The Blacklist

Chapter 44 A Direct Attack on the Post Office

"No, it was Garrick who did it." Reddington said affirmatively, "It was the Peruvian money launderer who paid him to disguise the incident as the work of the Shining Path. In fact, it was Garrick who did it."

Seeing that Mira had nothing to say, Reddington continued: "Garrick only cooperates with a group of well-equipped and skilled mercenaries. They call themselves the Violent Gang. They are a group of cold-blooded killers without borders.

"Garrick doesn't like to plan carefully, he likes to solve problems with brute force, and he doesn't seem to be afraid of bullets at all... I can prove this. Many years ago, I shot him in the head at close range, and only found out afterwards that he was not dead!"

Cooper, Donald and Mira looked at each other and felt that they had found the reason why Garrick wanted to kill Reddington.

Reddington said seriously: "For many years, Garrick has wanted to kill me, but he couldn't track my whereabouts, and now you have locked me up here, giving him the opportunity. Harold, you have fallen into the trap, and this place will soon be breached! In addition to killing me, anyone else who may stand in his way will be killed!"

"You mean, someone deliberately leaked this information, so that we brought you back for protection because we valued your safety, giving Garrick the opportunity to take action?" Donald asked, "But how did he know that you would be imprisoned here?"

"This is the problem. It means there is a mole here or among your superiors." Reddington said, "This mole understands the operation mode of the FBI and SER, and knows how long it will take for me to be brought here after the plan is launched... Moreover, I believe that the architectural drawings, defense measures and system vulnerabilities of this base have all been in Garrick's hands!
"Harold, get ready quickly, you don't have time. Also, let me go immediately, it will be safer for me to escape on my own than to be with you."

Cooper and the others were skeptical and could not make up their minds, let alone let Reddington go. But at this moment, all the lights went out, the computers and other equipment were powered off, and everyone's cell phone signals were gone...

"Garrick has brought his men here, let your men escape quickly!" Reddington sighed.

The post office is a special unit with independent power supply and backup power supply available. However, after waiting for two minutes, the power supply was not restored. Cooper realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately ordered: "Don, you send Reddington to the safe house immediately; Mira, you are responsible for organizing the evacuation of civilian personnel; Aram, notify the computer room to upload confidential information to Quantico's central server and destroy local files... Quick!"

Then, Cooper called the guard team responsible for the base's security, but found that he could not get through. Most of the combat-capable field operations teams were on vacation at this time. Even among the core members of the most elite SER team, Kerry and Gina were now wanted, and Elizabeth was on vacation due to family matters...

It can be said that the post office was at its lowest combat effectiveness at this time! And Garrick could choose to attack here at this time, which made Cooper really believe that there was a traitor!

He was not a man who would surrender without a fight, so he immediately rushed to the base's armory with the few remaining members of his team, fully armed, and prepared to fight the enemy to the death.
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That afternoon, since returning home, Elizabeth didn't want to care about anything and was in a state of low spirits. She was still immersed in the grief of her adoptive father's death.

Tom, who was standing next to her, didn't know how to comfort her. Seeing that it was getting late, he prepared to cook and turned on the TV in the kitchen. He was startled by the news and shouted, "Liz, is your work partner called Richard Carey?"

"Ah..." Elizabeth was still a little confused while examining her adoptive father's belongings in the living room. After a pause, she realized Tom's question and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"He's on TV and it's not good news," said Tom.

Hmm? Elizabeth was more alert. She stood up and walked to the kitchen door. She happened to see the replay of the edited shooting video on TV. She knew that Carrie was an excellent shooter and had strong combat ability, but it was hard for her to imagine that he could suppress and kill eight people in two cars with a rifle without stopping while sitting in the passenger seat.
What was even more shocking was what the announcer said next: FBI agent Richard Carey shot and killed eight people on the street for unknown reasons, and was suspected of aggravated murder. He was wanted by the police; another female agent who helped him escape, Gina Porter (the name she changed after officially becoming an FBI agent), was also wanted...

"What's the matter?" Elizabeth asked.

"I don't know, that's all the news said." Tom shrugged.

Elizabeth became anxious and ran to the sink, washing her face with cold water to sober herself up.

After thinking quickly, she knew that she would not be able to contact Carrie and Gina at this time, so she called the post office, but the call could not be connected. She then called Cooper, Donald, Mira, and Alam, but none of them worked. This phenomenon immediately made her certain: something big had happened!

Then she called Dembe and Zeng Luli, intending to ask Reddington, but no one got through!
At this time, she was completely calm and sober. She thought quickly about countermeasures and finally decided to rush to the post office!

Watching her quickly take off her home clothes, change into her usual work clothes, and take her ID and gun, Tom asked hurriedly, "Liz, what are you doing?"

"I have something urgent to do and I need to go to the police station." Elizabeth checked her pistol and put it back into the holster at her waist. "Tom, you should eat first. I will be back as soon as possible!" Then she ran out of the house.

Tom looked at the closed door in silence, not knowing what he was thinking.
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Elizabeth was sitting in a taxi and about to reach the post office when she suddenly received a message: "Foulk Park, K, Porter." The tacit understanding formed over the past few months immediately made her understand that this was a message from Gina.

She knew the relationship between Gina and Carrie, which meant that it must be Carrie looking for her; the specific address was the north gate of Franklin Park near K Street in the north.

So she immediately asked the driver to continue north to the Washington Convention Center. After arriving, she got off the car, entered the center from the south gate, and exited from the north gate. Then she asked for another car and went around to the north gate of Franklin Park.

As soon as she got off the taxi, she saw a semi-new gray car parked on the side of the road not far away. The passenger door was opened. Gina, who was wearing dark glasses, was in the driver's seat. So she walked forward and got in the car.

Gina said as she drove, "Liz, I'm sorry about your father."

"Thank you!" Elizabeth didn't think about that at all and immediately asked, "Is Lee okay?"

(End of this chapter)