The Blacklist

Chapter 427: Hijacking under paranoid love
CTU is not responsible for ordinary hijacking cases, but because Tom was on the plane, Susan felt something was wrong. While notifying the National Aviation Administration, CIA, and DHS (Department of Homeland Security), she also called the post office in person.

This situation made Kerry frown. After all, the plane was in the sky, and no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't reach it. He could only let Abby establish direct contact with Dumont in Halcyon so that he could keep abreast of the situation. In addition, he asked Gina to notify the Gulfstream G650 to be ready, and he would go out personally for rescue if necessary.
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At this time on Flight 301, Kumon, who found something wrong, caught the mechanic Franklin, but was hit on the head by a 3D-printed plastic gun and knocked unconscious! The alert Tom hid in the luggage compartment and was not discovered.

Afterwards, the hijackers used micro-bombs to destroy the portholes, causing the cabin to lose pressure. The passengers and crew members were forced to wear breathing masks, but what they inhaled was anesthetic gas that had been pre-filled into the oxygen machine, and they all fell into a coma!
Tom found the shield in the luggage compartment, destroyed it and restored contact with Dumont. He found the shotgun based on the information provided by Dumont. But when he climbed out of the luggage compartment and prepared to fight, he found that six hijackers opened the emergency door and parachuted out of the plane with a passenger. Kumont, who was knocked unconscious before, was nowhere to be found. At this time, the fuselage began to tilt and fall...

Tom rushed into the cockpit, moved the unconscious captain away, and pulled off his breathing mask...

Under Dumont's guidance, he tried to control the plane, slowly lowering the altitude and controlling the fuselage's attitude. Soon after, the captain regained consciousness, took over the plane, and successfully landed it smoothly at the nearest airport. No passengers on board were injured or killed!
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This mid-air hijacking attracted the attention of various law enforcement agencies, and CTU had sufficient reasons to intervene. It took over the investigation of the case based on law enforcement priorities.

Carrie rushed to New York and took her men directly to Halcyon Shield, occupied its advanced command center, and personally directed the subsequent investigation and operations.

Susan had no objection to this and said she would actively cooperate and let Director Kerry allocate the company's resources!
Tom was safely taken back to the company, but Kumon's whereabouts were unknown. However, Tom reported to Carrie: Kumon came from the special forces and had enough experience in infiltration and combat. If he had the chance, he would definitely send back a message!
Abby also came this time. After a brief discussion with Dumont, they began to jointly review and investigate the hijacking incident. They soon discovered that among the passengers on Flight 301, in addition to the six attackers, there was also a Chinese-American woman named Jennifer Lin who was missing.

At this time, CIA Deputy Director Bishop also rushed over. Seeing this situation, he reluctantly admitted: Jennifer was a deep undercover agent sent by the CIA and was about to go to Asia to carry out an undercover mission, so he suspected that the hijacking was aimed at Jennifer, but he didn't know how the information was leaked!
Carrie's aura firmly suppressed Bishop and Susan, so he naturally presided over the discussion of the case. Tom took this opportunity to sneak into Susan's office and open the safe to find the key...

However, he saw that in addition to the piles of confidential documents in the safe, there was also a wax plate with a small handprint on it, with "Christopher" written on it! The feeling in an instant almost made him cry, he felt that he had found the motherly love he had never experienced before!
Tom didn't find any decoding key in the safe, but only found the word "Falcon" in a confidential document.

Howard, who learned the news, thought that this word was the key. He took out a comic book as a code book because this was Christopher's favorite when he was a child, but the encrypted message he cracked was incomprehensible! ——
Nearing evening, the missing Cumont sent a message: he had knocked out a hijacker before, and they landed in the dense forests of northwestern Canada using the same parachute. He forced the hijacker to reveal the rendezvous point!
At this time, Abby and Dumont teamed up and found out that the former Army Ranger Oden was once the boyfriend of the missing Jennifer, but the two soon ended their relationship. Jennifer even applied for a restraining order from the court because of Oden's repeated harassment! According to relevant information analysis, it should be Oden who led the kidnapping of Jennifer.

Tom and Nez took the rescuers to Canada on the company's business jet. After reuniting with Kumont, they rushed to the hijackers' meeting point - an abandoned factory.

However, it was somewhat unexpected that when they arrived at the abandoned factory, they saw the cold bodies of several attackers, but Oden and Jennifer were nowhere to be seen!
At this time, the CTU state bureau forwarded a report from the USCG (United States Coast Guard) stating that it had received an abnormal distress signal. The ship that sent the signal was currently anchored in the Port of Seattle, Washington, and the owner of the ship was Oden, who was being asked by CTU to assist in the investigation!
Carrie immediately notified Tom and asked them to rush to Seattle from Canada.

As night fell, Tom and his crew found Jennifer who had just escaped in the Port of Seattle, and killed Oden who was tracking them on the spot.
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Carrie came to New York this time not entirely for the hijacking case, but to directly solve the problem of Howard and Susan.

Just as Tom was returning from his mission, Kerry had already left Halcyon Shield and arrived at the safe house. Late at night, he received a call from Matt: "Boss, a group of Halcyon operatives just raided the apartment where Howard was hiding and are taking him away now. Should we intervene?"

After thinking for a moment, Carrie said, "No need to interfere. Matt, just keep following and find out where Howard is taken!"
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The next morning, Tom and his friends returned to the company. He was ready to reveal his secrets, but when he arrived at Susan's office and thought about how to start, he found a Godzilla comic book on her desk! This reminded him of Howard's words. Based on his understanding of Susan, she usually doesn't read comics, so this Godzilla book is likely to be the correct code book.

Tom changed his mind and just reported the process of the operation to Susan, and secretly took away the comic book when Susan was not paying attention...

After leaving the company in a hurry, Tom couldn't wait to use the method Howard taught him to decrypt the information in his car, but he got Howard's hiding place!
When Tom drove over, he found that the apartment was empty. Howard and all his belongings were gone!

(End of this chapter)