Chapter 265 Ominous Threads
Once Avery and Ezra had connected their ships' airlocks, the five of them all met on the Dauntless so that Avery could hear what Jasmine and the others had uncovered.
Before they began though, Jasmine headed over to the Dauntless' autochef and had it prepare a drink that was high in caffeine content.
Despite her augmentations that made her tougher than a normal human, she looked incredibly worn out.
With her drink in hand, she took her seat and swallowed a large gulp of the dark orange liquid.
"Okay, I'm ready now." Jasmine said, locking eyes with Avery.
She then told him about the clues that they had followed to Huijari, and the information that they had managed to get out of him after giving him some "encouragement".
As it turned out, the corruption in the central government that Regina had wanted them to look into was a lot more widespread than expected.
What they had all thought was that it was just a small group of greedy officials stealing money from a single grant meant for Azade.
Perhaps they might have found that this thievery was happening in other places as well, but not to the degree that Jasmine had uncovered.
"Huijari didn't know if this was all of them, but he has helped set up over a thousand fake institutions that are receiving educational grants. When he lost his position when one of the institutions was exposed as being fraud, he handed over the operation to his protégé and still assisted from behind the scenes."
Avery nodded his head when Jasmine told him this.
The last update he had received from her had been to explain the suspicions that they had and that they were going to investigate the people involved.