The Blacklist

Chapter 30 Stockholm Syndrome
After calling in two guards to watch over Gina, Kerry returned to the command hall and found that everyone was looking at him strangely. He looked at himself and saw nothing had changed. He asked, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You can actually speak German?" Mira asked in surprise. There was a colleague in the hall who knew German and he had already translated the conversation for everyone.

"Of course." Carrie said seriously, "English, Chinese, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Hindi, etc. Except for the first three, I don't know the rest."

Everyone was shocked by his words and rolled their eyes! But everyone admitted that knowing three languages ​​was pretty good, especially among them was the most difficult language to learn, Chinese.

At this time, Alam had obtained Hartwell's account balance in a German bank through the General Administration and displayed it on the big screen.

Cooper asked Kerry, who was in charge of the interrogation, to clarify the matter, so he explained the events in order: "Gina accepted the mission from the Hena Shipping Group this time. The plan was to use a car bomb containing cobalt-60 to detonate in the Port of Houston, causing radioactive contamination within a five-mile radius, forcing the port to close.

"In this way, the Port of New Orleans, which is controlled by the Hena Group, will become the largest ocean cargo port in the Gulf of Mexico. Many ocean cargo ships will have to transfer to the Port of New Orleans for berthing, and the Hena Group will gain huge benefits.

"To achieve this goal, Gina found a bomb master in Germany, Maxwell Rudinger, to customize this modified bomb car; and paid him through a German bank.

"Then, Gina came to Washington, seduced Turkish Embassy employee Nadim Idris, and obtained legal documents for diplomatic vehicles to enter the country...

"The reason for this is that according to regulations, legitimate diplomatic shipments are not subject to customs inspection, which can prevent the secret of the bomb car from being discovered in advance."

Donald asked: "How long will it take for this car bomb to arrive at the port... or how long will it take for it to explode?"

Kerry checked the time and said, "The German cargo ship 'Anthony' will arrive at the Port of Houston in about six hours and explode in eight hours. Boss, notify the Coast Guard and chemical defense personnel to handle it. They are professionals."

Cooper nodded and said, "That's it. After the bomb is dealt with, I will help you apply for a waiver document for Gina. I think there is a high chance that this dirty bomb will be intercepted outside the United States."

"Thank you!" Carrie said, "I'll also talk to my boss at the IRS. I received taxes again this time."

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.
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Things went more smoothly than expected. With accurate intelligence and sufficient time, the Coast Guard intercepted the cargo ship offshore, and the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) chemical defense team successfully found the bomb car, dismantled it, and made it harmless. For this, DHS sent a special letter to DOJ and FBI to thank the SER team for their efforts.

Cooper then applied for a formal exemption document for Gina and confirmed that she had performed meritorious service in the bomb disposal case. After the DOJ confirmed that Gina was exempt from responsibility for the bomb incident, it also conducted a special review of her criminal behavior in the United States, and only confirmed two cases. In addition to the killing of Turkish embassy staff, the other was the Boston Paradise Station Hotel shooting in June last year. However, the victims in both cases were foreigners, namely, disloyal diplomats and defected Russian spies, and neither of them could be brought to light, let alone prosecuted.

When the DOJ was hesitant, the Deputy Director of the IRS, Most, who had received $150 million in taxes, came to the rescue. As a result, the DOJ turned a blind eye to the two cases and quickly issued exemption documents.

In this way, everyone is happy. For Gina, living and working in the United States is now a safe bet.

Because Gina admitted that she was the one who committed the Paradise Station shooting and did not know Tom at all, Tom was cleared of suspicion. Although the passport issue had not been sorted out, after verification, it was found that Tom had no other criminal record or criminal behavior, so the FBI internal investigation team let him go and released him without charge.

Elizabeth was very happy and others also congratulated her. Only Carrie knew that Tom's affairs had just begun and there would be a lot of trouble in the future, but this was all that could be done for now.
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Because of the solution to the car bomb case, Kerry completed the trigger mission 7, was rewarded with 2 crime-killing value, and recovered 4500 million criminal funds. Afterwards, he checked and found that the money was not taken from Gina - she didn't have that much money, but from the account of the Hena Shipping Group that hired Gina.

Haha! This made Kerry feel relieved - because when the case was closed, no one knew whether there was any deal behind the scenes, but on the surface, the Hena Group was not involved at all, let alone punished! This time it was just a small punishment for them!

This company has been noted in Kerry's notebook, and he will get involved with it again if he has the chance in the future.

In addition, because Carrey pushed the resolution of this case too fast, and he had previously prevented Reddington from saying or doing some things, his relationship with Elizabeth did not reach the brink of breaking down. This is certainly a good thing in the short term, but in the long run, this hidden danger always exists, and he feels that he must find a way to solve it.
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In the following period, the SER team worked normally. Reddington provided several more blacklist criminals, but they were not difficult and everyone completed them easily. Carrie didn't even have a chance to take action.

However, there was one thing that gave Carrie a headache. After obtaining the exemption documents, Gina disappeared for two days. After returning on the third day, she stuck to Carrie. First, she moved into his apartment on the grounds that she had no place to live temporarily. Then, knowing that he was unwilling to drive, she took the initiative to be his driver and take him to and from get off work. From time to time, she would buy him delicious meals and send them to the post office. Although she couldn't come in now, she was outside the door calling him to pick it up!
Not only Carrie couldn't accept this situation, but others also found it ridiculous.

In the end, Donald pointed out a possibility: Stockholm syndrome!

According to him, when they went to the Harbor Hotel to arrest him that day, Gina knocked him down in the elevator. Just as she was about to escape, she was kicked back by Carrie outside the elevator! He had just woken up at the time and felt pain just looking at the kick. It was probably that kick that made Gina never forget Carrie!

Elizabeth also testified that during the interrogation, Gina looked at Carrie with shining eyes...

No matter what the real situation was, everyone believed it.

(End of this chapter)