The Blacklist

Chapter 447: Bribing Gamblers to Kill Gamblers
After work on Tuesday, when SER agents were preparing for the midday surveillance, Alam, who routinely checked the FBI national crime database every day, made a new discovery. A case of home robbery and murder had just been updated in the database, and the local police found Henry in the surveillance footage around the scene of the crime!
Elizabeth asked Jeffrey to take people to Baltimore to reinforce Brian and Rosa and command the execution of the control mission at noon; she and Dembe, Duke, and O'Neal rushed to Bethesda, Maryland where the murder occurred to conduct an in-depth investigation of the case; Alam and Nawabi stayed in SER and looked for Carrie if there was anything.
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Elizabeth and her team rushed to Bethesda, inspected the scene, communicated with the local police, and found out that the victim who drowned in the bathtub was named Betz Nagle...

Two weeks ago, Baez posted on social media that she was "so happy to be in recovery" and shared a link to GART, a support group for "gambling addiction recovery and treatment."

After further investigation, they found that Bates was also a gambler. He had registered as a member on several gambling websites and used credit card overdrafts to gamble. However, before he was killed, he not only paid off his debts, but also cancelled all his gambling accounts. As a result, he was killed the next night!
Elizabeth sent this information back to SER. After further investigation, Aram found that Henry and Bates had no other intersections or commonalities except that they both had gambling addiction, which made Henry lack the necessary motive to kill Bates!

The detectives analyzed that in this case, it was most likely that the "Goddess of Luck" instructed Henry to kill, but why did she do this? If Henry was targeted because of Reddington, and Bates was an ordinary worker, was he killed just because he was a gambler? -
At 11 o'clock in the morning, in a park in the suburbs of Baltimore, Terry came to the appointment with a bug and met her husband Henry. Jeffrey and others ambushed in a nearby car and monitored the two of them. Moreover, because it was determined that Henry killed Bates, they decided to arrest him after obtaining a recording of Henry's confession!

However, after seeing his wife, Henry only said that he was very happy that he could pay off all his debts now, but he did not mention how he did it. He also redeemed the wedding ring that he had pawned because of debt and prepared to put it on Terry again...

At this moment, the detectives on duty saw a suspicious middle-aged man walking quickly towards Henry not far away. They originally thought that this man was Henry's accomplice, but then they saw the middle-aged man take out a revolver from his pocket!
"GO!" At Jeffrey's command, the agents rushed down from the car where they were hiding, surrounded the man, and loudly identified themselves and issued warnings. However, the middle-aged man opened fire at the first opportunity. At the same time Henry was shot and fell to the ground, Jeffrey shot the middle-aged man in the thigh, knocking him to the ground. Then the agents rushed forward and subdued him!
Henry was only shot in the shoulder and his life was not in danger. He was immediately arrested by detectives on charges of murder. The middle-aged man who attempted murder was also arrested at the same time and taken back for investigation.
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After Elizabeth led the team to carry out the mission, Kerry strolled downstairs to the SER command hall and teased Alam and Nawabi...

"You two are really stupid!" Carrie said jokingly while holding a large teacup. "You went on vacation, but you didn't bring your CTU credentials or your guns. You even ran into a remote mountain forest with no cell phone signal. As a result, you were chased and killed. You almost died! What can I say about you?"

Hearing this, Alam just chuckled, but Nawabi fought back: "How do we know there will be a killer? Well... the most important thing is, I really didn't expect Mossad to issue an order to hunt me down!"

"There's an old Chinese saying: Pregnancy makes a woman stupid for three years!" Carrie still didn't let them go. "Actually, it's a good thing for you two to be together. Aram is a technical guy, and Nawabi is an action agent with strong abilities and experience. You are complementary to each other, but you two are stupid at the same time. Who do you think is to blame?

“Navabi, don’t rush to refute me. Think about it, don’t you know the style of Mossad?

“How many years have you been an agent?

“Are you still unclear about the nature of this industry?

"Once you enter this industry, you will be on guard for the rest of your life! Is this statement false?"

A series of questions bombarded her, and Nawabi fell silent. Thinking carefully, she found that her mind was indeed confused before, and she even ignored these most obvious and essential questions!
Aram blinked his eyes, realizing these problems for the first time and thinking about them seriously. Carrie did not intend to let the two go, but emphasized his tone and said, "Nawabi, you know, after this happened, what made me most angry was not your stupid vacation decision, but that after you defeated the killer and killed him, you only thought of running away and hiding!
"Have you forgotten who you are?

“You are an elite agent and senior detective of SER, and a comrade and partner of us!

"Don't you really believe that we can solve the problem?"

Nawabi was speechless. Aram, who was standing next to her, saw that she was being scolded miserably and couldn't help but say, "Lee, we got it. We promise not to make such a mistake again next time. Don't talk about Martha anymore!"

Kerry was speechless by this idiot, but Nawabi laughed and pulled Alam, saying, "Stop talking. Lee said this for our own good. We should thank him."

"Oh, thank you, Lee!" Aram, who is always slow to react in this regard, blinked and thought for a while before reacting.

Kerry rolled his eyes, got up and left with his teacup, saying, "I want to be the godfather!"

Seeing him walk into the elevator, Alam didn't react, but Nawabi smiled. His child has such a protective and powerful godfather, so he will definitely not suffer any loss in the future! -
At around 3:00 p.m., SER agents returned to the tenement building, and brought back Henry and the middle-aged man who committed the assassination, named Ned Green.

After interrogation, both of them confessed that they were instructed by an old woman. As long as they killed the person she designated, they would get a large sum of money to pay off their debts and start a new life.

After investigation, it was found that Henry and Ned had nothing in common except that they were both gamblers!

This convinced Elizabeth and the detectives that "Goddess of Luck" was using bribery to instruct gamblers to murder them! However, her motive for doing so was unclear, and the source of the funds she used to bribe gamblers was also unclear.

(End of this chapter)