their minds were still there. They talked about what they had seen and heard during the holiday, as well as food, shopping, etc. Carrie and Donald didn't care about this. After all, this was normal after the holiday, and there were no cases to handle at the moment.

In the morning, Reddington brought a lot of delicious food to comfort SLR, and then came to Carrie to talk about Eric Haswell. He concluded with certainty: "This Mossad undercover should have defected. He is testing the bottom line of the 'partner' FBI. I believe that his next move will begin soon."

Kerry looked at him in surprise. Old Lei was really good. He guessed the truth in just two sentences! So he asked, "Who do you think Eric will target next?"

"NCIS!" Reddington said without hesitation, "Without superiors and disciplinary restrictions, a renegade undercover agent will either run away and hide, or vent his repression and do whatever he wants! Judging from what Eric did, it must be the latter.

“And, Richard, have you noticed that this Eri has a strong tendency to self-destruct?

"From the NCIS forensic room hijacking case, it seems that Eric is very concerned about the Hamas member who was killed in front of the Norfolk base. He knew that he was dead and wanted to take the body back. In the process, the risk level was extremely high!

"So, we can infer that he will most likely attack Gibbs to avenge his men!"

Hearing this, Carrie really admired Reddington. This old man only knew some of the details of the case, but he was able to deduce the truth. Most people really couldn't do that!
Just as Carrie and Reddington were chatting in the office, NCIS received a new case and rushed to a forest road in Maryland to investigate a highway shooting case - two Navy lieutenant pilots were shot dead in their car while on vacation, and one of them had both hands chopped off!

When Gibbs led the team to conduct on-site investigation, the bomb placed under the car by the murderer in advance exploded. Tony was seriously injured and the two bodies were completely destroyed!

Gibbs, filled with resentment, impatiently ordered his men to investigate the case with all their strength, even without sleep!

Based on the victims' identification and fingerprints found at the scene, it was confirmed that the two murdered Navy lieutenants were Curtis Johnson and Dean Westfall. The former took advantage of the New Year's Day holiday to visit the latter in Maryland from the Pensakula base in Florida. Both were drone operators at the Pensakula base. The latter was seconded to the Navy's Aberden R&D Center in Maryland two months ago to carry out the TAD project - testing of new military equipment and technologies.

While NCIS was busy, FBI Counterterrorism Director Fernal Brand came to Gibbs and told him that Mossad's undercover agent Eric had defected and was out of FBI control! Based on Eric's behavior analysis, the Counterterrorism Division believed that his next target would be NCIS, especially Gibbs!
Cooper also informed SER and SLR of the same information. As for whether the two departments were willing to help NCIS capture Eri, he let Carrie and Donald make the decision themselves.

After hanging up the phone, Donald went upstairs to find Carrie and joined her conversation with Reddington.

Although Donald had a bad impression of NCIS, he still felt sorry for Tony when he heard that Tony was seriously injured by a car bomb. In addition, Cooper said that the defected Mossad undercover agent would probably continue to attack NCIS, which gave him a sense of responsibility. After all, SER was to attack important criminals. Carrie knew Donald very well. Seeing his expression, he guessed what he was thinking and said, "Old Ray, I think this Eric is qualified to be on the blacklist. What do you think?"

"Yeah, I think so too." Need said while drinking red wine.

Donald's eyes lit up and he said, "Lee, Lao Lei, do you mean that we, SER, should take over this case?"

"Wait!" Reddington was unhappy. "Director Leisler, I have always respected you, but why do you follow them and call me 'Old Lei'?"

Donald shrugged and said, "We have been working together for two and a half years. We are already very familiar with each other. Besides, the name 'Lao Lei' is very smooth! Of course, you can also call me Tang."

Reddington was furious. He turned to glare at Carrie and said, "You're the one who started it all. Now they've all learned bad things from you. Humph!"

Carrie was overjoyed and thought it was so funny! In fact, the three people present all knew that when Donald called out "Old Ray", it meant that he no longer had any grudges against Reddington and regarded him as one of his own - this process was not easy and took more than two years!

Next, the three of them discussed the case again. Carrie gave him suggestions on how to solve the case, but she did not plan to get involved directly.

Donald is concerned about what Eric will do next and how to catch him!
What Carrie cares about is how to kill Eri legally and reasonably in the end...well, just to get the kill!

Reddington has completed the removal of a character on the blacklist, which is a good start for the new year.
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That afternoon, when Gibbs from NCIS and his men rushed to the Navy's Aberden R&D Center in Maryland, they were shocked to find that SER's people had arrived earlier. Donald was talking to a project manager at the R&D center, demanding to know about the test project in charge of Navy Lieutenant Dean Westfall, who had both his hands chopped off.

Although Gibbs was somewhat dissatisfied, he did not interrupt their conversation. He walked over and listened quietly.

The project manager said that Westford joined the test as an excellent drone operator, and the prototype used for the test is here and is very safe, with no signs of being moved or tampered with...

Upon learning that Westford's hands had been chopped off and taken away, the project manager was surprised, but said in confusion that the access control and security systems of the research center did not require fingerprints or palm prints, and he did not understand why someone would cruelly chop off Westford's hands!
While Gibbs frowned in thought, Donald asked, "Is there really nothing else lost?"

(End of this chapter)