The Blacklist

Chapter 94 The Camel's Back Is Broken by the Straw
After returning to the post office, the two first interrogated the young man. After some "effort", they successfully got him to speak. His name was Marcus, and he was the one who awakened Nora. He then confessed the truth of the matter.

Seven years ago, Nora was captured while on a mission in the Middle East. After suffering great pain, she finally escaped. After returning home secretly, she was jealous and envious of Rowan, who had lived a happier life and studied better than her since childhood. So Nora killed her twin sister in the hope of living like Rowan, but the continuous strong stimulation also caused her to suffer from schizophrenia...

Marcus was once her comrade-in-arms when she was a mercenary, and acted as the awakener. The "key" was a song called "The Ink Spots" - when Nora killed Rowan, a record of this song was playing in the room, and this record had been kept by Marcus, in the bag he was carrying when he was arrested!

Knowing the "key", the rest of the things were easy. When Mills was interrogated again, there was a record player on the table, playing "The Ink Sports" - right in front of everyone, as the song played, the originally frightened "Rowan" slowly calmed down, a firm expression appeared on his face, and he was completely like a different person!

Following the expert's advice, Donald interrupted the playback, picked up the record, and broke it into pieces with his hands!

Nora's face changed drastically, her eyes staring at the broken pieces of record that fell on the ground. After confirming that this was really happening, she immediately leaned back in the chair dejectedly, no longer having that resolute momentum - everyone knew that she could never become "Rowan" again!

Next, although Nora still refused to confess anything, Marcus made a deal with the FBI in order to reduce his sentence and revealed the location where Highlander was hiding; but when the FBI agents arrived, Highlander had disappeared, and several of Nora's men were all shot dead!
Donald and Elizabeth both knew that this must have been done by Reddington, but they said in unison: This must have been done by "Berlin's" men, whose purpose was to control Highland and find or threaten Reddington!
This statement was reasonably written into the report. After reading the entire report, Acting Director Paul also agreed with it and decided to close the case. The subsequent matters would naturally be the responsibility of the CIA, which took over "Berlin".

However, explosive news came later: the CIA's professional escort team was attacked on the way to Langley (CIA headquarters), three vehicles were blown up, and all 12 escort team members were killed - "Berlin" was hijacked!

Upon hearing the news, although no one in the post office said anything explicitly, their eyes were filled with gloating. Even Paul, who had just arrived, was the same. Although he was an "outsider" sent to control SER, he was also a senior agent of the FBI and did not have a good impression of the CIA. In his heart, he even disagreed with handing over "Berlin" because this person could have created results for him!
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At this time, Carrie and Mila had already arrived in Orlando, Florida, and met up with Gina who had arrived earlier. After the disguise, the three of them changed their identities, rented a beachfront holiday home, and really went on vacation. Now, except for Dembe who had "8110", no one could contact them.

Gina was very angry but also felt uneasy when she found out that the new deputy minister in charge was actually going to cancel her exemption documents.

Carrie comforted her and told her not to worry, there would be a way, and this matter would be over soon, because the kidnapping of "Berlin" would be extremely embarrassing for both DOJ and CIA, especially the newly appointed deputy minister, because all this happened when she forcibly intervened in SER affairs!
Mira smiled and said, "Richard, was 'Berlin' kidnapped by Reddington?"

Carrie also laughed and shook her finger, saying, "There is a saying in China, 'Only by seeing through the truth but not saying it out loud can we continue to be good friends!'" "Haha..." Both girls were amused.

After laughing, Mira said worriedly: "I'm a little worried about Cooper. I wonder what they will do to him?" Gina next to her had the same expression. Everyone knew that Cooper was a good man and a good leader.

Carrie didn't know about this, but he still comforted the two of them, "Don't worry, Cooper will be fine. He is the only one qualified to be the director of SER!" He could confirm the latter point, but before that, Cooper might have to suffer a little, but it wouldn't be too serious. After all, he was being investigated by the DOJ, not the CIA!
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"Berlin" has been hijacked for more than five days and there is still no news!

Deputy Minister Miranda was in a state of panic. She could feel that both the department and the FBI were becoming increasingly dissatisfied with her. She seemed to feel that the Attorney General was keeping an eye on her!
Miranda finds the head of the CIA operations department who is working on this project and urges him to capture "Berlin" as soon as possible, but the other party says that it takes time and there is no timetable!
On March 3, a piece of news came from Moscow, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back!
Just last night, a Russian deputy minister was shot dead in the elevator of a hotel while dining out. The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service has obtained evidence that the perpetrator is "Berlin" and the people with him are all Americans! For this reason, the Russian government has notified the United States and asked for an explanation!

That afternoon, the Attorney General summoned Miranda...

An hour later, the newly appointed deputy minister formally submitted his resignation.

Afterwards, the Attorney General summoned Harold Cooper, who was under house arrest in the ministry, restored all his positions, and asked him to return to SER to preside over the work. The current main task was only one: to capture or kill "Berlin"!
Cooper made a request, that is to restore SER to its original state, and the several agents who were forced to leave must come back! ——
The next day, Carrie, who was having a great time in Florida, received a call from Reddington: "Richard, Cooper has been reinstated. He asked Elizabeth to find me and asked you all to come back to work!"

Carrie, who was basking in the sun, said lazily: "Is there another mission to capture 'Berlin'? That depends on you!"

"There are still a few things that haven't been clarified..." Reddington said, "I'll hand the person over to you in three days at most!"

"Five days, we'll go back on Sunday." Carrie said, "Tell Elizabeth for me that we'll go to work on Monday."
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On the 17th, Carrie brought Gina and Mila back to SER to work. She greeted and hugged everyone warmly and brought everyone a lot of Florida specialties, which made everyone very angry - they were busy working and worried about the three of them, but they were on vacation!
In order to quell the "public anger", Carrey paid for everyone to have a big dinner, which was considered to have made the matter go away!
(End of this chapter)