The Blacklist

Chapter 335: A Lesson for Elizabeth

Reddington took on the job of capturing Smokey within 36 hours, and the reward was % of the bail, which is US dollars.

Elizabeth, who was following behind him, was confused and didn't understand what he was going to do.
Reddington said to her: "Liz, being a bounty hunter is a very interesting thing. It can train you how to find the person you are looking for alone without any backup. This is very important for your future work..."

Elizabeth was a little confused, but she had to admit that what he said made sense. Thinking that Carrie and Donald both agreed that she should follow Lao Lei, she just went along with him!

Elizabeth drove Reddington to Davis and Fox Entertainment where Smoky worked, a specialized carnival organizing company. However, the company's carnival park had gone bankrupt due to funding problems.

The two questioned the staff who stayed behind, but received no cooperation because they believed that the amusement park was in such a state because of the company's accountant, Halls. When he was found stealing company property, he accepted the immunity agreement from the local prosecutor to frame Smokey, and agreed to the boss running away and the company's bankruptcy.

As an experienced agent, Elizabeth found a photo of Smokey and his girlfriend in Smokey's office. Reddington directly threatened Smokey with a pistol and got the address of Smokey's girlfriend.

In this regard, after leaving the amusement park, Elizabeth said: "Old Lei, have you forgotten that I am a federal agent? You are threatening ordinary citizens with a gun in front of me, what should I do?"

Reddington said, "Liz, you have to pay attention to the change of identity. We are bounty hunters now, not federal agents enforcing the law!"

Hearing this, Elizabeth was speechless.
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An hour later, at the home of Smokey's girlfriend Tammy Lynn, Reddington found Smokey hiding in the ceiling, shot him out, and caught him!
On the way back in the car, Smokey begged Reddington to let him go, saying that he was accused by Halls and would be sentenced to jail once he went to court...

However, Reddington didn't mention this at all. Instead, he mentioned that Smokey used to be a foreman in the Ringling Bros. Circus and expressed his admiration for his work efficiency!
Elizabeth, who was driving, said jokingly: What is there to admire about a circus foreman?
Reddington explained to her: "Liz, this man once led the world's best circus to travel around the world. He had to command a large number of people, animals, props, equipment and materials to move between cities overnight without missing anything. This requires absolutely superb command and coordination skills.

"For this reason, even the Pentagon sent professional elites to study his skills in coordinating logistics so as to more efficiently dispatch troops to and from the battlefield! But now, such a capable person has fallen to the point of hiding from place to place..."

Elizabeth was surprised by what Reddington said!
Smokey was touched and said immediately, "That was in the past. It's not important. What's important is that I can't be caught! Please, just let me go and I'll give you all the money I got!"

"Oh?" Reddington asked doubtfully, "I doubt that the money is still in your hands!"

"The money is still there!" Smokey said immediately, "It's 5052 West Graham in Richmond. As long as you let me go, the money will be yours!"

"Yeah! That's good, it would be even better if that's the case." Reddington teased, "After we send you back and get the bounty, we can also find the money you hid and take it for ourselves..." As he was speaking, two SUVs approached at high speed on the road and sandwiched their car from the front and the back!

Elizabeth recognized the license plate as a USMS (Federal Marshals Service) car. She stopped the car on the side of the road despite Reddington's attempt to stop her, ready to use her identity as a federal agent to solve the problem. However, she didn't expect that several people got out of the other car and shot directly with guns...

At this moment, a big red Wrangler jeep suddenly rushed over. As it got closer, violent gunshots were heard from the passenger window. With the sound of "bang, bang, bang", a string of bullets accurately hit the people who got out of the two SUVs, knocking down the six gunmen almost instantly. No one was spared and they were all killed on the spot!
After the Wrangler stopped, Carrie got out from the passenger seat holding a G3A4 rifle, and Gina was naturally the one driving.

"Ah, Lee, Gina, why are you here?" Elizabeth asked in surprise.

Gina also got out of the car at this time and said with a smile: "I'm worried about you!"

Kerry criticized her, "Liz, you are too careless. Two cars suddenly appeared on this suburban road and sandwiched you. You still stopped the car?"

Elizabeth knew she was being reckless this time, and said embarrassedly, "Old Lei reminded me, but I didn't listen. I saw the license plate and thought it was a federal marshal's car..."

"Remember, in this situation in the future, no matter what the license plate is, you must figure it out before you stop the car, and you can't get surrounded..." Carrie taught her, "Got it, this is one of the reasons why Reddington brought you out."

"Okay, I remember that!" Elizabeth nodded.

Reddington next to him was speechless, muttering to himself: Girls can't be kept when they grow up! Whatever I say is used, Liz just listens to whatever Carrie says, it's so infuriating! -
Several cars stopped on the side of the road. After checking the condition of the gunman who had been shot dead, they called the local state police and asked them to wait at the scene for SER field personnel to arrive.

On the way back, Smokey confessed that these gunmen were members of the drug trafficking organization "Skinheads". He had previously owed a large amount of gambling debts and had to launder the money through entertainment companies... At present, the local prosecutor only knew that he embezzled public funds, but did not know that he actually stole the money of the Skinheads. In this case, if he went to prison, he would only be killed by the Skinheads in prison, so he could not go back.

But no one paid attention to him. Reddington and Elizabeth still took Smokey to the guarantee company to hand in the task. Carrie and Gina rushed to Richmond to collect the stolen money, and at the same time notified Donald to bring people to Richmond to meet up.

A few hours later, Carrey and his team seized $200 million in stolen money, eliminated another wave of skinheads who came looking for money, killed their leader Lemak, and then followed the clues to destroy their lair!
However, Reddington handed Smokey over to a bond company and received a reward of $4. However, he then used the money to hire someone to kidnap Halls, preventing him from appearing in court and leading to Smokey's acquittal.

Only then did Elizabeth realize that Reddington's real purpose was to subdue the master planner Smokey and the money laundering expert Halls and make them serve him!
(End of this chapter)