The Blacklist

Chapter 311: Aerial Sniper

Alam had no choice but to obey. Soon, using the system backdoor, he successfully hacked into the prison's operating system, blocked all the rooms in the prison, and cut off its external communications.

"The Architect" contacted the prison warden via walkie-talkie and threatened him to immediately release a felon who was about to be executed, Lonnie Perkins, the chairman of the Aryan Council, a white supremacist extremist organization, who was responsible for dozens of terrorist acts.

Of course the warden sternly refused this, but then the "architect" ordered his men to demonstrate a newly invented electromagnetic weapon, which fired a solid titanium rod at seven times the speed of sound. The huge impact power directly destroyed the prison's No. 2 sentry tower, and everyone was shocked!

The "Architect" threatened to directly attack the execution room and observation room next time, where dozens of officials, reporters and people were watching the execution live!

Under the circumstances, the warden could not bear the pressure and had to agree to release Lonnie Perkins.

When the "Architect" threatened the warden with a walkie-talkie, Alam secretly used a computer program to send a distress message to Abby - he knew that after he escaped from SER's surveillance, Donald would definitely ask Carrie for help, and Abby would probably get involved too!
The "Architect" forced Alam to open the iron doors of the designated rooms and routes in the prison. Lonnie took the walkie-talkie and walked out of the cell according to the instructions and came to the outermost gate of the prison. At this time, Alam stopped what he was doing and refused to open the last gate.

The angry "architect" put a revolver to Alam's head and threatened to shoot him if he didn't open the door. However, Alam said: If he died, the door would never be opened!
At this moment, a rotor sound suddenly sounded, and everyone couldn't help but look up into the air. A police helicopter was flying over. The "Architect" said sternly: "Open the door, this is your last chance!" As he said that, he broke off the hammer of the revolver with his thumb. He was really anxious!

Aram couldn't bear it anymore, and his fingers subconsciously reached for the computer keyboard...

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." The continuous sounds of shooting drowned out the noise of the helicopter. The "Architect" and his four men were knocked to the ground by sniper rifle bullets fired from the air. Even Ronnie who was standing inside the prison gate was shot. No one was spared.
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A few minutes later, Kerry, Gina, Elizabeth who got up from the helicopter and Donald, Nawabi and others who drove over from the ground arrived at the scene.

While everyone was busy investigating the scene, Kerry was checking the new electromagnetic rifle. What a good thing! He liked it very much. He didn't need to say anything. He just took it first.

Aram, still in shock, walked up to him and complained, "Lee, you are unreliable. You fired on the helicopter! If you miss, I will be killed too!"

"How is that possible?" Carrie didn't even bother to look at him. She studied the new weapon in her hand and said, "You still don't believe in my marksmanship! These are just basic operations, okay?"

"What if?" Alam said angrily.

"No chance of a failure!" Carrie said with certainty, "I was the one who fired the shot. Did I know it or did you know it?"

Aram was speechless, dumbfounded, resentful, and aggrieved...
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Although the "architect" was shot dead and lost a confession, the result was undoubtedly good. The felon Lonnie did not escape death, a large number of hacker equipment was seized, and dozens of hackers with criminal records were arrested...

The CTU, FBI, police, prisons and other departments in Pennsylvania and southern Virginia all shared some of the credit, so everyone was happy.

Of course, some people also noticed the electromagnetic rifle that the "Architect" once used, but the answer they got was that it was requisitioned by the CTU Special Enforcement Department and this special weapon cannot be leaked.
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On the other side, Reddington finally got the bank's operations president to speak, only to discover that the commission the employer gave to Isabella actually came from an account under his own name. This was both mysterious and excessive!

But who can do this? Lao Lei is really in trouble this time! He can use the money in his own account to hire Isabella to deal with him, which means there is a traitor, or it is a core member of his own staff! After thinking for a long time, he has no clue, so he decided to ask Kerry...
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On Wednesday afternoon, Carrey saw Reddington in the office with a serious expression and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong, old Ray? Who cooked you?"

Reddington, of course, didn't know this joke. He was stunned when he heard it and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"So, who threw you into the pot?" Carrie explained in words that the other party could understand, "Someone is targeting you! Oh, you are so stupid that you don't understand this!"

Reddington was so angry that he laughed, but his mood was inexplicably much better. He took the teacup and took a sip, then said: "Although I still don't quite understand, why do I feel that you know what's going on?"

Kerry looked at him in surprise and praised: "Not bad, Lao Lei, you actually have intuition!"

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me what's going on?" Reddington said anxiously, and then he repeated what he had investigated.

Kerry understood his feelings and stopped teasing him. He asked, "Old Lei, in your core circle, how many people have the authority to use your bank account?"

Reddington had thought about this question a long time ago, and immediately answered: "Including Dembe, Kaplan, and Marvin, there are thirteen people in total."

"Don't the three people in front have more authority?" Carrie asked again.

"Yes, these three are the ones I trust the most," said Reddington.

"If...oh, I mean if!" Carrie opened a can of beer, took a big sip, and organized his words, "If one of these three betrayed you, who do you think it would be?"

"Impossible!" Reddington denied flatly, "The three of them have been following me for twenty years. There is no way they would betray me!"

"Hey, I just said, it's what if!" Carrie said dissatisfiedly, "Suppose one of these three betrayed, who do you think it would be?"

This time, Reddington thought about it seriously. He didn't say anything for a long time. He lit a cigar and thought while smoking...

Kerry didn't rush him. He drank beer and read a newspaper in his hand. During this period, the new president Palmer launched a lot of new measures, which received very good responses. He has successfully stabilized his foothold...

Reddington thought about it for a quarter of an hour before he said, "No, I still think it's impossible! I'm sure that none of the three of them will betray me!"

(End of this chapter)