Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 643 Adding insult to injury
"Welcome." The coffee shop clerk said to a man in a suit who came in.

The clerk thought the young man in the grey suit was a little strange. He didn't look at the brands of drinks in the store or look for a suitable seat like other customers. He turned left as soon as he entered the store and walked to the corner of the store. Seeing that he was in such a hurry, he must have an appointment, so the clerk didn't even step forward to greet him.

Beiyuan walked straight to the location mentioned in the text message. The cafe was rather dim, with only a few yellow-orange lights. It took only a minute to reach this corner location.

A woman, also wearing a suit, sat in the seat. There was a faint smile on her lips, and an indescribable charm emanated from this smile. It was as if she had calculated that the man in front of her would appear at this seat on time, and there was a hint of meaning hidden in her smile.

The moment Kitahara saw that iconic smile, he knew who she was.

The tense nerves relaxed at once.

Because the person sitting in the seat is not someone else.

It was Yuki, the investigator from the Accounting Inspection Agency.

It had been several months since we last left Kyoto.

Kitahara didn't expect to see Yuuki again in Tokyo. Although the female investigator had a smile on her face, her face was still pale. It was obvious that her body had not fully recovered from the last shooting by Eto.

"I've asked you to come here because I have something very important to tell you." Yuki said straight to the point. The smile on her face suddenly disappeared. Although her face was pale, her solemn expression showed the competence of a female investigator.

"Are you feeling well? You've been working non-stop for so long." Kitahara said as he sat down.

In the few months that he had worked with Kyoto and Yuki, Kitahara rarely saw Yuki showing such an expression of being ready to face a great enemy. This must not be a good thing. In addition, today, the Eto Law Firm was raided by the Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau. I am afraid that this is making the situation worse.

"Thanks to you, I'm not dead." Yuki took a sip of coffee.

The female investigator continued, "After the Kyoto incident, I have been transferred."

"I was originally in the Fourth Bureau of the General Administration of Accounting and Inspection, responsible for auditing the use of scientific research funds. Now I have been temporarily transferred to the Second Bureau."

"It looks like there's a big case to be involved in." Kitahara knew very well that this kind of temporary secondment usually means there's an extraordinarily major case that requires case-handling forces to be drawn from various locations.

Yuki did not answer Kitahara's question immediately, but looked around and then lowered his voice and said:
"That's right. I was transferred to the Second Bureau of the Accounting Inspection Office, which is responsible for auditing land transfers and other matters in various city halls. Currently, the Second Bureau is handling a very important case and has drawn elite personnel from various places to participate in the case."

"Who is your target?"

"What a coincidence."

“What a coincidence.”

"It's about you." Yuki said suddenly.

"But don't be surprised yet." Yuki continued, "It's not directly related to you at the moment. The Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau is investigating you, that is, the Eto Law Firm, for defrauding local city hall subsidies for some companies in Shinjuku District."

"The Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau has come to my house before. According to the photos you sent, this is their second search today." Kitahara said, "So, what is the big move of your Accounting Inspection Office now? Since you have gathered the elite investigators from various bureaus, who are you going to track down?"

"We are investigating the Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau," Yuki said. These few concise words contained explosive news.

This short sentence rang in my ears like thunder.

Perhaps the information density is too high.

Kitahara was unable to react for a moment. The Accounting Inspection Agency was going to investigate the Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau. One department was actually going to investigate another department.

Kitahara understood what this meant.

This situation would not have happened if it weren't for the monstrous forces fighting behind the scenes.

The Accounting Inspection Agency is an auditing department, and the Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau is also an audit investigation department in a sense.

One auditing agency investigates another auditing agency.

This is probably the beginning of a big struggle.

"The Tokyo Asset Supervision Bureau is also known as the Tokyo National Asset Supervision Bureau." Yuki said, "The Tokyo Asset Supervision Bureau has two functions. The first function is similar to our Accounting Inspection Bureau. It is to audit the use of municipal assets by local city halls to ensure that citizens' public funds are not misused."

"For example, the Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau's investigation into Eto Law Firm's assistance in fraudulent subsidies is the fulfillment of the first function."

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"The second function is to review the transfer pricing of various municipal assets. For example, if a municipal enterprise wants to sell its factory equipment, the Asset Supervision Bureau will assess the value of the factory equipment to ensure that the selling price is not significantly lower than the market price, so as to ensure that the assets of the municipal enterprise will not be sold to private individuals at a low price, causing losses to the public purse."

"At present, this major case is related to the second function of the Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau." Yuki picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip. "Our Accounting Inspection Office found that the Shinjuku City Hall was suspected of transferring a large amount of land to a private company at a very low price for an industrial park project two years ago. The Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau, which is responsible for reviewing this project, may have a profit transfer relationship with this private company."

"To put it simply, this private company is suspected of bribing relevant personnel of the Tokyo Asset Supervision Bureau in order to obtain land at a low price. As a result, the Tokyo Asset Supervision Bureau tampered with the land valuation report, allowing the land transfer to be approved."

"What is this industrial park project?" Kitahara asked.

The sudden flood of information made Kitahara think. Originally, he thought that the Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau's investigation into Eto Law Firm could be used to investigate Eriko. But now it seems that the Tokyo Securities Regulatory Bureau is targeting him and looking for a scapegoat.

"The project in question is the Shinjuku District High-Tech Industrial Park. Do you know this project? It is said to be a popular project in Shinjuku District, and it was personally approved by Ishiwatari, the deputy director of the Shinjuku District Development Committee."

High-tech Industrial Park.

When Kitahara heard this word from Yuki's mouth, he felt the invisible entanglement of fate. The lawsuit he was currently handling was related to the high-tech industrial park project. The Shinjuku City Hall had committed serious fraud in the bidding for this project.

Unexpectedly, the Accounting Inspection Office was also investigating this project.

"Excuse me for asking a question," Kitahara said, "Is the private company that bought the land from Shinjuku City Hall at a low price related to a lady named Eriko?"

When he heard Eriko's name, Yuki was stunned for a moment.

(End of this chapter)