The Blacklist

Chapter 64: Simplifying Complex Problems
"Okay, let's eat our meat and drink our wine! It's such a waste of time for you to listen to my boring speech. Look, the meat is cold!" Carrie clapped his hands.

"I'll ask the waiter for a small stove so we can heat it up ourselves." Gina was the first to respond, and she also pulled Elizabeth up and whispered to her, "Liz, let's go together. You can go wash your face."

After the two of them went out, Aram said cautiously, "Kerry, I think you were too harsh just now. You scared Liz a little. This is not good!"

"Well, I accept your criticism." Carrie immediately said, "Here, let me express my apology. I'll drink this can of beer. Alam, my good friend, stay with me for a while!" After that, without waiting for the silly boy to react, he clinked glasses with him, then tilted his head back and poured the whole can of beer into his mouth.

Now, Alam was dumbfounded. The beer in his hand suddenly felt very heavy!

This scene made the others laugh so hard that they started to make a noise, wanting to see how much Aram could drink...

After a while, when Gina and Elizabeth came back with an electric oven, they found Alam lying on the sofa on the side, and asked him puzzledly what was wrong.
"Hahaha..." After everyone else burst into laughter, Mira explained, "Liz, Alam thought he was your good friend, so he expressed his dissatisfaction with Richard's attitude of criticizing you. As a result, Richard admitted his mistake and took the initiative to toast him with a can of beer, and then he became like this..."

Hearing this, Gina immediately burst into laughter, put down the grill, heated up the barbecue, and served everyone, but the first person she took care of was of course Carrie.

After a short period of buffering, Elizabeth has recovered, so she understood that Carrie really cared about him, which is why she said so much. However, seeing him knock Alam down, she did not know whether to laugh or cry, and could not help but said angrily: "Lee, you just like to bully people!" Her tone sounded like she was acting coquettishly.

Kerry was also speechless. Hearing this, he raised his hands in surrender and said, "Okay, it's my fault! But I didn't expect Aram's alcohol tolerance was so poor!"

When he said this, everyone laughed even harder - this was indeed quite funny, no one expected that Aram, such a big guy, would fall down after a can of beer!

After they started eating meat, drinking and having fun again, Donald took the initiative to ask, "Lee, I admit that what you said just now makes sense, but the problem now is that the 'Supreme Judge' seems to have set his sights on Cooper...well, there is also the prosecutor, and he is in the dark. How can we protect Cooper and catch this person?"

Kerry shook his head and said, "Tang, you are just like them, you think this man is too powerful! In fact, I have analyzed this man, he and his subordinates are just ordinary people, they don't have any advantage in force, and what they did is completely traceable, or in other words, extremely amateurish!

"The reason why he has not been caught for so long is actually due to some coincidences. The disappearances of those law enforcement officers were listed by the police and the FBI as revenge by professional criminals, and they did not think of committing crimes against ordinary people at all.

"I know you have read a lot of files today. Have you noticed that there are too many suspicious cases in the past ten years? But the real missing persons...please note that I am not talking about those who have been confirmed dead or confirmed to have been retaliated by criminals. There are only a very small number of people of this type!

"I believe that by the time you finish sorting out all the files, you will be able to find no more than ten missing persons who meet the above conditions. So, why is this the case?

"I think this is actually because the ability of this 'Supreme Judge' is limited. Not only can he not arrest so many people, but he also has no place to imprison so many people!

"And the reason why he is so famous among criminals is because he has had several successful examples, not all of them! This is also very important, because a few cases are enough to keep him mysterious!" Everyone present, except Audrey who had just entered the industry, were experienced agents or killers. They immediately understood the reason and nodded in agreement.

Donald continued to ask on behalf of everyone: "So what do you think we should do next to investigate this case?"

"It's very simple!" Carrie said, "Let's go visit Rifkin, the death row inmate who accused Cooper. But the focus is not on him, but on the people who are with him at this time, such as priests, pastors, or spiritual mentors. Well, this is a special right for death row inmates! I dare say that this person is definitely related to the 'Supreme Judge'. If we kill him later, we can solve most of the problems.

"In addition, let's talk about what we said at the post office before. The Supreme Judge will start to act only after Rifkin is executed. Then we just need to follow Cooper and wait for the kidnapper to show up!"

Just like that? Everyone was surprised.

"Then how complicated do you think it is?" Carrie took the barbecue handed over by Gina and said while eating, "Didn't I just say that this 'Supreme Judge' is just an ordinary person with overflowing idealism. He wants to make the world just, but he doesn't have any special talents. He is just an ordinary person."

Did he just say that? Everyone looked at each other, unsure!
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After the dinner party, everyone went home separately, and Carrie and Gina even took Elizabeth home.

However, when she saw the dark apartment, Elizabeth couldn't help but sigh. Tom was still in Orlando, and she had to sleep alone in this empty house.

Gina, who was driving, suddenly said, "Lee, how about letting Liz live with us? We still have an empty room anyway."

Hmm? After a moment's pause, Kerry could only say, "Okay, you're the hostess, so you can do whatever you want?"

"Liz, how about we sleep together tonight and chat or something?" Gina turned to Elizabeth and said.

"Is this okay?" Elizabeth was tempted. She really didn't want to stay alone in the cold house.

"Of course, Kerry and I welcome you very much." Gina said immediately.

After a moment's hesitation, Elizabeth decided to go along. It was always good to have someone to accompany her. Gina accompanied her into the house to pack some underwear and personal belongings, and soon came out and got in the car and drove away, returning to Carrie's big apartment.

Carrie did not object during this process because he felt that this was a good thing, especially in the recent period when the situation on Tom's side was uncertain. It would be safer to put Elizabeth's safety under his own protection!
(End of this chapter)