Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 934 Meeting with Aso
10:23 am.

Tokyo, Katsushika Ward, Detention Center.

This is the largest detention facility in the Kanto region, holding more than 3000 criminal suspects and defendants awaiting criminal trial.

The Tokyo Detention Center is a building shaped like the Chinese character "米" (rice).

The main body of the building is located in the center of the Chinese character "米" (rice), perfectly inheriting Bentham's theory of a circular prison.

The cold, steel frame of this massive building exudes a menacing aura.

Even from afar, one could feel the oppressive power of criminal authority.

Kitahara and Miyagawa entered the detention center building. After submitting the necessary visitation procedures, the staff immediately arranged for them to visit in a meeting room on the 7th floor of Building 3.

Kitahara and the others sat down in the meeting room, waiting for Aso to appear.

The Tokyo Detention Center is very large.

Detainees have to walk for at least ten minutes to reach the interrogation room.

Finally, after a long while, footsteps were heard outside the meeting room.

Immediately afterwards, the door on the other side of the glass opened.

A middle-aged man with dark skin, not very tall, and wearing a detention center uniform walked in. Although he was imprisoned, his face showed signs of exhaustion, but his eyes were bright and piercing. His gaze was sharp, as if he had the ability to see through people's hearts.

He slowly sat down.

The person in front of me is Aso.

A prominent figure who roamed both academic and official circles.

A genius who can turn ants into financial instruments!
"Attorney Kitahara?" Aso asked.

Kitahara nodded.

Aso looked at the young man in front of him. Even though he had seen a lot in the world, he still found it hard to believe that his good friend, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Terada, had so strongly recommended this lawyer to him.

What is it about Kitahara that makes him so special?

Miyagawa quickly pulled out a large stack of documents, preparing to review the case details with Aso. Time was tight, and the evidence in this case was exceptionally abundant.

We must seize the opportunity to meet with Aso.

Aso noticed the female lawyer beside him was already preparing her questions about the case. However, this financial genius remained unhurried. He looked at Kitahara and, taking the initiative, asked:
"I heard you have something to ask of me."

“Yes.” Kitahara smiled slightly, then his expression turned serious. “I need you to help me find the transaction records of an account. The owner of this account has passed away. However, after his death, the account was not only not closed, but large sums of money continued to flow in and out.”

"Your request is actually quite difficult to fulfill," Aso said in a deep voice. "Who owns this account?"

“An administrative staff member in the Secretariat of the Diet,” Kitahara replied.

The meeting room fell silent.

Even Aso was shocked by Kitahara's answer.

This young man is actually investigating the bank accounts of congressional staff.

It goes without saying that this is probably related to a particular member of parliament.

Members of Congress are the most powerful group in the country.

In parliamentary systems, members of the legislature often also hold positions in the executive branch.

This allows Japanese lawmakers to perform both legislative and executive functions.

It's fair to say that members of parliament are the most untouchable figures in this country. And this young man in front of me actually dares to challenge these most powerful and wealthy individuals.

The younger generation is truly formidable.

"I'm still in jail right now," Aso joked. "If I were to do these things for you, I'd probably spend decades more in jail."

“Don’t worry,” Kitahara replied. “The Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office has updated its sentencing recommendation for you. The current recommendation is life imprisonment. So you don’t need to worry about serving several more decades in prison.”

A hellish joke came out of Kitahara's mouth.

Although Aso was somewhat prepared, he still hadn't expected the prosecutor's office's request for his sentence to turn into a life imprisonment. Upon hearing Kitahara's words, his hand trembled slightly, and his facial muscles twitched involuntarily.

For a genius—

The cruelest way is to deprive him of his time.

This left him with no opportunity to showcase his talents and ambitions.

Aso can accept failure.

However, he absolutely could not accept spending the rest of his life in prison. This was a more desperate scenario than being sentenced to death.

“Not only that,” Kitahara’s voice continued, “the amount involved has also increased by about 1280 billion yen. This means that even if you manage to walk out of prison alive one day, you will personally be burdened with debts of up to hundreds of billions of yen in the society outside the prison. Your life, in a social sense, has been completely ended.”

Every word Kitahara uttered stirred up enormous waves in Aso's heart.

Miyagawa, listening to Kitahara's cold words, was also quite surprised. Generally, lawyers would comfort their clients. But today, Kitahara's words were far too cruel. Miyagawa even wanted to tug at Kitahara's sleeve, reminding him to soften his tone a little.

Kitahara knew, of course, that his words were excessive.

He said that because in this world—

The way you deal with stupid people is different from the way you deal with smart people.

Dealing with fools requires careful consideration of their fragile egos.

To deal with intelligent people, all you need to do is lay the bloody truth in front of them.

Aso fell silent.

Clearly, Kitahara's words had an impact on him.

Even the most arrogant geniuses have to bow their heads to reality.

Aso continued, "I have a feeling. The Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office is coming in aggressively this time, and they're probably going to do something to my case. Especially that Prosecutor Takada on the other side. However, I don't know what they're up to. I'm afraid they'll frame me elsewhere."

At this time, Aso was unaware that Takada was planning to shift the blame for the case onto the Unity Alliance.

However, relying on one's keen intuition.

Aso sensed something was wrong.

The genius continued:

"If I help you find the information about that account, how far can you help me get this case?" Aso said. "I've met many famous lawyers before. These lawyers all have impressive reputations and are members of so-called '200-meter club' law firms."

"However, after reviewing the case files, these top lawyers all told me that the case was a foregone conclusion and there was no escaping it. Their advice was the same: plead guilty and accept punishment, hoping for leniency from the court. Then, compensate the investors for their losses and see if that can lead to a reduced sentence."

Aso looked up at the young man in front of him:

"And what about you? What's your opinion?"

(End of this chapter)