The Blacklist

Chapter 434: The Halcyon War Ends
After Susan thought it through, she said, "Kerry, I think it should be Carlson! I suspect she's Howard's person!"

Kerry shook his head and called out, "Abby, come here." After Abby came over, he transferred the list to her phone, "Abby, log into Halcyon's server and check Susan's electronic signatures and the time and place of the disbursement."

"Understood, boss." Abby agreed and ran to another room to work.

Kerry then said, "Susan, let's not talk about the traitor first. You need to confirm the content of the projects on this list, especially the project with the highest funding amount... We now know that Howard is responsible for these projects, but what exactly is he doing?"

Susan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll contact my people in the company immediately and get this cleared up."
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At ten forty, while Abby was still working hard, Susan had already found out about the project with the highest amount of money and discovered that it was located in an abandoned pharmaceutical factory in the suburbs.

Carrie took his men and Susan, Tom and others to the pharmaceutical factory. The CTU-NY State Bureau's field operations team, which had received his orders, had arrived in advance and blocked the factory area.

From the outside, the pharmaceutical factory looked dilapidated, but when they entered, they found that there was a different world inside, arranged like a high-tech laboratory. Many workers in white work clothes were installing a large machine in an orderly manner.

What surprised them was that the leading engineer was not surprised to see Susan, and claimed that he was hired by her and was assembling a prototype of the quantum computer as planned. He also took out a work plan signed and approved by her.

Susan was so angry that she laughed. Howard actually framed her to such an extent!

Carrie was too lazy to watch these people's performance and immediately ordered the factory to be closed and people to be arrested!
At this moment, a team of FBI-NY special agents rushed to the factory to take over the case, but were driven away by Gina holding her CTU credentials.

It turned out that after receiving the warning from the pharmaceutical company, Howard actually chose to call the police and directly informed the FBI-NY that Susan, who had misappropriated funds for illegal projects, was stealing company assets!
Howard's behavior really made Susan sad, and Tom was not happy either. He felt that his father had gone too far! Now he understood Susan's behavior. Howard's behavior was indeed sick!

Carrie felt that Howard's actions seemed to reveal his true intentions, but he always felt that something was wrong. Although they had seized the prototype of the quantum computer, it seemed a little too easy!
After thinking about it, Kerry left Jiva to take care of the finishing work on the scene, and took Gina to the CTU-NY State Bureau to personally interrogate the detained Whitehall...
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At noon, Abby found out the time and place where the electronic signatures and funding instructions occurred. Susan's face changed drastically when she saw it - the time was when her assistant Carlson was not around, and the place was the high-end apartment she had booked for Trevor!
Carrie asked Tom to bring back the suspended Carlson, and sent Jiva with a team of agents to bring back Trevor. It was soon discovered that Trevor was an undercover agent arranged by Howard, who disguised himself as a special professional and deliberately approached Susan, waiting for an opportunity to act.

It was just that Susan was too cautious and he had no chance to access her phone or computer, so he turned to her assistant and started a gentle offensive, secretly using her computer and phone to transfer money during a tryst with Carlson. Susan was very angry when she learned the truth, and Carlson was so ashamed that he resigned on the spot!
Susan, who had experienced a lot, quickly calmed down and thought that it was not worth it to fire her loyal assistant because of a pretty boy with ulterior motives, so she refused Carlson's resignation.
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Early Tuesday morning, FBI-NY came to CTU-NY with an arrest warrant issued by the New York District Attorney, demanding that they hand over Susan Hargreave, saying that Halcyon Shield had formally filed a lawsuit and wanted to bring Susan to justice; in addition, they also wanted to take away Whitehall, who was used as a witness...

Gina represented Carrie and directly rejected the FBI's request on the grounds of national security, saying that CTU would formally write to the local prosecutor's office to revoke the two orders.

In the afternoon, according to the report from Matt, who was responsible for monitoring Howard, Carrie led the team to an old office building less than two kilometers away from Halcyon Shield Company. They blocked Howard on the second underground floor and seized the prototype of the real quantum computer!

The seized prototype and its developer Richard Whitehall were taken away by people sent by the NSF (National Science Foundation). Although he received national-level research and development support, Whitehall also lost his freedom. I am afraid that he will have to spend his time in the laboratory until quantum computers are truly launched and applied.

Now there is enough evidence to bring Howard to court, but Susan decided not to prosecute Howard considering Tom's feelings. However, after regaining control of the company, she forced him to hand over the company shares under his name.

Howard, who saw the situation was hopeless, admitted defeat, but insisted that the shares could only be given to Tom and not to Susan!

After signing the transfer of shares to Tom in front of the company's board of directors and lawyers, Howard was taken to a highly secure sanatorium where he would receive good treatment for his paranoia!

Next, Susan and the newly appointed vice chairman and vice president Tom reorganized the company, cleared out some old employees who were closely related to Howard, and redefined the company's financial system... In short, it was a very busy time! ——
For Kerry, it was worth it to sacrifice the last few days of the "Spring Festival Holiday" to solve the problems of Halcyon Company and indirectly control this powerful PMC in his own hands!
In addition, there was an unexpected surprise. Kerry received a reply from the Public Building Services Office of the GSA (General Services Administration). There is an old 16-story building on the east section of Grand Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York. It was originally divided and rented out as offices, but because of the economic downturn in the past few years, the current occupancy rate is less than 30%. If CTU needs it, it only needs to submit a formal application.

Carrie took Gina and the others to the site to take a look. Although the building was built more than 20 years ago, its steel-concrete structure is strong enough and only needs interior decoration. The building is in an excellent location. Not far to the east is the Williamsburg Bridge, which allows easy access to Long Island. To the south is Chinatown and the Lower East Side across a street...

After reading it, Kerry immediately said, "Gina, go back and file a report. We want this building!"

(End of this chapter)