Meanwhile, in a relatively secluded basement in Bu Peien, several expressionless people were photographing the scraps of shredded paper in front of them.
The scraps would be numbered and analyzed immediately, then photographed. Finally, through secret channels, copies would be sent to a secret base somewhere outside the Federation, where they would be pieced together.
As spies operating undercover inside the Federation, these people could not afford to gather together to work. That would increase the risk of exposure.
With so few people, it naturally took more time. The best solution was to work on several batches at once.
The photographing process did not take long. They had highly professional equipment, and it took only a full day to photograph all the scraps.
Except for one person who took the film rolls away, the others quietly sat before the enormous table and pieced the scraps together.
According to the information provided by the person they had bribed, there were actually not many documents that needed to be shredded each day. That made their work considerably easier.
At first, the situation had seemed rather strange. How could there be fewer documents to deal with during wartime than usual? But after looking into it, they learned that many documents were now disposed of directly by the Department of Defense and the military instead of being sent to the Presidential Palace. Naturally, there were far fewer documents to deal with each day.
The people in the room did not know one another. They never discussed anything unrelated to piecing together the documents, which made the atmosphere extremely stifling.
After another few bags came in, the people on this side simply stopped doing the work themselves.
Piecing together the increasing number of accumulated scraps was no easy task. They had limited manpower, and everyone