The Blacklist

Chapter 323: Rest and then play again

From the end of April to mid-May, everyone in the post office only had to complete the previous case closing reports. There were basically no field missions, so it was a rare relaxing time.

During this period, a happy event of some importance happened. Mira and Cooper got married, and they got married because of pregnancy. Since both of them were getting married for the second time, they didn't have a big wedding, just a gathering of close colleagues and friends.

At the wedding, everyone also met Mira's daughter Sia, who flew in from the UK. She is a very beautiful 15-year-old girl and very sensible.

This time, because Mira's ex-husband remarried, the custody of their daughter was transferred to Mira's name. Cooper agreed with this and personally arranged for Sia's schooling in Washington.

After the wedding, Mira officially went through the formalities of rest and recuperation. She was now an elderly pregnant woman, so she had to be cautious. However, this temporarily reduced the SER to a core agent, and Donald had already started recruiting new members.

At Carrie's suggestion, Reddington agreed to let Demby leave his side and join SER to become a formal agent. Things went more smoothly than expected. Demby had no criminal record. With the guarantee of two CTU directors and the consent of the director of the headquarters, Cooper, the formalities were completed quickly and he started working after Mira left in mid-May.

On Reddington's side, the former mercenary captain Felix Baz took over Demby's job and served as his personal bodyguard. He is also an old acquaintance of Carrie and others.
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On Wednesday, May 5, Reddington received an important piece of information: Mario Dixon, a famous thief in the underground world, received a new "business" to steal something, and this thing was related to Reddington's safety, and many people were already paying attention to this matter.

Reddington, who was busy integrating his businesses, handed the thief over to SER as a blacklist target.

After Donald assigned the task, Alam quickly found out that Mario Dixon was charged with dozens of thefts of valuables and had been on the run for more than a decade. All he found out was that he had a younger brother who was imprisoned in Mecklenburg Prison in Virginia. As "newcomers", Demby, Elizabeth and Nawabi rushed to question him.

Things went smoothly as expected. Mario's younger brother hated his brother so much that he himself became a criminal because of his brother. He immediately confessed that Mario had a fashion boutique and antique shop in Hampden, Baltimore. It was actually a hiding place where all the important stolen goods were hidden!
With the CTU's credentials, Dembe, Elizabeth and Nawabi broke into Mario's boutique without even a search warrant, and learned from the clerk that he was doing a business in Philadelphia. But when they rushed over, they only found a man lying on the operating table groaning, his right eye had been dug out! The man struggled to say that he was a staff member of the Rock Canyon Archives...
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The situation was serious. At Elizabeth's request, SLR and SER held a joint case analysis meeting the next day. In the command hall, the three of them reported what they had investigated. The detectives who listened to the meeting were a little confused because they didn't know what this rocky canyon represented!
There was no other way, so Kerry could only act as a "literacy" instructor and introduced: "The Rock Canyon Archives is a special department located in an underground bunker in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Since the Civil War, it has stored all the confidential files of the US government departments. It is the highest-level level 5 security unit and has been using the most advanced technology to upgrade security measures... As far as I know, there is now an iris scanning verification access control system there.

"I don't know what mission Mario has accepted or what he is going to steal from here, but I am sure that once this matter spreads, it will attract the attention of all important domestic departments, because every department has secrets that they don't want to be leaked!" Donald frowned and said, "But we don't know what Mario is going to steal from there, and we don't know how to stop him..."

"No, I know. It's the immunity agreement signed by Reddington and the Department of Justice." Carrie said, "Reddington is the FBI's most wanted criminal. We all know what has happened in the past four years, but the public won't believe it. As long as this immunity agreement is made public, it will definitely cause an uproar... By then, in order to calm public opinion, I'm afraid that our SLR and SER will be abandoned by the higher-ups and used as scapegoats!"

All the agents were shocked when they heard this. Donald asked on behalf of everyone: "So what should we do?"

"Of course we can't just sit there and wait for death!" Carrie said, "Although we sheltered Reddington, we also captured and punished more serious criminals. We have done nothing wrong! That fake Katarina wants to destroy us in this way, but she is dreaming!
"However, we have to set off now, otherwise we might be a little tight on time!
"Tang, you stay at home. Liz, Nawabi, Jiva, and Jeffrey, follow me. Let's catch this rat and let all government departments know about our situation!"
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In a small gift shop in the center of Rock Canyon, a small town on the northern outskirts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Carrie was looking at the merchandise inside with great interest. The agents who came with him didn't know what he was doing, but they all knew that their boss would not do anything without a purpose, and they were all watching the movements inside and outside the store vigilantly.

The two shop assistants in the store were quite old, and they were very nervous watching the group's actions...

Kerry has level five authority and could have directly entered the archive agency, but he didn't - this agency has existed for too long, with separate funding and personnel, and has been operating independently outside the government system for a long time. They are a little too relaxed. They should learn a lesson this time, otherwise they will continue to slack off!
Nearly an hour later, a small green light came on behind the counter of the shop. The two shop assistants hesitated, but Carrie pointed at him and said, "Open the door, let us see who is coming out." He did not make any other moves, but Gina, Elizabeth, Nawabi, Jiva and Jeffrey behind him all drew their guns and looked over, scaring the two shop assistants so much that they quickly reached out and pressed the button to open the door.

After a moment, the secret door hidden in the wall slid open, and a tall black man with a cross-body bag stepped out. As soon as he stepped foot, he was stunned on the spot, looking at the people in the room, and wanted to step back, but was immediately pointed at by several pistols and dared not move.

"Mario, that's great!" Carrie looked at him and said, "You can get something out of a place like this! Did anyone get hurt? If so, you're in trouble!"

(End of this chapter)