Gargoyle

The Security Department could not interfere in internal investigations. A major force like Pegasus Group had its internal responsibilities divided with great precision.

The Security Department was positioned as nothing more than an interstellar fleet command; they simply could not give it a name that would make the federal government wary.

Actual planetary defense, internal oversight, internal security—all of those responsibilities fell outside the Security Department's purview.

But the problem was that the Security Department suspected there was an issue with the warship factory. They had reported it months ago, yet nothing had come of it.

Internal Oversight searched again and again. They had even turned the Security Department upside down, yet they still found not a single clue.

Everyone from top to bottom, including Ma Zhi, the former old supervisor who had been dismissed, had been investigated thoroughly. Now they had even escalated to investigating Ma Jiahe, the group's heir. It was simply a joke.

The incompetence displayed by Internal Oversight left Pegasus Group's upper management deeply dissatisfied.

Could the traitor possibly be one of us?

They would rather believe Internal Oversight was full of useless fools, or perhaps... had a problem of its own.

Thus, the task of rooting out the mole was ultimately thrown onto Ma Zhi.

After all, he had already undergone several rounds of investigations from different sources, and he had not even been at his post when the incident occurred. He was the least suspicious person.

Ma Zhi accepted the task from Ma Jiahe, and his authority was greatly increased.

Since he was investigating a mole, he naturally needed the power to access every aspect of the organization.

His first move was to investigate the detailed information on the warship deployment, showing no intention whatsoever of avoiding suspicion.

That action could be called gathering