The inspection was more strict than Gary could ever imagine. First, there were about five men who were nicely dressed and looked well built who had come into the mining area.
Gary noticed this because there was a stark difference between their bodies, faces, and so on compared to the workers. Everyone was told to get out of the mining area, and instead were now in the sorting area.
Here was where the large pieces of rock would be placed into the machine for processing and to be broken down even more, before more workers would sort out all the materials. It was now that Gary was starting to realise how big of an operation everything was.
There were thirty or so manual laborers. They were in charge of the mining and moving the materials from area to area. Then out of the sorters, there were around another thirty or so.
Also, not everyone worked at the factory every day, so Gary imagined that the place must have employed around 100 people. Although that sounded like a lot, for the amount of work they were doing, there should have been more.
It also seemed like the type of work one couldn't do for a long time, otherwise they would have to deal with multiple injuries.
All of the workers were lined up one after the other, and Gary was standing next to Elijah who was standing next to Earny and the rest that were in their group.
“Wow, they're really searching everyone top to bottom one by one.” Gary whispered.
What was surprising was how crude they were in their search. After giving a pat down, those that they suspected might be hiding some sort of crystals, they told them to take off all of their clothes, right there and then, in front of everyone.
The thing was, there was no difference whether it was a female or male worker. One of the gang members had looked a younger woman up and down a few times, his cheeks were getting a shade redder as thoughts ran through his head.
“Hey, I think this one might be hiding some crystals, especially in this area, it looks particularly big.” The man said, pointing at her chest.
The other men seemed to nod, and she knew what she needed to do, she started to undress there and then on the spot. The other gang members started to whistle and howl as they saw this, while the woman was breaking down into tears.
“Look here!” The man who was doing the inspections from before stood forward. “We know that something is going on. You see that big machine over there, it sorts out materials per 1kg of rock you put in there.
“We roughly have a kind idea of how many minerals we get from each piece of rock.”
The man then walked over and picked up one of the beast crystals.
“And it just so happens, that the mineral that we have been getting less of recently, these crystals, which are the most expensive thing that one can get from these rocks has suddenly lessened, and not just by a small amount either.”
“Couldn't it just be a coincidence?” Earny asked. “I mean, we could just hit a part that is lacking those crystals. Besides, we have been sorting through more than before, surpassing the quota.”
The man smiled.
“You're right, it could be coincidence, but if there is any chance that any one of you has been stealing crystals, well, we need to make a clear example of them right? Until we're a hundred percent sure that none of you are taking our product, then we will continue the search. Search their rooms!”
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