The Blacklist

Chapter 8: I really received the Red Devil's tax
"To help you protect Agent Elizabeth Keen from harm." Carrie said calmly.

Reddington's eyes suddenly became sharp, staring into his eyes and said, "Auditor Kerry, are you threatening me?"

"No," Carrie said, "I'm telling the truth. This is the main service I can provide."

The room fell into silence. Carrie didn't say anything, waiting for the other party's reply; Reddington didn't say anything, quickly weighing the meaning of the words of the IRS auditor in front of him.

The current situation has exceeded Reddington's expectations. The IRS had nothing to do with his previous plan, and the auditor Carrie in front of him seemed to know some secrets, which made him begin to doubt some possibilities.

As an extremely successful figure in the underground world, he didn't believe that the other party would come to him without any certainty, so he judged that the other party either knew some of his own secrets or knew Elizabeth's secrets. No matter which possibility it was, he could not ignore it.

To him, two million per month was not a lot, and providing the names of other criminals was what he had originally planned to do. However, he originally just wanted to give it to Elizabeth so that she could make meritorious contributions in the FBI, and now adding an IRS auditor who only wanted to collect taxes didn't seem to be a big deal.

After going over the original plan in his mind again, Reddington said, "I have two conditions. The first is that the main credit for catching the criminal should go to Agent Keane. The second is to keep this special operations team and let Agent Keane be protected here."

"No problem." Carrie agreed readily. For an IRS agent, catching criminals is not important. Collecting taxes is their job. As for keeping this special operations team, it is also necessary for him. They can receive millions of taxes here every month, and they are received from the Red Devils. Deputy Director Most will not be willing to let him leave.

The deal was done, and Reddington smiled and said, "By the way, let me ask you something off topic. I pay two million in taxes every month. Will I get a tax payment certificate?"

"Of course." Carrie also smiled. This is necessary, otherwise Reddington will think that he has embezzled the money and use it as a handle.
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When IRS Deputy Director Galen Moster received a call from Carrie, he was so surprised that he almost dropped the phone - this guy actually received taxes from the Red Devil! Although 200 million is not a lot, firstly, it was received from Reddington, and secondly, it is received every month, so this achievement is huge.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Kerry and the accountant from the Special Audit Office took out two million in cash from a locker at the Central Railway Station and escorted it back to the bureau, where they were warmly welcomed by Deputy Director Most!

In the subsequent conversation, Carrie proposed to keep the FBI special operations team and not let other departments take Reddington away, otherwise they would not be able to find him in the future, and of course they would not be able to continue collecting taxes; moreover, when the special operations team captured other criminals, he could try to collect taxes from these people.

Most understood what he said and said it was no problem. He and the director would report to the president and make sure to keep the special operations team, and Kerry would be stationed in it on behalf of the IRS.
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The next day, when Carrey arrived at the post office to work, everyone was surprised and didn't understand why he came back! However, because the DOJ investigation team was still there, no one had time to ask him.

At nearly ten o'clock, Cooper, who was arguing with Diane, the head of the DOJ criminal department, received a report from the guard guarding the "box" that Reddington wanted to see him. Cooper and Diane went outside the "box" together, and Reddington said, "In an hour, there will be a major attack in the Decatur Industrial Park. I suggest you mobilize enough rescue forces to rush over. Maybe you can save a lot of people."

Diane didn't quite believe it, but Cooper insisted on sending someone over, so she finally agreed.

Donald led a large group of people to the Decatur Industrial Park and joined forces with local police, firefighters and others to conduct a comprehensive investigation, but after multiple inspections, no signs of an attack were found.

Just when everyone thought that Reddington was lying this time, a train passing through the industrial park derailed in front of everyone. Although rescue was timely, 60 people still died in the accident and hundreds were injured!

The members of the FBI special operations team and the DOJ internal investigators who came to review the case were all stunned, and Reddington's words were verified again.
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Regarding the train derailment incident, Carrey felt a little guilty. He actually forgot about this plot and didn't warn in advance! Although he didn't blame himself for it, it made him alert and he had to try hard to recall the plot.

The train derailment incident caused a great shock to all sectors of society, and many important figures paid attention to it.

Diane, the head of the DOJ's criminal division, who was leading the review of the special operations team, felt tremendous pressure. What Reddington warned her about happened right in front of her, which made her feel a little caught in a dilemma - if she disbanded the team at this time, and a similar incident happened again, her political career would be over!
Just then, the Attorney General called and asked her to withdraw the internal investigation team, saying that the president had decided to keep the special team and they had no choice but to agree.

Diane took the opportunity to go downhill and left the post office with her men, but she still did not agree to the immunity documents for Reddington himself, so Reddington was still a prisoner at this time.
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Cooper sent Elizabeth to ask Reddington about the inside story of the train derailment. Reddington said that it was done by a killer, but he would only tell it if he left the "box". Cooper could only "invite" him to the command hall again and ask who the killer on the train was?
Reddington told everyone that this killer was called a "freelancer" in the underground world. His specialty was to make assassinations look like public accidents. Sinking a ship or crashing a plane to kill one person was his method. For example, the train derailment this time was to kill one of them - the Albany congresswoman.

He also used a phrase to describe "freelancers" - killers who kill the most innocent people.

Cooper is eager to catch this "freelancer". Reddington says he can try to find his superior to find out who his next target is, but he and Elizabeth need to go alone and are not allowed to follow or monitor them.

In desperation, Cooper could only agree to let him take Elizabeth to Montreal, Canada. Of course, it was impossible not to follow them, so Donald still took people to follow them privately.

Carrie knew that Reddington's real purpose this time was to place an order, take Elizabeth for a walk, and play tricks on Donald in a small restaurant, so she was too lazy to join in the fun.

(End of this chapter)