The Blacklist

Chapter 404 Bastien's Destroyer

Elizabeth told the agents about the situation: "Reddington found out that during this period of time, the 'disappeared' Bastian has been contacting underground arms dealers with the aim of finding a bomb-making expert named Maxwell Rudiger. So, no matter what Bastian's goal is, it will cause great casualties!"

The situation was serious, so SER re-examined the case process and specially called in Kerry to help analyze the situation.

After hearing the whole story, Carrey said: "At Reagan International Airport, Bastian killed a staff member and left the airport using his ID. How did he leave? Did he drive the staff member's car or take a taxi?
"Also, why did Bastian go to the airport? Was he taking action or leaving Washington? Did you check the passenger data for that day's flights?"

Hearing this, the agents felt a little ashamed and quickly got busy.

Alam soon found out from the airport that the murdered airport worker drove himself to get off work. When his body was found, the surveillance records at the airport exit showed that his car had just left the airport. Unfortunately, the driver's face was not captured, but it can be inferred that it was Bastian who drove away.

Nawabi found out from the Aviation Administration's database that a passenger who had booked a ticket to New York's Kennedy Airport did not board a short-haul flight later that day. The passenger's name was Dino DiPasquale!
Kerry continued to order: "Find a car! Find someone!"

There was no result in the search for the person for the time being, but they soon found the trace of the vehicle and found it in the traffic records of the Port Authority of New York. The car passed through the Holland Tunnel connecting Jersey City, New Jersey to Manhattan and across the Hudson River, which means that Bastian should have arrived in New York.

As an international metropolis with a population of over 10 million, there are too many possible targets for attack in New York City!
Carrie decided that he and Elizabeth would take most of the action agents to New York. Abby and Alam, who stayed at the post office, would be responsible for taking administrative and service personnel to notify important places such as government agencies, consulates of various countries, military points and the United Nations headquarters in New York and issue terrorist attack warnings.
-
Sitting on the special plane, Elizabeth couldn't help but ask: "Lee, where do you think Bastian will attack?"

"The United Nations headquarters," Carrey said directly, "Don't forget, this guy is an anti-globalist extremist."

This reason was very strong and was agreed by all the agents! Of course, there was also the reason why Boss Carrey never made mistakes.

It turns out that Carrie was not wrong this time! As soon as they arrived at the CTU State Bureau in Manhattan, they learned the latest situation!
After receiving the alert from the US CTU, the Security Department of the United Nations Headquarters asked all agencies and national offices to check their staff. The Turkish Mission to the United Nations found that it could not contact the country's diplomatic courier Charles Albrecht!
After receiving the alarm, the NYPD found Charles' car in the underground parking lot of his residence, and in the trunk was his body after being shot! The staff of the Turkish Representative Office confirmed that Charles' diplomatic briefcase and work documents were missing.

Kerry led everyone to the United Nations headquarters. On the way, he called Donald and asked him to contact the State Department in the name of the CTU headquarters and notify the United Nations headquarters security department to obtain cooperation and permission to enter.
-
The United Nations Headquarters is located at the east end of 42nd-45th Streets in Manhattan, on the bank of the East River, facing the East River, with a total area of ​​7.2 hectares. It was donated to the United Nations in 1945 by John Rockefeller, the head of the Rockefeller Foundation at the time. Its property is no longer a US territory, and is separated from the US territory by a black iron fence more than two meters high. The main buildings of the United Nations Headquarters are composed of three parts: the General Assembly Building, the Secretariat Building and the Hammarskjöld Library. The Secretariat Building is the main building, with a height of 153.9 meters and a total of 39 floors. The facade is a glass curtain wall, commonly known as the "Glass Palace"; the General Assembly is the venue for the annual United Nations General Assembly. The garden in the building and the outdoor sculptures are also very famous.

The small square on the west side is flying with the flags of the 192 member states of the United Nations, and there are two special sculptures:
One is a gun with a twisted barrel - representing "No weapons, no war, yes peace!"

The other is a broken earth - representing the earth on which human beings depend for survival, which has been ruined beyond recognition by war, human destruction, environmental pollution, etc., calling on people to save the earth.
-
When Carrie and a group of agents arrived at the gate of the United Nations headquarters, the security officials who had already coordinated the relationship were waiting for them.

After the two sides met, Kerry immediately asked the other party to inquire about the itinerary of Turkish diplomatic courier Charles in the headquarters building today.

Soon, they received a report: Charles would attend an important UN meeting today with confidential diplomatic correspondence. Moreover, the security department's records showed that just six minutes ago, someone using Charles' ID had entered the conference building from the parking lot on the second underground floor and passed through the second security gate!
At this time, Reddington called Carrie and said that he had found the bomb-making expert Maxwell, who claimed to have customized a special high-powered bomb according to Bastian's requirements!

At this time everyone understood that Bastien must have had plastic surgery to look like Charles, and with his ID and the courier's diplomatic briefcase, he was exempted from security regulations and X-ray scanning, and was able to bring the bomb into the building!
According to the information provided by Reddington, this bomb was called "The Destroyer" by its maker. It used ammonium nitrate and hydrazine as explosive materials. It was extremely powerful. Once it exploded, even if it couldn't destroy the entire building, it would be enough to kill the diplomats from various countries attending the meeting, and even most of the staff in the building! Moreover, the bomb was extremely sensitive, and even a slight bump could detonate it...

Reddington is rushing to New York with the bomb maker Maxwell. What Carrie and the UN Security Department need to do is to find Bastian as soon as possible, prevent him from detonating the bomb, and then guard this "Destroyer" and wait for Maxwell himself to defuse the bomb!

The situation was critical, and Kerry immediately took over the command on the scene. He first used the UN internal communication system to warn the Turkish representative to the United Nations who was attending the meeting: Do not open the diplomatic briefcase that had just been delivered to you!

Then he asked the security department to immediately evacuate all personnel in the conference building, and he personally led a group of agents into the building to look for Bastian - in the original plot, the bomb did not explode, which was his confidence!

(End of this chapter)