The Blacklist

Chapter 59: Reddington is the Guinea Pig
On the evening of November 11, Reddington invited Carrie to dinner again, and this time the place was changed to a Turkish restaurant, but not in the kitchen, but in a private room.

Seeing Carrie and Gina come in, Reddington said with a smile: "Richard, come quickly, the barbecue here is a must-try, definitely one of the best in the Special Administrative Region! Gina, you can try it too, don't worry, you won't get fat just eating meat!"

"It's okay, I'm not afraid." Gina smiled, then sat down and prepared tableware and napkins for Kerry next to her...

"Haha! Richard, I really envy you. Even when you eat, someone takes the initiative to serve you!" Reddington laughed, "Look at me, Dumby never cares about me!"

Dembe next to him looked at him speechlessly, picked up a large stick of barbecue and stuffed it into his mouth, and ignored him.

Gina just laughed when she heard this, but Kerry curled his lips and said, "Old Lei, which woman did you suffer a loss at? Why are you talking so sourly?"

"Huh? How did you know?" This time, Reddington was extremely surprised, "Richard, you are not following me, are you?"

"Tsk!" Carrie said disdainfully, "I won't go to Turkey with you out of boredom!"

"Ha! If you didn't follow me, how do you know I went to Türkiye?" Reddington didn't believe it.

"That's because you haven't discovered your habit yet!" Carrie bit into the barbecue, which tasted really good. "Every time you came back from another place and treated me to a meal, the flavor was always from that place."

"Really? I didn't even notice this." Reddington said in surprise, "Demby, do I really have this habit?"

Deng Bi had never realized this before, but when he thought about it now, it seemed to be true, so he nodded.

Hearing this, Reddington slapped his forehead and sighed: "Richard, thank you for your reminder, otherwise I really wouldn't have discovered this hidden danger! Fortunately, you are not my enemy."

"That's not certain!" Kerry said as he ate and drank. "There's a Chinese saying, 'Thirty years on the east side of the river, thirty years on the west side of the river.' Who knows, one day you might do something to me!"

"No, we are friends." Reddington shook his head.

"That's not safe." Carrie said, "Unless you drink this!" As he said that, he took out a red bottle of life from his pocket and placed it on the table.

"What is this?" Reddington asked curiously. "A magical potion!" Carrie said, "If it's a friend, he'll be fine after drinking it, and it'll also slightly strengthen his physique. If it's an enemy, it's a deadly poison, and he'll die after drinking it."

After hearing what he said, the other three were stunned and looked at the beautiful little crystal bottle on the table with some suspicion!

After a moment, Reddington said, "Richard, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course." Carrie continued to eat and drink. In fact, he just had a sudden idea and didn't really think that Reddington would drink. After all, he was a big boss in the underworld and he shouldn't touch something he didn't know.

Reddington looked at him, then at the small bottle on the table, and suddenly reached out to pick it up. Dembe next to him was stunned and was about to stand up to stop him, but he saw him wave his hand, unscrew the bottle cap, and pour about 10 ml of red potion into his mouth!
Kerry was also a little stunned. He didn't expect that he really drank it! Now it was his turn to worry. He was worried that this guy had bad thoughts about him. If he died at this time, it would be troublesome!

After drinking the potion, Reddington smacked his lips and felt that there was no special taste, or simply no taste at all. Then he saw Carrie's eyes and said in shock: "Richard, you are not lying to me, are you? This potion is just poison?"

Carrie shook his head and said, "What I said is true. It depends on whether you are thinking of harming me. If you treat me as a friend, this is a good thing." After a moment, he nodded and said, "Old Ray, you are very good. You are actually my friend. Congratulations!" At this time, he had seen in the personal module of the system that Raymond Reddington's name had been added to the prospective combat partner column.

At this moment, Reddington felt his body begin to heat up, sweat appeared on his forehead, and every part of his body seemed to be soaked in hot water, feeling extremely comfortable - is this "slightly enhancing physical fitness"? Why did he feel that it would increase a lot!
In fact, it was Carrie's previous understanding that was wrong. In the system's annotation on the red bottle, "slightly enhancing the physical fitness" refers to Carrie's current physical fitness. For ordinary people, it would be a great enhancement!
"Wow! Wow..." Reddington began to shout and scream. He could no longer sit still. He stood up and walked around the private room to release the energy brought by his increased physical strength.

"Richard, is he okay?" Dembe asked worriedly.

"I don't know either, let's wait and see!" Carrie said. He was the only one still eating at the table, because he knew that as long as he was not poisoned to death in the beginning, the effect of strengthening his physical fitness in the future would only be a matter of degree. Anyway, it would not exceed his physical level, so there was nothing to worry about!
Moreover, this physical enhancement effect is so strong that it expands the scope of use of the Red Bottle of Life. Well, except that the mall price of 1 crime-killing points is a bit high, there are really no other disadvantages. This is definitely a good thing!

Twenty minutes later, Reddington was sweating all over and felt the effect of the drug slowly wearing off. He came back and sat down and said, "Richard, this stuff is really good. Do you have any more? Give me a hundred or eighty bottles and I'll sell them to those dying old guys. They will definitely pay a high price! You'll take the lion's share and I'll only take 20% as a commission."

"What are you thinking?" Kerry rolled his eyes. This thing can't be used casually. "Old Lei, do you think this thing is easy to get? The real function of this thing is to treat trauma. It can save people from illness at a critical moment and prolong the time they can be rescued. Other functions are just side effects.

"Do you remember that last time the post office was attacked, Gina, Liz, and I saved you. I went into the 'box' and gave Donald a bottle of this stuff. Otherwise, do you really think that it was your lousy treatment method that saved him?"

At this time, Gina also suddenly realized and said, "I understand, Lee. I heard Tang say before that the speed of his recovery from this injury surprised the doctors. He also felt that his physical fitness and physical strength had improved after his injury. He thought he was recovering in the hospital!"

Reddington personally treated Donald's injuries and knew the severity of them, which made him more certain that the Red Bottle was a treasure. He moved his arms and legs again, feeling the changes in his body, and thought: If the side effects are so severe, then its ability to treat external injuries must be even more powerful!
(End of this chapter)