The Blacklist

Chapter 68 The mystery behind the murderer
Donald calmed down and introduced everyone: "Tani Shin, he was originally the head of a Japanese underworld family called 'Host'. This family mainly engaged in the white powder trade. It was based in Osaka and radiated to all parts of Asia. In its heyday, it controlled a large part of the Asian market. Three years ago, the FBI task force I was in went to Tokyo to arrest Reddington..."

At this point, he glanced at Reddington next to him, and then continued: "At that time, we received intelligence that Reddington was engaged in illegal transactions in a place. We raided the place together with the Japanese police, but did not find any trace of Reddington. However, we arrested Tanida Shin who was engaged in the white powder transaction. After a quick trial by the Japanese side, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and imprisoned in Abashiri Prison in Hokkaido, which is known as the most heavily guarded prison in Japan. As for what happened later, I still don't know."

At this time, Mira added: "I contacted the Tokyo branch of the CIA. According to their intelligence, after Tanida Shin was arrested and imprisoned three years ago, many people thought that the 'Host' family would soon collapse, but in fact its scale has expanded, and it has even reached a lot of cooperation with underworld organizations in other countries...

"So, the Japanese police suspected that Tanida Shin was still controlling the criminal family in prison in some way, and no one knew how he did it! So the Japanese police put him in solitary confinement and cut off all contact with the outside world, but found that the family was still operating successfully, which means that the 'host' has someone else controlling it.

"According to the police's analysis and the speculation of other gangs, the actual controller of 'Host' in the past three years should be Yada Shin's younger brother Yada Ai. This person escaped on the night Yada Shin was arrested and his whereabouts have been unknown ever since. Many people believe that it is Yada Ai who is manipulating this gang family behind the scenes..."

Donald recalled and frowned, "It's unlikely! When Tanida Zhen was arrested, I remember Tanida Ai was just a college student, and she had never been involved in the family's business and management before. How could it be him?"

Mira nodded and said, "Yes, many people have thought so, but because the 'Host' family is still operating effectively, there is no other possibility. We can only believe that after her brother was arrested and imprisoned, this Yada Ai had a huge change of mind and completely turned into a gang leader... Although this is a bit magical, it is the most reasonable explanation!"

When others heard this, they also found it incredible!

"It's not Ai Tanida!" At this time, Reddington suddenly spoke up, and seeing everyone looking at him, he continued: "As far as I know, Ai Tanida died at the scene when you raided and arrested Makoto Tanida three years ago! I don't know why your team and the Japanese police didn't confirm this, but what is certain is that Ai Tanida is no longer here!"

After hearing this, everyone was confused again. Could the controller of a Japanese mafia family be so mysterious?

Putting this question aside for now, Alam began to introduce two recent cases. "Four days ago, late at night local time, retired FBI agent Sam Lamoy committed suicide by disembowelment with a short Japanese sword in the park outside his wife's Tokyo residence..."

"He probably didn't commit suicide!" Carrie said at this time, "Or, he was forced to commit suicide! Tang, were Agent Lamoy's wife and children at home at the time?"

"Yes, his Japanese wife and two daughters are at home," Donald said. "After Sam died, the embassy arranged for them to return to the United States."

"That's right." Carrie said, "It should be that Tanida who threatened him with his wife and children, forcing Agent Lamoy to commit suicide."

Everyone was silent after hearing this. They felt sorry for his love for his family, but also hated Tanita even more.

Alam continued, "Early this morning, the body of Peter Maguire, an active agent at the Washington Branch, was found under a railway bridge in the suburbs..." As he spoke, he projected photos of the scene onto the big screen.

As everyone can see, Maguire was lying in the snow under the bridge with a large, deep knife wound on his neck, and a large amount of blood had dyed the snow red.

Alam continued: "The forensic doctor of the police station has confirmed that this is the murder scene. The murder weapon is suspected to be a sharp long sword like a Japanese samurai sword..." "It can be confirmed that it was done by Tanida!" Donald said gritting his teeth.

The murder of two FBI agents, a retired agent and an active agent, is no small matter. Cooper decides to take over the case and arranges for Mira to contact the Washington branch to transfer the information on Maguire's murder.

Carrie said, "Don, you said before that there were four people in the special team at that time. Now two of them have been killed. Apart from you, where is the retired agent Bobby Jenica?"

"I received a call from him not long ago. He said he had something to do." Tang De said, "However, I have already told him about Peter's murder and asked him to be on guard."

Kerry nodded and suddenly asked, "When did Agent Jenica retire?"

Donald didn't react for a moment. After thinking for a while, he said, "It should have been three years ago, not long after I came back from Japan... Well, I remember now. At that time, after I came back from Japan, the special team was disbanded, Peter was transferred to the Washington branch, and I was transferred to the operations department of the headquarters. Sam and Bobby retired right after giving birth. I was on a mission in another place at the time, so I couldn't attend their retirement parties!"

At this point, he realized something and looked at Kerry in confusion.

Others were thoughtful...

Cooper exchanged glances with Carrie and said, "Tang, find Agent Jenica. On the one hand, we need to protect him, and on the other hand, we need to ask him how much he knows about the 'Host' family."

"Cooper, you mean..." Donald said in surprise.

Cooper said seriously, "Tang, you should understand that when investigating a case, you have to consider all possibilities!"

At this time, the computer that had been searching for entry information made a "beeping" sound, indicating that the target had been found.

Aram hurriedly kicked his feet and slid his office chair over. While looking at the computer screen, he reported loudly: "Everyone, Tanida Zhen, alias Itami Tai, took United Airlines Flight 472 from Tokyo to the United States and entered the country at 11:32 yesterday..."

The video of Makoto Tanida, bald, wearing a suit and pulling a suitcase, entering the customs was played on the big screen.

(End of this chapter)