Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 925 Telephone
The bigwigs of this organization also began to pay attention to Kitahara's actions.

Between this congressman and Kitahara——

What kind of showdown will it be?

"Oh, right." Kurosawa said, "We still haven't found out the exact location where Eriko is being held. Although the Tokyo police have put pressure on her during this period, the Kyoto police are still keeping their mouths shut, and the case has not been handed over to the Tokyo police until now."

"Fortunately, the media doesn't know about these things yet, otherwise, they would probably criticize the disunity within the police." Kurosawa said, "Also, Mr. Congressman, I am more worried about Eriko's situation in the Kyoto police. You know, the Kyoto police are notoriously brutal. The director named Nishino also has a history of torture and forced confessions. I wonder if Eriko can bear it."

"Compared to this question..." the congressman said, "I am more concerned about the person who showed up at the Tokyo Central Bank that day and took Eriko away. Their identities haven't been clarified yet."

"We are repairing the surveillance..." Kurosawa answered hesitantly, "I don't know why, but there was a problem with the surveillance footage at the Tokyo Central Bank headquarters that day. I don't know if it was affected by the explosion."

"Maybe it was man-made." The gentleman said with a rather gloomy expression, "The surveillance is not working properly. I guess someone tampered with it. Someone didn't want to be discovered that they were the ones who took Eriko away."

"We must find out as soon as possible who is colluding with the Kyoto police," the gentleman gave the order.

"Understood. I'll do it right away." Kurosawa bowed slightly.

Soon after leaving the room, Kurosawa began to arrange people to look for signs of attack on the Tokyo Central Bank's surveillance system.

It was Sakagami who hacked into the surveillance system and deleted all the footage of Kitahara and others.

Even though Sakagami is a top-notch hacker, in the digital world, no matter what you do, it will eventually leave traces.

If Kurosawa really mobilizes people to search, then there is a high probability that Sakagami will be found quickly.

……

……

In the evening, Kitahara returned to the apartment.

During the daytime meeting with Hanzawa, Kitahara got a new direction for investigation: a man named Aso might be able to retrieve all the fund flow records of Sakagami's brother's bank account.

Kitahara sat next to the tatami table and began to think unconsciously.

Who is behind this organization?

Where did all the money withdrawn from Nippon Steel go?

What on earth are these Noah's Ark and the Great Flood that Eto and the others are talking about?

The night seems very quiet.

The sound insulation in the old housing estate apartment is not very good.

To the extent that the sound of the television in Misumi and Miyakawa's rooms on both sides seemed to be faintly audible.

Suddenly, Kitahara's cell phone vibrated.

The "buzz, buzz, buzz" sound was extremely harsh in the quiet apartment room.

The call on the cell phone was from an unfamiliar number.

I don't know who called.

Beiyuan thought it might be a sales call and was about to hang up. But at that moment, he suddenly pressed the answer button as if possessed by a ghost.

Originally, Kitahara wanted to just press the reject button again.

However, after the call was connected, there was no sales talk.

On the contrary, after a few seconds of silence, a female voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Hello, is this Attorney Kitahara?"

The other party directly called out Kitahara's name.

Kitahara immediately became alert and asked back:
"who are you?"

"Ah. Sorry, I'm so sorry for not introducing myself first." The female voice said, "In fact, we have met before at the headquarters of Nippon Steel, but you probably don't remember me, Mr. Kitahara. I am Kaori Nakata, the coordinator of the cabinet task force for the Nippon Steel bankruptcy case."

When Kitahara heard that the other party was the cabinet working group on Nippon Steel's bankruptcy, he frowned and couldn't help feeling a little strange.

In the Nippon Steel case, he represented the workshop contractor himself.

The contractors’ claims were mainly recovered through repossession lawsuits.

The remaining small portion of claims is handled normally through bankruptcy procedures.

This small portion of claims is very small and basically cannot have a significant impact on the creditors' meeting. Kitahara just took advantage of this proxy to look up information about the relationship between Nippon Steel and Eto. As for matters related to bankruptcy, it is unlikely that the bankruptcy administrator will take the initiative to contact him now, let alone the cabinet working group.

"What's up?" Kitahara replied. "If it's something about the bankruptcy case that needs to be confirmed, then a phone call now might not be appropriate."

"I'm sorry to bother you." The female voice continued, "In fact, in addition to being the coordinator of the cabinet task force on the bankruptcy of Nippon Steel, I am also a member of the secretarial staff of the administrative office of the Cabinet Minister of General Affairs Terada."

Kitahara felt something was wrong when he heard the woman named Kaori introduce herself as Terada's secretary. In the Nippon Steel case, he was probably an enemy of the cabinet minister, Terada. After all, Terada had been mediating the restructuring plan for Nippon Steel. His lawsuits again and again interrupted the restructuring proposal of the Minister of General Affairs.

"So, what exactly do you want from me today?" Kitahara asked again.

"Actually," the female voice on the other end of the phone continued, "Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Terada hopes to meet with you. Of course, we know that you are busy as a lawyer. We will also try our best to consider your time and not disturb your work. If possible, can you please come to Building 2 of the Central Contract Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, to meet with Terada?"

This woman, Kaori, used long honorifics.

After hearing this, Kitahara was actually surprised.

Minister of General Affairs Terada actually wants to meet with me? !

The Central Contract Government Building is located in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

Most of the capital's offices are gathered there.

Kitahara became curious about what Minister Terada wanted to talk to him about.

However, in the previous Eriko incident, Terada was attacked by Eriko, and the minister was constantly criticized by the media. Now, he has also frustrated the minister's restructuring plan in the Nippon Steel lawsuit. Terada should be in a very anxious state now.

However, since Eriko attacked him before, it means that Terada may have some relationship with the organization. For some reason, he also became Eriko's target. Perhaps, it is not certain that valuable clues can be found.

"I'll confirm the time and call you back later." Kitahara said.

"Okay, thank you very much. I'll wait for your call. Just keep calling. This is my cell phone."

"No problem." Kitahara replied.

The phone hangs up.

Kitahara looked at his phone.

What on earth did this Minister of General Affairs want to talk to me about...

(End of this chapter)