The Blacklist

Chapter 237: Give Jack a Chance
Carrey looked him in the eye and asked, "First question, did you kill Ted Carver?"

"No! Carver died of a heart attack." Jack said immediately, "I tried my best to save him, but he refused to take medicine and wanted to die!"

"In other words, you forced him to want to die!" Carrie pointed out the key point directly. "Then how did you force him at that time? What did he confess?"

Jack was obviously not used to Carrie's sharp questioning and could only organize his words: "I just asked him where my wife and daughter were and why he kidnapped them..."

"In other words, you are sure that Carver is the mastermind behind the kidnapping of your wife and daughter?" Carrie continued.

"No, I wasn't sure at the time..." Sweat stains appeared on Jack's forehead, "but he is connected with Gaines, who kidnapped my wife and daughter. Even 100 million US dollars from his company account was transferred to Gaines not long ago. I think he is the mastermind behind this..."

"But he's dead!" Carrie said without any hesitation, "As an old agent, Jack, do you think the manipulator behind the scenes would die so easily?"

Hearing this, Jack opened his mouth and was speechless. Although this statement was bizarre, the truth behind it was undoubtedly correct - if Carver was the mastermind behind the scenes, but there were basically no other security measures except for a bulletproof car, it would be too easy for him to easily control the driver, take control of the car, and hijack it...

No, something is wrong! He said hurriedly: "Director Kerry, before Carver died, he spoke a passage in Serbian in a vicious tone..."

"Oh? What did he say? Curse or repent?" Carrie said with some mockery. He didn't mean to argue, but he wanted to strike down Jack's rebelliousness!
"I don't understand." Jack admitted honestly.

"You don't understand Serbian?" Kerry pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Then how did you lead your troops to Kosovo to carry out the mission?"

"What did you say?!" Hearing this, Jack suddenly became excited. He stood up, leaned over and pressed the table, stared at Carrie, and asked anxiously.

Carrie was not afraid at all and still held her teacup. She looked up at the other person and said, "Why, you want to do something to me? Agent Jack, I really don't encourage you to try - I'm not Nina!"

"Sorry, sir!" Jack realized that he had lost his composure and immediately said, "But, Chief, that was a confidential operation. How did you know about it?"

"It's true that the operation is confidential, but since there is such a thing as confidentiality level, there must be someone with a high enough level to get the secret." Kerry chuckled, "Coincidentally, my confidentiality level is high enough to understand the situation of this operation, and even know more than you do."

Jack sat back down somewhat dejectedly. After thinking for a while, he said, "Chief, that was a failed operation. We were ambushed. Except for me, five elite agents in my team died in the operation..."

"But the CIA's action report said that the operation was successful because the main target was eliminated and the planned operation was completed," Carrie said with interest.

"From the results, yes, but five of my subordinates were killed. I cannot accept this kind of success." Jack's tone was a little stiff.

"So, this time it was for this reason that you deliberately condoned and helped the assassin to approach Senator Palmer and put him in danger. Is this an act of revenge?" Carrie said coldly.

"Of course not!" Jack denied immediately, "No, what does this have to do with Palmer?" "Huh? You don't know?" Carrie said, "The person who approved the Dark Night Project was David Palmer, who was the chairman of the Senate Special Operations Committee at the time. Don't tell me you don't know this!"

"Of course I don't know!" Jack started to get excited again and spoke hurriedly, "This is the first time I've heard of this from you..."

Carrie organized her words in her mind, thinking: My job is too hard. I have to patiently guide the other party to get back on the right track. It's really not easy!
"Don't get excited!" he said, "I'm assuming that what you said is true, which means that you don't know that the assassination attempt on Palmer is actually related to you, and the fundamental reason is because of the 'Dark Night Operation'!"

"Of course I don't know!" Jack denied immediately, but then realized the implication of this statement, "Director, are you saying that the kidnapping of my wife and daughter and the assassination of Senator Palmer are related to Operation Dark Night?"

Kerry nodded and said, "Taking all the circumstances into consideration, this is the most likely reason. Jack, if this is true, what further actions do you think the other party will take?"

Jack couldn't keep up with his new boss's quick thinking. After thinking for a while, he said, "There is another key figure in the dark night operation. If he is also in danger, it means that the other party is really here for this operation..."

"Robert Ellis? I have already notified him to leave his residence immediately and seek protection from federal law enforcement agencies." Carrie said, "Besides that, what else do you think of?"

Jack frowned, thought hard for a while, and said, "Director, I still can't figure it out. Even if I was the executor of that operation, and someone retaliated for it, according to common sense, it should only target me personally... Oh, and why would Senator Palmer, who signed the order, attack my family?"

Kerry scoffed at this so-called "common sense", but considering that there was indeed something behind this incident, he could only say: "Is it because you also hurt the other party's family during your action?"

"No!" Jack said, "According to the intelligence, when we placed the bomb in the target's villa, there were only the target himself and a dozen or so guilty bodyguards inside, no one else!"

"What if?" Carrie was a little worried that he was not getting the idea.

"What if? I don't know!" Jack was a little confused.

At this time, the door of the conference room was knocked, and Tony came in and reported: "Director, I just found out that the deceased Ted Carver was actually of Serbian descent. His original name was Carver Driesen, and he was the eldest son of a local warlord in the former Yugoslavia!"

Huh? Jack's eyes widened and he immediately jumped up and said, "Tony, are you serious?"

"Of course, the DNA test results have confirmed it." Tony said immediately.

Hearing this, Jack turned around and looked at Kerry, saying, "Chief, I'm applying to be temporarily reinstated to work. I'm just investigating this case. Afterwards, you can punish me however you want!"

(End of this chapter)