The Blacklist

Chapter 231: Things get more troublesome at dawn
"Later, after asking the hospital security, we learned that Jack went to see his wife and Jenny, a girl who was injured in a car accident. Jenny's father, Alan York, was also there at the time." Nina said, "However, Jack left the hospital at 5:45, and it is certain that he did not see the injured girl.

"Jenny didn't make it and died in the intensive care unit a few minutes later! Almost at the same time, Jack's wife Terry and that Alan York also left the hospital..."

Hearing this, Kerry interjected, "Where are Terry and Alan? Have you checked?"

Several people were shocked when they heard this. Nina hesitated for a moment and said, "Director Kerry, we didn't check this."

"Then go and find out. I suspect these two are related to the girl's death." Kerry ordered, "George, send a group of people to the hospital to investigate. If there is any doubt about the cause of the girl's death, arrest Terry and Allen."

"Yes, Chief." Mason responded immediately, stood up and went out to convey the order.

Nina, Tony and others nearby were all stunned, not knowing what Director Kerry was thinking.

"What happened next?" Carrie asked.

Nina took a long breath and said, "After engineer Scott Beller was confirmed dead, we urgently transferred Milo Pressman, a civilian employee with excellent skills, to take over the job. He is very good at decryption and quickly decrypted a medical record of plastic surgery from the access card, showing that the killer changed his appearance and replaced someone else's identity to get close to Palmer to commit the crime. However, we have not yet determined who the specific person is."

"Gina, contact Katie and ask her to check the staff around Palmer, especially those who joined the team temporarily." Kerry said, "Well, remember to keep all the personnel files."

"Understood." Gina agreed, stood up and left, passing by Mason who had just returned.

Kerry motioned to Nina and said, "Go on, when did Jack come back again, and what did he do?"

"Around 6:10," Nina said, "Jack's behavior was a little strange after he came back this time, especially after I told him that the disfigured and hand-severed corpse was an accountant named Alan York.

"Oh, by the way, I got the forensic report at about 6 o'clock. I couldn't get through to Jack at the time, so I called his wife, Terry, and asked her to pass it on to Jack.

"Later, the new engineer Milo discovered that Jack had replaced the access card he had sent back earlier! For this reason, I went to question Jack, but he suddenly hijacked me and forcibly took me away from the Counter-Terrorism Group..."

Tony confirmed: "It was 6:37, I noticed that Dak and Nina looked strange when they left, but I never thought that Jack had kidnapped Nina!

"Later, I used my authority to retrieve the surveillance footage from Jack's office and discovered that when Jack held Nina hostage at gunpoint, he first put a plainclothes bulletproof jacket on her. His movements were very strange!"

Nina continued, "Jack took me to a suburban highway and told me that his wife and daughter were kidnapped and he had to do this. Then he shot me four times and I was knocked unconscious... When I woke up, it was more than ten minutes later. I contacted Tony and asked him to take me back to the counter-terrorism team." Tony added, "It was during this process that I discovered Jayme's abnormality. She said she had received a call from Nina, saying that she was on a field mission... So, after taking Nina back, we secretly arrested Jayme. She admitted that she was bribed by a man named Gaines with $30, and tampered with the team's monitoring system and tipped off the other party!"

"Based on the analysis of these events, Tony and I believe that Jack had to be controlled by someone because his wife and daughter were kidnapped, but we had lost contact with him at this time." Nina was able to remain calm while saying this, which was rare.

Tony continued, "Given the urgency of the situation at the time, I directly contacted the Secret Service personnel responsible for Palmer's security and informed them that Jack might have defected and asked them to be on high alert.

"It wasn't until around seven o'clock that the media reported on Palmer's campaign breakfast event. We confirmed that Jack was arrested by the Secret Service for being involved in the assassination."

Mason added at this time: "I heard about this in the Counter-Terrorism Division. Although I have always disliked Jack's style of doing things on his own when handling cases, I must admit that this is not something he would do. My colleagues and I were very surprised at the time. However, now that I know that he had to do this because his wife and daughter were kidnapped, I think this is in line with Jack's character."

Hearing this, Nina, Tony and others looked at him very strangely. Is this man heartless and cold-blooded?

However, Carrie admitted in his heart that Jack did act in this way! He appreciated it very much. If he couldn't protect his family, what was the point of being an official or making a fortune?

Although I think so, Jack is indeed too reckless. The wife he married is stupid and foolish, and the daughter he gave birth to is willful and seeking death. I can't muster any sympathy for her plight. I always feel that his family is asking for trouble and they deserve the bad luck.

In addition, Carrie knew that Tony was reliable, but his brain was not enough sometimes. Just now, for example, what he said made everyone look at him with something wrong - this was the second time he admitted to betraying a colleague!
"What happened next?" Carrie asked, "Did Jack contact you again?"

"No." Nina and Tony both said, but whether it was true or not, only they knew.

Then, Nina said, "However, at 8:35, I received a call from Jack's wife, Terry, who confirmed that he and his daughter Kim were kidnapped. However, she couldn't explain where they were being held at the time, and then the call was disconnected. It should be because the kidnappers showed up.

"We have contacted the LAPD and are actively searching for them...

"Then, Jamie's suicide happened.

Tony said: "In addition, we found the access card left by Jack in the pocket of the bulletproof jacket, and Milo is currently cracking it..."

Nina added: "At 9:10, I received another call from Terry. Jack happened to call me, so I set up a three-party conference call and asked someone to track the phone location, but we were unable to locate the specific location in such a short time. We could only confirm that it was in the suburbs north of Los Angeles... Engineer Milo is still conducting network positioning..."

(End of this chapter)