The Emperor's Dragon II

Government Oversight

"How the hell do we find a list of Tartarus guards?" Dabi grumbled. "It's not as if their names are published," he added.

"Actually, they are."

The fire villain wasn't the only one who turned to stare at Whisper's soft statement. Everything the woman did was soft. She was silent when moving and she was always softly spoken. He understood that at least some of it was her quirk but... Sheesh! She could make some noise, assert herself a bit more at times.

"What do you mean?" Mr Compress asked.

"The names are published," Whisper confirmed. "But we'd have to figure out who actually has information," she added, almost apologetically, completely ignoring the fact that she'd given them more information in the last two seconds than they'd been able to find for the last few days.

"Where are they published? They can't be published!" Twice asked.

"Tartarus is linked to the Commission," Whisper told them. "It's a government agency, and the names of all government staff are published," she explained.

"So... what? We just go to the website and grab the names?" Dabi couldn't believe he was asking that.

Whisper nodded. "But we have to figure out who the guards are... and... There's likely to be nothing more than their name," she added.

"That is something we hadn't considered though," Mr Compress said.

"What?" Himiko asked. She was back from having her quirk replaced and actually seemed sad. She had really liked Regeneration.

"We've been talking about grabbing the guards for information but one of the managers would also have the information we want," he elucidated.

"Managers?"

"Of the Tartarus Foundation."

Whisper was doing something with her phone. "They would have the information," she agreed. "And they might be able to tell us who has the most up to date information," she continued.

"What about an ex-guard?" Himiko asked.

"They are also a possibility," Mr Compress agreed before he looked at Whisper. "Do you have the list?"

She concentrated on her phone for a few more moments, before nodding and holding it up. "But I need to work out which is the right branch," she hedged.

"Put it on the screen! Don't put it on!" Twice said, nodding towards one of the screens set up in the bar. It usually had sports on when there were patrons here.

Whisper got up and turned the screen on, and then flicked the contents of her phone to it. These days, everything was linked so it was just a matter of pushing the information towards the device you wanted to display it. On the bigger screen a website with the government's logo appeared. There was a list of Departments on the page and as they watched, Whisper picked the one that said Hero Public Safety Commission. That opened to a specific page on them. There was some basic information about the Commission, including their annual budget, the number of staff, the Commission's generic contact details, website and how they were established.

"This is public?" Dabi couldn't believe his eyes.

"Of course it is," Whisper told him before she tapped the number of employees. The number turned out to be a link and took a moment to load.

They all recognised the website of the HPSC but it wasn't the usual landing page. They were on the 'About Us' page. There was a link to an organisational chart.

"I don't think it will be here," Whisper said. "But we can find out which division of the HPSC is responsible for Tartarus," she told them.

"Go ahead," Mr Compress said.