The Blacklist

Chapter 304 You arrest people and I collect taxes
Reddington brought Dembe to Boston, Massachusetts, which is Magnussen's base. Before officially starting the action, he still tried to solve the problem through communication, so he directly called Magnussen's private phone.

Without any polite words, Reddington came up and said, "There is a rumor that you sent someone to kill my accountant Zach Small. Is that true?"

Magnussen said, "The truth is not important, what it looks like is important. Now, almost everyone who cares about this matter thinks that I did it. If you don't retaliate, it proves your weakness, so you have no choice but to declare war on me!"

Reddington said: "You too."

"Then the question is..." Magnussen said, "Why did you make this call?"

"Because we are old acquaintances and understand each other!" Reddington said, "If you were coerced or your men acted on their own, tell me and we can try to solve the problem. After all, you are too old for this kind of violent crime!"

"Do you think so?" Magnussen asked back and hung up the phone without giving an answer.

Looking at the phone in his hand, Reddington nodded. At this point, he had no choice but to take action.
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At the post office, Abby, Aram and others found out that Natalie Luca, a survivor of the Moldova epidemic 14 years ago, was finally brought to the United States by a medical charity called Hawthorne Biology...

Donald took Nawabi and Elizabeth to the Hawthorne Biological Institute to inquire about Natalie's situation.

According to the description of the head of the organization, Natalie is gentle and kind. Although she is an asymptomatic carrier of the Rushen virus, she would never intentionally kill anyone.

Natalie was brought to the United States 14 years ago as a little girl. She had been living in a special isolation ward at the institution and gradually grew up. Two years ago, Natalie fell in love with Malik Luman, a biotechnology researcher at the institution. The organization respected her wishes and allowed her to be discharged from the hospital to live an ordinary life. All isolation and treatment outside the hospital were handled by her lover Malik. She lived in a designated place and reported regularly.

When the head of the agency brought Donald and others to the special apartment at the designated location, they found that Natalie and Malik had already left and their whereabouts were unknown.
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Reddington's plan to lure out the snake is not complicated - Magnussen has been looking for a reliable killer to kill Reddington, so let the independent killer "Edgar" who has made a certain reputation in the underground world appear in his sight!
The plan went smoothly. In the center of Boston, in the flagship hotel owned by Magnuson, a well-known figure in the underworld was "shot" in the room, and then a team of "police" came to take away the "body"! However, "Edgar" played by Tom appeared in the lobby of the hotel during this time...

Reddington's judgment was very accurate. Magnussen naturally found out the identity of the killer "Edgar", sent someone to find him, and brought him to his villa...

Tom is now much more skilled than most security guards, and he quickly knocks down several of Magnussen's bodyguards. Then Reddington appears in the villa!
After a conversation, Reddington determined that Magnussen was not the mastermind behind the incident, and that stealing the business was just a normal business behavior. So who killed Zack and stole the $2 million in the secret account? However, since the other party dared to steal his business, Reddington certainly couldn't let it go - Carrie appeared next, and he came here after receiving a notice to open up new tax sources!

Just as Reddington said before, Magnussen, who is nearly seventy years old, no longer has much sharpness. Faced with Carrie's strength, he readily agreed to pay an arrears of 5000 million and 300 million in taxes every month in the future, and became SLR's protective informant.

For Carrie, the harvest this time was quite good. Not only did he receive taxes, but he was also able to indirectly obtain various information about the underground world of Massachusetts, which would be very beneficial for his future work.
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When Carrie and Reddington were leaving Boston and on their way back to Washington, the post office received an emergency report that a money transport truck was robbed in the Bethesda area of ​​Montgomery County, Maryland, and two escorts died of the Rushen virus.

The detectives immediately rushed to the scene. Alam locked onto the vehicle used by the murderer based on road surveillance and found out the owner's information. Although he used an alias, he was immediately recognized as the biotechnology researcher Balik Luman.

After Donald led the team to the car owner's registered address, they did not find any suspects. They only saw various medical equipment placed in the house. Half of the house was like an ordinary home, and the other half was a sealed isolation curtain.

The technical team from the CDC arrived quickly and analyzed the medical facilities in the house. They found that Malik was not trying to treat Natalie, but was trying to purify the protease in Natalie's body! Experts judged that Malik wanted to replicate his immunity to the Rushen virus in himself so that he could have close contact with Natalie.

SER agents inferred that Natalie's repeated murders and robberies were probably for the purpose of obtaining funds to allow Malik to continue his research, but the question was about Zack's death. The agents did not believe that these two daring young people could get the $2 million in the secret account! Even if they really got the money, they would not have to kill people and rob the money transporter!

From this perspective, Donald and others believe that someone hired Natalie to kill Zack. Reddington also agrees with this point, and he is more eager to know who is behind it?
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The case is a bit serious. Natalie, who is carrying a deadly virus, is currently missing. No one knows what she and Malik will do next! In this case, the SER, who has taken over the case, has to work overtime even on weekends; the SLR who is also in the post office naturally has to help, and the main detectives have volunteered to work overtime.

On Saturday afternoon, Alam cracked Malik's computer and found some clues on the hard drive, including the design drawings of a building in Sag Harbor, New York and the personal information of many billionaires.

Reddington, who was waiting for news at the post office, took Carrie to the SER command hall and looked at the building on the big screen and said, "I know this place. This is a luxurious casino specially set up by an overseas investment company. It serves the wealthy people who like gambling. The daily cash flow is amazing... Oh, Lee, if you seal this place, your department's performance will definitely be great!"

(End of this chapter)