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Charlotte discovered that Port Mokna had been suspiciously requesting excessive food supplies for quite some time.
“Isn’t that because of the survivors…?” Harriet asked, but Charlotte shook her head.
“It’s natural to need stockpiles because they need food for the refugees, and not just for the personnel stationed there. But even taking that into consideration, it’s still too much.
“I understand that a lot of food is needed to feed the survivors before they come to Edina, but according to the data so far, and by my calculations, Port Mokna has been requesting about one and a half times more food than is actually needed.
“This isn’t just about feeding the combat personnel well. If you estimate the number of refugees at Port Mokna and the time period when they were at the base, you can project the amount of food resources needed. However, the base has always requested for and consumed much more food than the numbers indicate was necessary.”
Harriet swallowed hard. It felt like an unavoidable conflict was taking shape.
“Then… are you saying someone at Port Mokna is… embezzling food…?”
“… Well, I don’t know what they could possibly do with all the embezzled food since that place is practically a battlefield, but it’s true that they’ve been requesting more supplies than needed.”
“Could the site manager responsible for forecasting demand have deliberately inflated the numbers then?”
“That’s possible. But even if that’s the case, what personal gain could they achieve by doing so? Even if someone at Port Mokna amassed wealth for personal use, they would have to bring it back to Edina to actually use. How would they transport the embezzled...
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