#Chapter 171: Insider Knowledge

Hugo looks back at me with an expression so unreadable, I wonder if he’s even going to answer my request. But he must, right? I mean, why even bother agreeing to this meeting if he intends to shoot me down? “I don’t have concrete proof myself,” Hugo admits. “But you are certainly not the only one who is suspicious. By all accounts, he should never have risen so quickly, given his lack of direct contacts within the political sphere.” Hugo lifts his elbows onto the table and leans forward. “I also have questions regarding his finances. How does a generous, selfless man become as rich as he did just from running an orphanage?” Hugo has no idea how close he is to the truth, at least as far as I understand it. “I have no evidence, but for him to gain so much money twenty years ago, and to garner so much power now, there has to be something shady going on.” Hugo sighs. “My guess is he has blackmail on some of the Whisperers, but I have no idea who he would target specifically or with