The Blacklist

Chapter 448: False Luck Takes Life
Alam and Nawabi used this condition to search the crime database and found more cases of gamblers being killed. Moreover, according to the behavioral pattern of "using gamblers to kill gamblers" that they analyzed, they found that these cases were linked to each other and none of the dead were innocent!
A series of murders of dozens of gamblers formed a chain of death, and what linked them together was the "Goddess of Luck". The amount of money spent on it was also considerable. If you want to catch her, there is only one chance - see how Ned gets the money from the Goddess of Luck!
In order to reduce his guilt, Ned actively cooperated and called the "Goddess of Luck" to request a meeting. The other party gave the meeting place at a small town restaurant in Orangeburg, New York, and the time was six o'clock this evening.

Elizabeth personally led the team to set up an ambush. She, Dembe and Ned entered the restaurant ten minutes in advance, but she found that the restaurant was surrounded by windows on all four sides. She was very puzzled that the "Goddess of Luck" chose to meet in such a public place that could easily be observed by the outside world.

When Ned in the booth received the call, Elizabeth realized that the "Goddess of Luck" was outside the restaurant, observing through the window. She should be very familiar with the restaurant and know the staff and the small town customers who often come here. The appearance of these unfamiliar faces would naturally arouse suspicion, so she would not show up!
When Elizabeth and the agents rushed out of the restaurant, they did not find anything suspicious around them, except for the various vehicles passing by on the road!

They immediately checked the traffic surveillance near the restaurant through the local police station and found a vehicle that stopped for a while and then left quickly. They found out that the owner was 66-year-old Agatha Tyco, who lived in Camden, Delaware, less than two hours' drive from this small town. She was a woman with a very interesting story.

Agatha's husband Lou Tyco was also a gambler. In 1986, when she was waiting for her daughter Moira to be born in the delivery room, Lou took her son to a convenience store to buy lottery tickets. However, they had a car accident on the way back, killing her son and seriously injuring her husband. Ironically, the lottery ticket Lou had bought earlier won the first prize of $8700 million! This incident became the headline news in the Eastern region that year.

Although Agatha's experience was somewhat tragic, the existing clues pointed to her, and Elizabeth immediately led the team to chase her.
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At the same time, Carey, who stayed in the tenement building, went to personally interrogate Henry Morris who was in the detention room.

Just as Reddington expected, Henry was indeed connected to an organization called "Third World" - he provided the "Third World" with the most advanced electronic equipment so that they could invade high-end security systems used in private residences. All related transactions were completed via encrypted wire transfers, and it was difficult to find the buyer for the time being.

Carrie could only write this matter down for the time being, put it aside, and wait for the next plot to begin.
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Reddington is busy cleaning up his house. It is understandable that he wants to get promoted, and it is also a reasonable request to want to make more money. Because of these reasons, doing excessive things can be forgiven, but drug-related activities are absolutely unforgivable!

After finding out that his former trusted subordinate Martin Walcott was involved in a large-scale drug trafficking business, Reddington shot him dead without hesitation, and on the plane back to New York, he threw Smokey, the "master coordinator" who helped Martin set up the drug trafficking network, out of the plane along with Martin's body!

He wanted to use the miserable bodies of Martin and Smokey to warn all his men that there are some things that must not be done!
At eight o'clock in the evening, when Elizabeth and Dembe knocked on Agatha's door, it was her daughter Moira who opened the door. Only she and her young son were at home.

In the subsequent questioning, Moira said that after the car accident that year, her brother died and her father was paralyzed in bed for several months and then died. The lottery winnings were then donated by her mother, and their family lived an ordinary life.

However, Alam and Nawabi who stayed in the tenement building have been investigating Agatha's situation. They found that in the archives of the National Department of Health and Human Services, there was only the death certificate of Agatha's son, but not that of her husband Lu!
Moreover, the Delaware Gaming Commission found out that the 8700 million was paid in the form of annuities, and until now, the annuity checks have been regularly sent to an address in Wilmington County, Delaware. After receiving Aram's notification, Elizabeth and others immediately rushed to Wilmington. In the small house where the check was sent, they saw Lou Tyco lying on a mechanical ventilator and unable to move, Agatha standing beside him with a pistol, and piles of cash on the table next to him!

Facing the guns of the agents, Agasha published a speech, saying that her life was ruined by her husband's gambling, but God answered her prayers and saved her and her family from the dire situation with a huge bonus, but her son died! So she decided to use the money to save those families hurt by gambling and kill those unrepentant gamblers!

After receiving the final warning, Agatha retreated to the edge of the pool, waved her hand and pushed a bread maker into the pool full of water, and then shot herself!

The current short-circuited, the power fuse in the hut blew out, the mechanical ventilator lost power, and Lu inside suddenly couldn't breathe...

The agents didn't have enough time to shoot, they just stared at the scene in amazement! After hesitating for a while, someone called the emergency number under Elizabeth's order! But when the ambulance arrived, Lu was already dead! ——
When Elizabeth and others returned to New York, it was already early Wednesday morning. The solution to the case did not make everyone feel happy, but on the contrary, there was a sense of heaviness!
Carrie and Gina were still waiting for everyone in the tenement building, so the midnight snacks prepared in advance could only be heated up and used as breakfast!
After briefly listening to the case described by Elizabeth and others and finishing an early breakfast, Carrie announced that all agents who were out on field duty today would be given a day off and would return to work on Thursday.

After breakfast, it was already past six in the morning. The other agents went home to rest. Carrie and Gina had to work during the day and had no plans to go home. Elizabeth felt it was pointless to go back, so she stayed and took Gina to the exclusive lounge on the 14th floor to sleep.

However, Carrie was not ready to sleep. She sat in the office, drinking tea, and began to connect the cases that had happened in the past in her mind, sorting out the context.

He knew very well that Reddington was a very scheming person. The blacklist targets he provided were actually all internally related. Some of them were already clear, and some still needed to wait for the right time...

(End of this chapter)