The Blacklist

Chapter 345 The Princess and the Universal Blood Transfusion

Because he was drafted, Carrie had to go personally, taking Gina, Elizabeth and others with the field operations team to New York, leaving Donald and others behind to look after the house, which made them very happy!
There is an old Chinese saying that "a lean camel is bigger than a horse", and this time Carrie knew that this was absolutely true - although Montenegro is only a small Eastern European country located in the Balkan Peninsula, its princess is quite pompous. Not only did she book the top floor of the Greylock Hotel for 4 euros a day, she also had her own independent security team!
Kerry is very clear about the origin of the Kingdom of Montenegro. It is just a small country separated from the former Yugoslavia, claiming to be restored, and only became independent in the early 21st century. It has an area of ​​1.4 square kilometers, a population of about 50, and the main ethnic group is Slavs. The GDP is only 29 billion euros. It is located in the Balkan Peninsula in Eastern Europe. If it were not for the division of the former Yugoslavia, it would not exist at all! Its existence and becoming the th member of NATO is because the West needs to restrain Russia!
Well, that’s why when the King of Montenegro decided to reform the country in accordance with Western values, domestic conservatives fiercely opposed it, and this situation also threatened the safety of the kingdom’s only heir!

Although the other party was just a princess of a small country, certain diplomatic etiquette still had to be observed. After Carrie led the team to the hotel, he greeted the princess's men and called Tom Campbell, the hotel security director, and said to him, "CTU is investigating the case and wants to take over all the security systems of the hotel. You don't have any objections, do you?"

"No, of course not!" Cambul waved his hand hastily. He was well-informed and knew what department CTU was. Of course, he would not be stupid enough to object. "If there is anything you need the hotel to do, just tell me and I will make sure it's arranged!"

"Very good, thank you, Cambul!" Seeing that the other party was so sensible, Kerry naturally would not be angry with him. "My subordinates will contact you. The personnel from the security, service, logistics and other departments will all go through it. I will trouble you then!"

Cambre didn't expect him to be so kind, and said hurriedly: "No trouble, no trouble! Don't worry, I will cooperate!"

Then, the princess' assistant Anna came over and said, "Captain Kerry, the official wants to see you!"

"Sorry, I'm busy now!" Carrie glanced at her and continued to say to the hotel security director, "Campbell, I need the information of all the hotel staff, especially those serving on the top floors. No one can be left out!"

Everyone present was stunned. The head of the law enforcement department actually rejected the princess' invitation!
"What are you standing there for? Get to work!" Carrie looked around at everyone and said, "Check the security measures of the entire hotel, especially the top floor. Don't leave any loopholes!"

"Understood, sir!" A group of post office agents and action team members responded in unison, and then immediately dispersed to their respective posts.
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A few minutes later, in the presidential suite 1550 on the top floor of the hotel, Princess Sonya Wolf of the Kingdom of Montenegro was stunned when she heard her assistant Anna say that CTU Director Richard Carey was not available to see her. She did not expect that the other party would actually reject her invitation!
Princess Sonya asked curiously, "Anna, what kind of person do you think Director Kerry is?"

After thinking for a while, Anna said, "I feel like he's a very strong person. He has his own principles when doing things and doesn't listen to other people's opinions..."

Sonia nodded. She had formed a preliminary impression in her mind, but she still had some complaints about his unwillingness to see her.
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Carrie received a report from her agents that the princess' security measures seemed to be very strict. They booked the entire floor, used a separate elevator, had a 12-person security team, including four bodyguards for close protection at all times, and had her own driver for transportation... However, Carrie, who knew the direction of the plot, saw a loophole - catering!
No matter how strict the security measures on the floor are, the meals for the princess and her entourage are still provided by the hotel and delivered by waiters from the restaurant, but there are no fixed service staff, which will give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage.

In the original plot, it was because of this reason that Alyssa Grey took advantage of the situation and disguised herself as a waiter to send a food cart containing a bomb upstairs, causing chaos. Then, while everyone was concerned about the princess' safety, she kidnapped the assistant Anna!
Generally speaking, it is actually very difficult to maintain security in a hotel, because the hotel is still open to the public, there are many other guests, a large number of employees, and multiple entrances and exits. Without hundreds of people, it is impossible to control all the key points!
So, Carrie asked Elizabeth to communicate with the princess and wanted to change her residence. Any independent villa would be better than staying in a hotel.

But in the end the princess disagreed because she was used to staying in hotels where she could enjoy comfortable services without having to worry about anything.

This made Carrey feel even worse about the princess, who was only interested in enjoying herself and didn't care about the difficulties of the security guards!

I don’t know if it was because of the increased security measures, but nothing happened the whole day. At night, a team of agents from DSS (Diplomatic Security Service) arrived and took over the security mission. After all, CTU’s mission is counter-terrorism, not bodyguarding.

Carrie asked Elizabeth to tell the DSS team leader all the precautions before taking everyone away.
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On Tuesday, DSS was still responsible for the security of the princess and her entourage. CTU was no longer involved, and Carrie didn't take it seriously. It was not her mission anyway, so why should she worry about it?

However, something went wrong on Wednesday!

At lunch time at the Greylock Hotel, a hotel waitress pushed a food cart up to the 15th floor. Then the hotel's power supply was cut off, the surveillance failed, and then the food cart exploded in the corridor. The scene was in chaos!
After the DSS agents escorted the princess to a safe evacuation, they discovered that the princess' assistant Anna Dewan was missing!
This time, the task was handed over to CTU again, because the top management believed that only CTU could catch Alyssa Gray, the leader of the "only seedling" organization!
Carrie was speechless about this. Everything had been explained clearly. Even under the protection of eight DSS agents and twelve security personnel, such a thing still happened. He didn't know who to blame!
However, this time, he did not plan to go again, but handed the task to Donald, asking him to take SER agents to New York to meet the princess and conduct investigations.

Donald brought Elizabeth and others to the safe house where the princess was temporarily housed. After asking, they learned that the princess had the rare Lutheran negative B blood type, and Anna was a universal blood donor known as the "golden blood type" in the medical community. She could donate blood to anyone with rare blood types - in other words, Anna was actually the princess's health guarantee.

(End of this chapter)