The Blacklist

Chapter 457 Reddington is trapped in Paris
After uncovering the plot to assassinate Palmer, the National Security Council and the Intelligence Committees of the Senate and House held three joint meetings and made new regulations in response to the security risks exposed by the conspiracy:

The first is to reorganize the USSS (Secret Service) and review the background information of all members; this work is supervised by National Security Advisor Harold Cooper.

The second is to upgrade the CTU (Counterterrorism Bureau)'s law enforcement sequence to the first class, on par with the USSS; when necessary, Richard Carey, the first deputy director of CTU and also a senior adviser to the USSS, will have the right to directly intervene in special service work.

This result is very beneficial to the CTU's power enhancement, but it is a big blow to the USSS. But who is to blame for the continuous problems there?
Over the next two months, due to the reorganization of the USSS, Kerry, as a senior consultant at the deputy director level, had to join in and serve as the deputy director of the review committee. He had no choice but to follow the reorganization and was very helpless!
During this period, Tang Lou was led by Gina, Elizabeth, Jeffrey and others. They did not delay their work and handled many cases, both large and small, with good results.

By mid-November, all work was back on track, and Kerry was able to get back to the tenement building, finally able to slack off again. He was so happy that he shouted "I'm back" three times as soon as he entered the building, making everyone laugh.

But he had just been free for a few days when something big happened...
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On Friday, November 11, Cooper hurried to the tenement building and said as soon as he saw Carrie, "Something happened to Reddington!"

Ten minutes later, the core agents of SLR and SER were gathered in the small conference room on the 12th floor. This high-tech decorated room was used for the first time. But before everyone could take a closer look, Kerry, who was sitting at the first seat, said, "Friends, our first 'Red Devil Crisis' since we moved to the tenement building is here!"

Upon hearing this, the agents all sat up straight. Everyone knew what the "Red Devil Crisis" was. It meant that Reddington was in danger, and it was related to law enforcement. He had encountered it several times before at the Washington Post Office.

Although objectively speaking, the current SLR and SER no longer exist solely because of the blacklist, but Reddington's role cannot be ignored. In addition, although no one will publicly publicize it, after six and a half years, it is absolutely false to say that there is no affection between them!

Cooper, who was attending the meeting, began to introduce the situation: When Reddington and SER had just started working together, he had agreed on an emergency contact number with Cooper, which would only be activated when he was arrested by law enforcement agencies and SER was unaware of it. And today this phone suddenly rang!
"The caller is Chief Inspector René Auban of DGSI (French Internal Security Agency)," Cooper said. "He claimed that DGSI captured the seriously injured Reddington in Paris. After waking up from surgery, he refused to answer any questions. He only gave this mobile phone number and asked to speak to his lawyer, Marvin Gerard. I can only say that Marvin is now a criminal under the supervision of our law enforcement agencies and cannot come forward..."

Everyone was shocked, because it was not the domestic law enforcement department, but the French DGSI!

Elizabeth immediately became anxious and asked, "Harold, what kind of injury did Lao Lei suffer? How serious is it?"

Cooper said with a bad look on his face, "According to Chief Inspector René, when the Paris police were monitoring a gang, they found that they had dragged the motionless Reddington onto a truck, so they rescued him, but the gangster escaped.

"After being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, the doctor discovered that Reddington had been drugged and beaten, with multiple fractures on his body, the most serious of which was the fracture of the second, third and fourth lumbar vertebrae. The neurosurgeon has performed emergency treatment and removed the broken bones, but the possibility of him walking independently in the future is very slim..."

Hearing this, Elizabeth's eyes turned red and she immediately stood up and said, "I'm going to Paris right away!" Dumby next to her also stood up.

At this time, Carrie shouted softly: "Liz, Dumby, calm down, sit down and listen to Harold!" Although the two were very emotional, they still listened to his words. They sat back after hearing what he said, but their expressions were still extremely anxious.

Carrey turned to Cooper and asked, "Harold, go on."

Cooper nodded and continued, "I contacted my friends in France through private channels, but I didn't find any record of Chief Inspector Rene in the DGSI, nor any news about the capture of Reddington... But this is common in intelligence agencies. Agents and action teams performing special missions are often kept confidential, and the more important the mission, the more so!

"I asked to talk to Reddington to confirm the truth. Although Reddington's voice was very weak, he confirmed Rene's statement. Then I proposed that since Reddington had committed the most crimes in the United States, he should be extradited, but Rene did not agree and only agreed to send a commissioner to the United States to discuss the matter..."

The agents all frowned and thought that it would be a good idea if they could secretly extradite Reddington back.

After thinking about it for a while, Carrie said, "Harold, I think this is still a little wrong! So, give me the emergency phone and I'll take care of the rest!"

Cooper did not object, and took out an old-fashioned straight-screen phone and handed it over, saying, "Lee, you must rescue Old Lei. I'll wait for your news." After that, he stood up, said hello to everyone, and walked out. With his current position, he had a lot of things to do, and he was very sure that Kerry was more suitable for this job than himself!
As soon as the door of the conference room closed, Dumby's confidential mobile phone rang. He answered the call, turned on the speakerphone, and immediately said, "Felix! What happened to Lao Lei?"

Felix said: "Demby, Reddington and I arrived in Paris six days ago, but three nights ago he insisted on going out by himself, saying he was going to meet someone..."

At this time, Elizabeth interjected: "Felix, why didn't you follow?"

"Liz, Reddington wouldn't let me go with you," Felix explained. "He was very determined and insisted on going by himself!"

"What happened next?" asked Dembe.

Felix replied: "He didn't come back that night, nor the next morning, so I started looking for him, but I still haven't found him. I'm worried that he might be in danger..."

Dembe looked up at Carrie at the end of the long table and asked for his opinion.
Carrie beckoned him to slide the phone over to him, and after placing it in front of him, he said, "Felix, this is Richard. Don't worry about anything else now. Just arrange for your people in Paris to investigate: Did any gang members beat up someone like Reddington on the street that night? Also, did the Paris police rescue anyone?"

(End of this chapter)