The Blacklist

Chapter 415 General Silang's Blood-Eating Dragon Beetle
As for Reddington, he went to Missouri these days and visited Atticus, a patient with severe mania, at the Federal Psychiatric Medical Center. During that time, he found an opportunity to secretly replace Atticus's medication, allowing him to briefly regain his sanity and ask a name: General Shiro.

On Monday, December 12, Lao Lei handed "General Silang" to SER as the new blacklist target, and personally explained to everyone: "A year ago, patent lawyer Steiner was found dead in his office. The cause of death was infection with deadly insects, and the insects ate up his chest.

“Six months ago, chemical producer Helfrick died from the same cause.

“Yesterday, Bob Crome, president of Crome Biotech, died in the same way.

"And the planner and implementer of this case was a man nicknamed 'General Silang'..."

Elizabeth asked in confusion, "Old Lei, what's the origin of the nickname 'General Silang'?"

Before Reddington could answer, he heard a cold voice saying, "Ishii Shiro! Japanese Army 7/3/1 Unit! A bunch of damn beasts! He is not worthy of being called a 'general'!"

Everyone was stunned and turned to look, only to find that it was Kerry who had come over at some point. However, his cold tone and gloomy face were expressions they had never seen before, and they were frightened!
"Liz, investigate this case carefully. Find this guy and kill him without mercy! Damn it! How dare you call him by that name! You're looking for death!!" Carrie said this and turned to go upstairs, leaving everyone staring at each other in confusion.

Elizabeth felt that he looked strange, and after hastily arranging for everyone to investigate the case, she dragged Reddington upstairs to see Carrie...

In the elevator, she couldn't help but ask, "Lao Lei, what happened to Lee?"

"Hehe!" Reddington chuckled, "Liz, I've always felt that Lee has a special feeling for China. He loves Chinese food and Chinese festivals... and it's true this time!"

Elizabeth didn't understand what he said at all, "Old Lei, what are you talking about?"

Reddington answered the question irrelevantly: "Liz, do you know if Lee has Chinese ancestry?"

"No!" Elizabeth said flatly, "I have read his personal file. Although his Level 5 clearance does not list many things he did, the list of relatives is clear. There is no Chinese ancestry in his three generations!" "That's strange!" Reddington was a little puzzled, "Could he have been bribed by China? That's not right! I think he really likes Chinese things..."

"Old Lei, don't talk nonsense!" Elizabeth was shocked. "Lee is the deputy director of CTU. If others hear what you said, it will cause big trouble!"

"Don't worry! I understand." Reddington said hurriedly, "I'm just talking to you!"
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A moment later, the two entered Carrey's large office. Seeing that his face looked much better, they all breathed a sigh of relief, even Reddington - he thought: What's going on? Why do I feel a little nervous when I see Lee getting angry?

"Come, sit down and have some tea. I just got some old Pu'er tea. It tastes great!" Kerry said calmly, making gestures of dividing the tea with his hands.

Elizabeth and Reddington looked at each other and thought to themselves: This must have been obtained from Chinatown again!
Gina had not gone downstairs just now and did not know what had happened. When she saw Elizabeth coming up, she pulled her over and asked her what happened to Carrie just now and why she looked so unhappy when she came back?
The two of them sat behind the desk, helping Kerry process documents. Elizabeth whispered what happened in SER. Gina didn't know why, but she checked 7/3/1 and Ishii Shiro on the computer...

After reading the information they found on the Internet, Elizabeth and Gina were also filled with indignation. As people who grew up in the United States and Europe, they only knew that the US military defeated Japan in World War II, but they really had no idea what happened in the Eastern world!
After reading the information, they had a certain understanding of Carrie's anger, and deeply agreed with the kill order Carrie issued against this "General Silang" - if you dare to use this nickname, you must be prepared to be destroyed!
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At the tea table, Kerry asked, "Lao Lei, why are you looking for that bug guy?"

"This tea is too bitter!" Reddington took a sip of tea, frowned, put down the teacup, and declined. "I received news that someone hired 'General Silang' to kill someone, but I don't know who the specific target is, so I want to start with 'General Silang' and find out both the employer and the target!"

Carrie was shocked by his train of thought. He let SER investigate the case without knowing anything except a nickname. This is really Reddington's style!
Nawabi and Dunby went to the forensic department to check the bodies of the victims yesterday. The forensic doctor told them that a carnivorous insect called a water beetle ate the internal organs from the human body and killed the victim, but they didn't know how it did it. The forensic doctor recommended an entomologist, Dr. Jonathan Nicholas, who happened to work in the same company as the deceased Bob.

The two came to Rockmi Biotech and found Dr. Jonathan, who had obtained information from the forensic doctor and conducted research. He believed that the one that killed Bob was a genetically modified water beetle, whose eggs could resist the digestive enzymes and acid in the human stomach, and took a week to hatch into an adult in the human body. In addition, its jaws were four times the normal size, indicating that this water beetle had obviously been genetically modified for weaponization!
Nawabi and Dunby returned to SER with the forensic report and reported that Dr. Jonathan believed that Bob's death was a revenge by some radical environmentalists. Before that, even he, who worked in technology, had received death threats, and he believed that the company's president, Bob, was even more so.

Alam's investigation confirmed some of Jonathan's claims. "Lockmi Biotech is a professional pesticide manufacturer. One of its products is a pesticide called hexanepene. Because it is too potent, it can kill all insects. Due to repeated protests from environmentalists, it has been banned from commercial use by the government and is only allowed to be used in emergency situations, such as pest control and cleanup after floods."

Julian also found out something: "I just found out that the three people who were killed by insects were related to the insecticide hexanepene - Steiner was the lawyer who applied for the patent for hexanepene, Helfrick was the production manager, and Bob who just died was lobbying Congress and the Food and Drug Administration to agree to lift the ban on hexanepene!"

(End of this chapter)