The Blacklist

Chapter 308: Rescue the person and find out the truth
After receiving a call for help from Reddington, Carrie took Gina and Elizabeth to meet up with Reddington and took his private plane to Monte Carlo, Monaco.

On the plane, Reddington told Carrie that he had known Stratos for decades and knew him very well. He believed that he and his wife had been together for 23 years and it was impossible for him to kill his wife because of a verbal dispute on their anniversary.

Kerry naturally knew what was going on, so he said, "Old Lei, don't worry. I will contact them in an official capacity and try to bring the person out first. The rest will be investigated slowly... Well, I guess it was Isabella who did it."

"It must be her!" Reddington gritted his teeth. He was not worried about Stratos' safety now, but when he thought about the wife of his old subordinate being killed, he felt deep hatred and extreme anger in his heart.

Carrie understood his mood, patted his shoulder, stood up and changed seats with Elizabeth, asking her to comfort the old man and not let him get angry to the point of harm!

Elizabeth also noticed that Reddington was in a bad mood. After coming over and sitting down, she asked in a low voice.

Reddington felt her concern and told her what happened without hiding anything from her...

The Principality of Monaco is located in the southeast corner of France, bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It has an area of ​​only 2.08 square kilometers and a population of 3.9. Its pillar industries are finance, services and tourism. The casino in its main city, Monte Carlo, is world-famous.

This was Stratos and his wife's 23rd wedding anniversary. Knowing that he had a hobby, Reddington made special arrangements for the couple to go on vacation to Monte Carlo to relax. He didn't expect this to happen, which was a slap in his face.

Reddington has made Dembe ready. If Carrie cannot get the person out through official channels, he will personally lead people to break into the prison and rescue his old friend!
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The Monaco police itself is not very strong. The chief of the Monte Carlo Police Department could not stand up to the director of CTU, one of the top law enforcement agencies in the United States. However, he was very hesitant about Kerry's extradition request - after all, there was a fact of murder!
"Director, there is a reason for this..." Carrie did not mean to bully others, but said calmly, "We have sufficient intelligence to show that this murder case was framed by terrorists! I believe the director should have seen Stratos's confession, right?"

"Oh, yes, I saw his confession, but I thought he was shirking responsibility..." The director was stunned and said, "Director Kerry, are you telling the truth? Was this man framed by terrorists?"

"Yes." Carrie knew what he was worried about. "Don't worry, Chief. We have sufficient evidence. After the entire case is over, our CTU will give you a formal official conclusion. However, I need to take the person back first because I'm worried that someone will kill him to silence him!" The first part gave a promise, but the second part carried a hint of threat. It depends on whether the other party understands.

The director made up his mind after a brief thought. Regardless of whether the matter was true or not, it seemed that the other party was determined to get the person. If he refused to release the person, with the strength of the US intelligence agencies, it would be impossible to predict what would happen next. It would be better to sell it out. After all, the dead person was the murderer's wife, who was also an American. It was reasonable to use this as an excuse to hand the person over to the US law enforcement agencies. As for giving an explanation afterwards, he really hadn't thought about it! ——
Half an hour later, Carrey and others took Stratos to the Paris Hotel next to the Monte Carlo Casino, where Reddington was already waiting with Dembe. The police detective who accompanied them back took them to check the crime scene, introduced the basic situation, and then stood aside.

Stratos, who was still a little scared, felt relieved after meeting Reddington and recounted his previous experience in detail:
He went to the casino next door to play first, while his wife stayed in the room to take a shower and agreed to come over later. But for some reason, he became confused after drinking a glass of wine...

When his wife came, she got angry for no apparent reason, slapped him, and left angrily...

When he regained consciousness, he hurried back to the hotel room, only to find that his wife was dead...

Then he fainted, and he didn't know what happened afterwards...

When he woke up again, he was caught by the police, saying that he had killed his wife! After listening to his narration, everyone was thinking about the situation. Reddington's eyes showed a trace of solemnity. He was sure that this was a trap, but he still needed to think about how the other party operated it.

Kerry glanced around the room and pointed to a door next to it and asked, "What's in here?"

The police inspector said, "It leads to another room, which is usually locked."

Kerry asked, "Were there any guests staying here at the time of the incident?"

"Yes." The police detective said, "It was a young black woman. She heard the noise over here and called the police."

"Has she been questioned?" asked Carey.

"No." The police inspector said, "After finding someone murdered in this room, she was terrified and checked out."

"Yes." Carrie nodded and said, "Liz, go to the front desk to check the occupant information of this room; Gina, go get the key to this door, I want to go in and take a look."

"Understood." The two women agreed and immediately went out with the police detective.

Later, Carrey said to Reddington, Stratos, Dembe and others who stayed in the room: "Stratos should have been drugged in the wine in the casino, and his mind began to blur after drinking it. The woman who came to the casino lobby to argue with him should be the murderer pretending to be him, in order to create a conflict for the people at the scene to see, so as to create a motive for him to kill his wife!

"There should be at least two women living next door, the black woman who rented the room, and the white woman pretending to be his wife. What we need is to find out their identities."

Reddington nodded in agreement and added, "There should be another person in charge of drugging people in the casino, but there are no surveillance cameras there, so it's hard to find him."

"That should be just a small fry, not important." Carrie said, "What's important is the two women in the next room."

Gina came back with the key, opened the door and checked the room next door. Because a murder had happened, the place had not been cleaned up yet. It could be seen that no one lived here alone, but there were no more traces. The person living here must be a veteran.

Elizabeth got the hotel's scanned passport information from the front desk. The black woman's name was Hallie Johnson. So far, their mission was completed, and they left the hotel and went to the airport to fly back to the United States.

(End of this chapter)