Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 624 What to do

a few days later.

5:10 p.m.

Tokyo, Shinjuku Ward, City Hall Building.

Ishiwatari sat in his office, packing up his documents and preparing to leave work. Previously, as the deputy director of the local city hall development committee, he was summoned to the Tokyo District Council for questioning. Although he survived smoothly, it also consumed a lot of his energy. Today was a rare day with less work, so he wanted to go back and rest early.

On the desk, there were documents indicating that the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly's special investigation team would soon move in.

The document bears the seal of the Metropolitan Council.

Ishiwatari looked at the document and sneered. Currently, except for necessary financial expenses such as salaries and emergency social welfare projects, all other expenses of Shinjuku City Hall have been suspended.

Ishiwa was not panicked by this situation. He always looked down on the members of the local council. He did not think that these people who were good at talking and only knew how to put on a show in front of the public had any real ability.

Auditing expenses is a highly technical job.

Ishiwatari didn't think that the bigwigs in the local councils had this ability.

He even thought that perhaps the Tokyo metropolitan council members could not even understand the audit report.

Moreover, Ishiwata's mouth couldn't help but raise a little higher. Right now, the special investigation team has made such a big move and stopped so many expenditures of the city hall. This can't last long.

If the shutdown continues, citizens will complain sooner or later.

If nothing is found out in the end, it will become an unfavorable election situation for opposition lawmakers.

Ishiwatari straightened his clothes, took his briefcase, and walked out of the office.

In the huge office hall of the municipal building, clerks should be at their respective workstations, typing away at their keyboards.

However, at this moment, many people gathered near the front desk for some reason, forming a circle, as if they were watching something so amazing.

The crowd watching would point fingers, whisper to each other, and talk from time to time.

This scene is completely different from the usual working scene.

Shi Du saw the crowd and frowned slightly. He was always very strict with his subordinates, and he was naturally unhappy to see so many people gathered at the front desk to watch something unknown.

He immediately stepped forward, intending to scold him.

Someone in the crowd noticed Ishiwata coming and looked rather flustered. He wanted to say something but didn't.

Ishiwa pushed through the crowd and raised his voice, "What are you all doing here? What are you doing?"

When he arrived in the middle, Ishiwatari found an unpacked document package on the ground, which contained a thick stack of materials.

At this time, Ishiwatari noticed——

Next to the package stood a postal worker, while a city hall clerk grabbed his sleeve tightly.

The postal worker's face turned red, as if he was being treated so roughly. He was already angry. "Hey! You are from the city hall. There is a package delivered. Why don't you sign for it? You have already opened the package, you should at least sign for it! Why are you holding me like this!"

"We cannot sign for this document. Please return it!" said the clerk who grabbed the postal employee's sleeve. "We need to consult our internal lawyers before we can sign for it."

"No?! You are open now, doing business, what can't you sign for?! How can our post office wait for your slow request? How can we wait until then?!"

Ishiwata was a little confused when he heard the two people arguing. How could signing for a document cause an argument? Ishiwata didn't think much about it and said to the staff, "The sending and receiving of official documents should be handled according to the rules. Why are you arguing with a postal employee? We can keep the materials we don't want to receive and return them to the issuing agency according to the procedures."

Ishiwatari took the postal receipt and scribbled something on it.

The clerk's eyes widened immediately when he saw this scene. He wanted to reach out to stop it, but it was too late. "Ishiwatari... Deputy Chief Ishiwatari! That's... that's... that's!"

Ishiwatari ignored the staff. He took a look at the materials still on the ground and couldn't help but feel even more dissatisfied. "Why don't you pick up the materials? Why are you still leaving them on the ground?!"

The words fell.

The clerks around looked at each other.

For a moment, no one picked up the document.

It was as if this was a package coated with poison. There was a fear in the clerk's eyes, a fear of taking responsibility.

Ishiwatari was also a little stunned for a moment. He couldn't help but look at the documents on the ground, and then picked them up.

Open the first page and you will see the delivery receipt.

When he saw the words "delivery receipt", Ishidu felt very surprised, as he had never received such an official document before.

Turning the page down, he saw the title of the document.

"Notice of the convening of the Administrative Adjudication Meeting of the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Department."

Then, his eyes began to browse through the documents.

Ishiwatari's eyes gradually widened, and his hand holding the document seemed to be shaking slightly because of anger. Ishiwatari was an extremely smart person. Even though he had no experience in law, he quickly understood what was happening in front of him.

The document told him that a company called Xin Zhongsheng Industrial Co., Ltd. had gathered a total of six companies, all of which were companies participating in the bidding project of the High-tech Industrial Park. These companies have now filed an administrative ruling with the Tokyo Metropolitan Finance Bureau, requiring the Shinjuku City Hall to correct its illegal behavior in the bidding project of the High-tech Industrial Park.

Shi Du felt a little dizzy for a moment because of the surge of blood and energy.

Anger quickly flooded his brain.

These companies that rely on city hall projects for their livelihood actually... actually dared to challenge the decisions made by city hall.

Something happened that was beyond Ishiwatari's imagination.

  He never thought that the company that relied on him for a living would dare to challenge him!

Inverted!

  It's the opposite!!

Ishiwatari then scanned the attorneys representing these companies. It was a lawyer from the Eto Law Firm named Kitahara Yoshiichi. A law firm whose name I had never heard of, a lawyer whose name I had never heard of, who didn't know where he came from. He actually dared to encourage companies to sue the city hall.

It's totally unheard of.

  Doesn't this lawyer want to work in Tokyo's legal world anymore?!

Ishiwatari's veins popped up immediately, "Why didn't you remind me just now! Why didn't you remind me!"

No one around dared to reply.

Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look at the deputy director of the Development Committee.

"A bunch of pigs!!!" Ishiwatari smashed the packaging bag of the documents onto a nearby employee, then immediately returned to the office and slammed the door.

The anger only lasted for a few minutes before fear surged into Ishiwatari's heart.

Ishiwatari was angry because he felt humiliated. Before this, he had never heard of an administrative adjudication case against Shinjuku City Hall. And this was probably the first one. Yes, it just so happened that the first administrative adjudication case happened to be about his own project.

This is a naked provocation.

However, besides being angry, he also felt scared.

Because now is a sensitive time when the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly investigation team has arrived.

If they knew...

Ishiwatari couldn't imagine it.

  How to do?

What should I do?!

Suddenly, the phone in the office rang.

The ringing sounded unusually harsh at this moment.

Ishiwatari was not in the mood to answer the phone. He wanted to hang up directly, but after hesitating for a moment, he still picked up the phone.

A woman's voice came from the receiver.

Ishiwatari recognized the voice.

The voice was Eriko.

Yes, the owner of the business card that Kitahara found in Eto's damaged car when he was in Kyoto was Eriko, a woman who was known as the controller of the underground gray industry in Shinjuku District and had previously served as a senior executive at Tokyo Central Industrial Bank. At this moment, this mysterious woman called the office of the deputy director of the Development Committee of Shinjuku City Hall...

(End of this chapter)