The Blacklist

Chapter 416: Telling the truth is hard to change the plot
Elizabeth nodded, then shook her head, puzzled, "I don't understand why the murderer would use this method to kill people? It would take the risk of placing insect eggs and letting the victim eat them, and it would take a week to see the results. Isn't that too much trouble?"

Carrie, who was pulled down by her to listen to the case, sat aside and said boredly, "You should think from the murderer's perspective. Isn't it ironic that several people who made powerful pesticides were eaten by insects?"

Everyone was in awe that the boss could even explain the meaning of something like this. He must be really mentally strong!
"Since you have such an opinion, you can arrange how to investigate next!" Elizabeth decided to change Carrie's laziness and directly asked him to do some work.

"This case is very simple, do I still need to take care of it?" Of course, Carrie would not give in. "Just bring Dr. Jonathan back!"

Huh? Everyone thought he didn't want to care at first, but the next sentence was obviously not a joke!

Nawabi asked on behalf of everyone: "Why did you arrest that Jonathan? When I asked him with Dembe today, I thought he was normal!"

"It's because he's too normal." Carrie said, but after saying this, he refused to say more. If he still didn't understand, it would be a problem of IQ.

"Oh, I understand!" Alam was the first to react. "The three people bitten to death by insects were all related to the powerful insecticide called hexanepene, and he was the technician responsible for the research and development of this insecticide. According to common sense, he would be the next victim, but he was not afraid at all. Instead, he behaved very normally. This is actually the biggest abnormality!"

Hmm? That makes sense! The more they thought about it, the more they felt that there was something wrong with Jonathan!
However, Nawabi found another clue at this time - according to the schedule of the last deceased, the company president Bob, he discovered that he had lunch with Dick Kendall a week before his death. Dick was an environmentalist who advocated clean air and water purification. He was well-known in the environmental protection community and had been leading the ban on the use of pesticides such as hexane-peneline.

She finally said, "Judging from the time, Bob should have eaten or drunk the water lice eggs on that day, so I think Dick is very suspicious." It's not that she disagrees with Carrie's judgment, but there seems to be another possibility in this matter, and she, who has always been honest, couldn't help but say it.

Elizabeth and the others thought this made sense, and when they looked at Carrie, they found that he just spread his hands and said nothing. Elizabeth thought about it and decided to check Dick first. After all, there was no evidence to prove that Jonathan was the murderer except for subjective opinion, and Dick was obviously more suspicious.
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When Elizabeth and Dumby came to Dick's house, they found water beetles flying all over the house as soon as they entered the door, and Dick had already died in a terrible state!

Forensic examinations proved that Dick and Bob died at almost the same time, which means that both of them ingested insect eggs during lunch, which proved that Dick was not the murderer.

However, there is a suspicious point. The first three victims were all trying to promote the listing of Hexanepene, but Dick was an opponent. Why was he also killed?
But even so, Elizabeth and Denby knew that Nawabi's previous judgment was wrong, and Carrie's judgment should be correct! ——
On the other hand, Nawabi and Julian went to the restaurant where Bob and Dick had dinner to investigate. The manager and the waiter did not remember the two people, but said that something did happen in the restaurant that day - the handyman saw a stranger entering the kitchen, so he went up to ask, but the other party hurriedly fled and got on a taxi in front of the Macon Hotel at the corner of the street.

Nawabi went to the security room of the Macon Hotel to check the surveillance footage, found the taxi from that day, and then found the driver. Based on the address provided by the driver, he summoned the field operations team to raid the place, and discovered that there was a laboratory inside, with all kinds of strange insects in various glass culture dishes.

Although the homeowner was not caught, Nawabi admitted from the information obtained during the search that his previous judgment was indeed not as good as that of Boss Kerry - Bob had bribed Dick to support the bill to legalize hexanepene currently being considered by Congress.

Moreover, they found a press release in the archive: Dick's research institute will announce support for the legalization of hexanepene today. The date is very delicate, because today is the day of the congressional hearing!
Nawabi immediately reported the matter to Elizabeth, and rushed to Capitol Hill with Julian, hoping to prevent the passage of the plan; Elizabeth, who received the call, dragged Kerry along and rushed to Congress - with Kerry's current level, she could directly attend the meeting, but the others could not!
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At a special hearing of the House of Representatives, Dr. Jonathan testified as a witness. He testified as a developer that although the production and use of hexanepene fully meet environmental standards, he does not support its legalization because hexanepene will kill insects indiscriminately and cause an imbalance in nature...

He pointed out very seriously: The earth will still be prosperous without humans, but without insects to pollinate and clean up decay, the earth will become a dark graveyard!
He said that he was deceived by Bob before, thinking that hexanepene would only be used for post-disaster cleanup, so he helped develop it, but he didn't expect that he would actually use it on a large scale, so he took action...
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After Carrie brought Elizabeth and others to Capitol Hill and entered the hearing hall, he found that Jonathan was already making an impassioned speech at the podium, so he stopped everyone from moving forward and stood in the back row to listen - because he knew what would happen next!
Just as Congressman Robert, chairman of the House Commerce Committee, was refuting Jonathan's speech as absurd, he began to cough repeatedly and coughed out a water lice from his throat...

Amid the uproar at the scene, the paramedics from the CDC who Kerry had notified in advance arrived, but it was unknown whether they could save Congressman Robert in time!

Seeing Jonathan still chattering in the witness stand about how insects are more important than humans, Carrie signaled Elizabeth and others to arrest this so-called "General Silang" and hand him over to the people from the CDC - everything this mentally ill guy had done before was for today, so he also took the insect eggs seven days ago!
To be honest, Carrey is well aware of the importance of insects to the earth and mankind, but he just can't really love them. Seeing a water beetle crawling out of Senator Robert's mouth was enough. He didn't want to see the end or watch Jonathan perform again. It was too disgusting!
(End of this chapter)