The Blacklist

Chapter 319: Different Paths to the Same End Finding Clues

Everyone in the office was listening attentively at this moment. No one had expected that things would be so tortuous.

Kerry continued, "Later, because of the pursuit of Soviet and American intelligence agencies, Katarina had to hide her whereabouts for the safety of her daughter. In order to ensure the safety of her daughter, she asked Catherine to give Martha, who was more than four years old at the time, to a friend to raise, and then she disappeared!

“Katherine had to leave two loved ones and live on her own.

"Afterwards, she met a beloved woman, Anne Kaplan, and thought she could start a new life. But not long after, she and Anne were both shot by gangsters. Anne died and she was seriously injured in the head. Although she survived, the right back of her head was replaced with an alloy skull, and she suffered from migraines.

"A few years later, Reddington found her and claimed that in order to protect Martha's growth, he had to build an underground empire that could fight against the Soviet and American intelligence agencies, and asked her for help.

"In order to protect Martha, Katherine agreed, abandoned her previous life, and completely transformed into 'Mr. Kaplan', becoming Reddington's most important assistant!
"Not long ago, Kaplan received a message from 'Katrina', which mentioned her past and forced her to believe it. 'Katrina' believed that Reddington had affected Martha's life and safety, and asked her to crack down on his criminal empire, preferably sending him to prison so that Martha could live a normal life.

"Kaplan accepted the order and planned the previous series of actions!"

After introducing the cause and effect of the incident, Carrie finally said: "One thing I can be sure of is that Kaplan was deceived, because the person who gave her the order could not be Katarina, but an impostor, and her purpose is still to target Reddington! Now the only way we can stop Kaplan from taking further action is to catch her!"

The amount of information was quite large. After he finished speaking, everyone thought about it for a long time before they understood the whole incident. However, they were very speechless. It was hard to say who was wrong in this matter. All they could say was that the impostor was too abominable!
After everyone had digested the information, Carrie began to assign tasks. "Tang, you SERs will be responsible for investigating the kidnapping of Reddington's financial advisor. Let Liz keep in touch with Old Reddington and get to the bottom of the matter."

"Don't worry!" Donald understood what he meant, "We will protect Liz."

Kerry nodded and said, "We, the SLR, are responsible for tracking Kaplan's whereabouts. Julian, I will assign you a field operation team. Use your abilities to find her for me as soon as possible!"

"I understand, Director." Julian said with full of fighting spirit and confidence.

They were all experienced agents, and Carrie did not instruct them on how to investigate. He believed that if these agents took it seriously, with the support of power and force, Kaplan would not be their opponent! —
After everyone left, Elizabeth stayed and said to Kerry, "Lee, please don't hurt Kaplan, okay? She was just deceived, wasn't she?"

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Carrie said, "Our goal this time is to stop Kaplan from making further mistakes, not to do anything to her. Well, I also hope to catch the guy who pretends to be Katarina through her!" "That's good!" Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'll go back. I can't let Tang say that I'm lazy."

As soon as she left, Julian came in and asked, "Director, I think Kaplan must have been to that ice hockey rink. I plan to start from there..."

"I agree. Go ahead and do it." Carrie said, "Gina will arrange an eight-member field operation team to follow your command in a while. Jeffrey's team will be your backup... I only have one request, find Kaplan alive, because I need her to find the person behind this!"

"I understand, the fake 'Katerina' is the ultimate target." Julian patted his chest and said, "I promise to capture Kaplan alive and will not delay the director's work."

In fact, he knew very well that this was his first mission after joining SLR, and it was also a test from Director Kerry. If he failed to complete it, or even completed it poorly, he would not be able to forgive himself! -
On the SER side, Donald took people from DCPD to pick up George, Reddington's financial advisor, and took him to the post office. They asked him about his whereabouts before he was kidnapped and identified a suspect...

Nawabi and Mira retrieved the surveillance video from the bar where George was last before the accident. With the help of George, they found out the suspect's appearance. Alam spent several hours using facial recognition to find out her identity - Philomena, a famous bounty hunter in the industry!

Elizabeth called Reddington and got a tip: It was rumored in the industry that Philomena was a master among bounty hunters. In order to achieve her goal, she would spend a long time lurking around the target, eliminating the target's vigilance before taking action to ensure the success of the operation. In addition, this person was very cautious and would arrange for someone to conduct a background check before meeting a client. If she was not sure, she would not show up.

Finally, Lao Lei provided a key piece of information: Philomena’s previous client was Congressman Edelstein.

Donald decided to meet with the congressman through National Security Advisor Wright to get Philomena's contact information.
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Julian has his own style of handling cases. He led his men back to the ice hockey rink and tracked the case in reverse along the highway connecting the town to the outside world. He checked the video footage on the road with surveillance cameras and checked roadside gas stations, motels, convenience stores, etc. in places without surveillance cameras.

Although it took time, Julian successfully found the clue the next day - a motel on the border of Indiana and Ohio. According to accommodation records, Kaplan had stayed here for one night.

What was even more unexpected was that there was a special reward - the blind owner of the hotel installed a recorder in every room for safety reasons! Through the recording, Julian learned that on the night Kaplan checked in, a woman named Philomena visited him and the two discussed a plan to kidnap George!

The news came together and Philomena became the key point, and Carrie and Donald decided to trap the bounty hunter.
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The next day, Kerry and Donald went to meet with Congressman Edelstein and got a contact number!
Although the call was only from Philomena's contact, after receiving the new business introduced by the congressman, the call made by the contact was successfully located by Abby and Alam!
Donald personally led a team to raid the location. Although no one was caught, a note found at the scene read "Alexa Fitbit" - the sister of Reddington's legal adviser Marvin!

(End of this chapter)