Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 927 Join Hands
“If only you were a member of the Solidarity Alliance,” Terada suddenly said quietly.

From the young man's words, Terada sensed that this lawyer, Kitahara, was no ordinary person. This young man seemed to possess the ability to pinpoint the crux of a problem and see through it to its essence. If such an outstanding young man could be a member of the Solidarity Alliance, then... perhaps that would be a very good thing.

“I have no interest in politics,” Kitahara replied succinctly.

Terada gave a wry smile. One smile was for Kitahara's directness, and the other was for the fact that he was almost being cut off by the Unity Alliance, yet he was still thinking about recruiting talent for them.

The younger generation is truly formidable.

Although it was only a few words, Terada had already begun to admire this young man.

Losing to such an opponent is not a bad thing!

“I believe the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications summoned me here today not just to discuss Nippon Steel,” Kitahara said. “Nippon Steel’s bankruptcy proceedings are already underway. Whether it goes through liquidation or reorganization, it’s unlikely to cause any major disruptions.”

“Then I’ll just get straight to the point.” Terada’s gaze deepened.

"Are you investigating Jiang Lizi?" the minister's voice suddenly rang out.

Things took Kitahara somewhat unexpectedly.

He hadn't expected that this minister knew he had been investigating Jiang Lizi.

In this situation, trying to cover it up is pointless.

If the minister on the other side did not have sufficient information, he would never have said such a thing.

"How did you know?" Kitahara replied.

"You were involved in the Yoshizawa Trust case at Tokyo Central Bank," Terada began. "President Nakano is a good friend of mine. President Nakano discovered you and Hanzawa and secretly investigated Eriko. It wasn't until later in the Nippon Steel case that I happened to meet President Nakano and we talked about you, and that's how I got this information."

That Nakano bank manager is indeed no pushover, Kitahara frowned slightly.

Although Terada knew that the person in front of him was investigating Eriko, he obviously didn't know why this lawyer would be involved in Eriko's affairs.

However, this lawyer is indeed investigating Jiang Lizi.

He himself was also framed by Jiang Lizi.

Perhaps there is a possibility of cooperation between the two.

Terada keenly sensed the powerful abilities of the young man before him.

He might be able to help me, but that's uncertain.

Kitahara sensed a conciliatory tone in Terada's words. After all, Terada made no attempt to conceal his intentions, directly stating that he had obtained the information from Nakano Yukinaga.

This candor, in a sense, is a gesture of goodwill.

Kitahara and Terada—one a top lawyer, the other a politician who climbed to the top.

Both are exceptionally intelligent people.

They had already figured out each other's intentions by just starting to probe each other.

"The scandal involving Eriko has also had a significant impact on my personal reputation," Terada said. "Attorney Kitahara, I don't know how much you know about me. But I can say with certainty that I did not do any of the things Eriko accused me of."

"The organization behind Eriko and her group, who were able to plant bombs in Tokyo, must possess extremely powerful resources. Our Chief Cabinet Secretary is attending emergency meetings every day to study this issue."

“But—” Terada continued, “the situation is probably not that simple. This organization has likely infiltrated various parts of our organization. I suspect that even the higher-ups in the Metropolitan Police Department have been infiltrated. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have succeeded so easily.”

Terada looked at the young man in front of him.

He vaguely felt that this young man was someone he could trust. Currently, he faces being cut off by the Solidarity Union.

Not many people are willing to do things for them anymore.

Furthermore, even if one could mobilize the resources of various agencies, it's impossible to know if there were any spies from that organization hidden within. Therefore, in this situation, the way to break the deadlock is to rely on external forces.

“Let me be blunt,” Terada said. “I hope we can work together to track down that organization.”

The cabinet minister extended an invitation to Kitahara.

The two were once adversaries in the Nippon Steel case.

Now, because of that organization, they have become two sides with aligned interests.

Kitahara does not intend to reject this cooperation.

Because he also needs strength.

If a cabinet member can extend an olive branch to me, it means that at least a portion of the power of the country's top leadership can be used by me.

"Do you know Eto?" Kitahara asked.

"Eto?" Terada murmured to himself upon hearing this. For some reason, Terada felt as if he had heard the name before, and it even sounded somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he had heard it before.

"I vaguely remember hearing it somewhere, but I can't recall where." Terada tried again to remember, but failed once more.

Kitahara was somewhat surprised that even a minister like Terada had heard of Eto. Just how far did Eto's connections extend with the country's high-ranking officials?

“I’m being frank,” Kitahara said. “Eto and Eriko both belong to that organization. I now have access to a bank account that Eto used to transfer assets for that organization. I need to trace the flow of funds in that account.”

"However, as you said, this organization's infiltration of Japanese agencies has probably reached a very deep level. I'm not sure if handing over this bank account information to you for investigation will pose a risk of intelligence leakage."

"You actually found one of the bank accounts used by that organization?!" Terada was somewhat surprised. The young man's concerns were valid. If they rashly handed over this account information to the Metropolitan Police Department for investigation, they might alert the organization.

What should I do?
Terada also began to rack his brains for ideas.

Suddenly, he remembered the former bureaucrat who had resigned from the Dongyang Bank—

Aso.

Maybe we can find him!
"Aso! Attorney Kitahara, I can introduce you to a man named Aso. He's a former official at Toyo Bank! Perhaps he has connections and can help you find out!"

Terada read out the name Aso.

This coincided with the direction Kitahara was investigating.

Kitahara specifically asked Hanzawa for help in tracking down information about that bank account. Hanzawa also told him the name Aso.

Kitahara knew that Aso was currently under investigation for a certain case.

Getting close to them won't be so easy anytime soon.

And now-

With this cabinet minister's introduction, things should go much more smoothly.

"However, Aso is in trouble right now!" Terada sighed.

(End of this chapter)