Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 703: Fractured

"Sign something? Sign what?" Nakai was stunned for a moment when he heard Kusano say this.

Kusano put down his midnight snack and immediately said, "Yes. Isn't it true that everyone who is questioned by the Financial Services Agency should sign something? I remember signing a confidentiality agreement and a transcript of the interrogation. The Financial Services Agency also specifically told us not to disclose the content of the interrogation or any signed documents to the bank."

After Kusano said this, Nakai's face suddenly looked embarrassed.

Everyone in the office looked at Nakai.

"No...that's not the case. I haven't signed anything." Nakai said.

Hanze frowned.

Kusano's words are obviously more credible.

Signing interrogation records and confidentiality agreements is a routine operation.

"Did you really not sign anything?" Hanzawa asked further.

"Really?" Nakai put the beer on the table helplessly, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands.

"I'm telling you, Nakai, you didn't betray us, did you?" Kurahashi, another bank employee being questioned, said, "During the interrogation by the Financial Services Agency, their investigators repeatedly told us not to disclose the contents of the investigation or the signed documents. You didn't really listen to their lies, did you?"

"You...you...what do you mean?!" Nakai said anxiously, "You mean I betrayed the bank! How could I betray Vice-Director Hanzawa? How could I betray the Second Sales Department!"

"Then why did you say you didn't sign anything!"

“I really didn’t sign it!”

"Don't lie!"

“I’m not lying!!”

"Okay! Okay! Stop arguing!" Hanzawa stopped them.

At this time, the banker was also a little confused.

Could it be that there is a possibility that these four employees could be breached by the Financial Services Agency?

Hanzawa began to think.

Then, as if he had thought of something, he said, "Did you all bring your cell phones into the meeting room?"

"Yes." The four employees being questioned said in unison.

"Will the Financial Services Agency check your cell phones?" Hanzawa asked worriedly.

He was a little worried that the Financial Services Agency would forcibly check the phones of these employees. You know, smartphones nowadays can store too many secrets, including some things about work that are not suitable to be exposed.

It is of course illegal for the Financial Services Agency to forcibly check mobile phones.

But they often do so through intimidation and illegal persuasion.

In the end, the person being questioned handed over his phone for inspection.

Therefore, Hanzawa needs to know about the situations in which these employees’ cell phones were checked.

"We didn't check our phones," Nakai and Kusano answered in unison.

However, at this time, the other two people being questioned, Kurahashi and Nagaoka, said:

"That's not right - the Financial Services Agency wants to check our phones!"

Kurahashi said, "I usually have two mobile phones. As it happens, the one I brought into the meeting room was not my regular work phone. There was nothing on it. The Financial Services Agency even asked a technician to come over and extract the data from my phone. It took nearly an hour to complete the extraction. In the end, I signed a record of extracting the phone data."

Nagaoka said: "Before entering the meeting room, I quietly removed the memory card of my phone. So, I also showed them my phone. The Financial Services Agency also extracted the data from my phone, but in fact, nothing was extracted."

When Nakai and Kusano heard this, they were also confused for a moment.

"The Financial Services Agency didn't ask to see my phone," Kusano said. "Really?" Kurahashi asked.

"Did you give them the data in your phone? That's why you lied and said the Financial Services Agency didn't check the data!"

"No! Why would I lie!"

"Say it!"

"There's something not quite right about you two! Especially you Nakai!"

"Hey! Don't slander people out of thin air!"

"How could I slander you? It's obvious that you signed the document from the Financial Services Department and showed your phone to the department, but you didn't tell us the truth!"

"No! Simply no! I am walking upright! I am sitting upright!" said Nakai.

"You are not that kind of person! Why are you pretending!"

"Hey!!!"

At this time, Kurahashi turned his head and looked at Hanzawa, "Speaking of which, Deputy Minister. I have to report one thing. When I came out after the interrogation, I saw the other party's lawyer Kitahara patted Nakai on the shoulder, as if he was saying to him, 'Happy cooperation.' And, I also saw them carrying a stack of materials out of the conference room later. Nakai! Could it be that he provided a lot of things to the Financial Services Agency!"

"Don't slander me!" Nakai said angrily, "That lawyer patted my shoulder, and I complained about it! You are just making groundless assumptions! As for what materials they found, how would I know?! Don't use your dark thoughts to speculate about my character. I have worked in the bank for 20 years! You have no right to criticize me!"

Soon, several people in the office started arguing.

Hanzawa tried to stop it, but failed.

The third group of the second sales department, which was originally united, is now quarreling and falling apart.

Hanzawa didn't expect that this was actually arranged by Kitahara.

Kitahara knew very well that after the people he questioned today were released, the bank would definitely ask them to understand the focus of the Financial Services Agency's investigation. What he did was to interrogate the people he questioned with different intensities. Some people had their phones checked, some didn't, some needed to sign documents, some didn't.

As long as the bank finds that the conversations between the two parties cannot corroborate each other afterwards, the bank will inevitably suspect that one of the employees who was questioned today has betrayed the bank.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will take root and sprout.

This suspicion will gradually grow.

As the pressure from the Financial Services Agency continues to increase in the future, this suspicion will turn into a crack.

Finally broken.

Beiyuan knew that these colleagues in the bank had been working together for a long time and had actually formed a close offensive and defensive alliance.

Don’t even mention that the Financial Services Department came to your door.

Even if the police waved handcuffs in front of them, these bank clerks would probably make up their statements and would never reveal anything valuable.

Therefore, it is necessary to alienate and instigate them.

Kitahara knew the habits of these large companies. As long as an employee got into trouble or was suspected of betrayal, the bank would definitely cut off their ties without mercy.

At that time, these employees who have been laid off by the bank will develop a revengeful mentality.

If the Financial Services Department comes knocking on their door, these laid-off employees would probably be very happy to cooperate.

Late at night, Kitahara sat in the Financial Services Agency's official car and left with the investigators. Outside the window, the head office building of the Tokyo Central Bank became farther and farther away.

Hanzawa, what will you do next? Kitahara thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)