November 10, around 4:50 pm, Shogun Hotel, Shinjuku Ward.

The corridor on the 23rd floor is empty. A dark red carpet is spread on the floor and extends to the end of the corridor. Several small Sengoku Ukiyo-e paintings are hung at regular intervals on both sides of the wall. There is also a black hanging at the entrance of the corridor.

The samurai armor is full of a strong sense of history.

A chair was placed outside the door of the conference room, and Kitahara sat on it. His hands were clasped tightly, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and his expression was a little unhappy. It was almost 2 hours before the disciplinary hearing was scheduled to be held at 15:00.

Kitahara was informed by the secretary of the Tokyo Bar Association that the personnel at the disciplinary hearing were still reading the report materials about him, so the hearing would be postponed and he was asked to wait outside the conference room.

The entire corridor was quiet, and the hum of the ventilation ducts could be heard faintly. This sudden announcement of "delay" seemed to be intended to torture this young man. Sitting outside the conference room door, waiting for the disciplinary hearing

Just like on the execution ground, the prisoners who have been announced to be beheaded see the executioner sharpening his knife, but they don't know when they will come over and end their lives.

The bright knife was right next to him, pressed against his throat, but he didn't know when it would cut open the flesh on his neck at the next moment.

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At this time, it was in the coffee break room on the 26th floor of the General Hotel.

An exquisite small round table is placed with exquisite pastries just delivered by the hotel. A piece of strawberry cake covered with cream is placed on a plate. Next to it is a pot of jasmine tea. The filter on the transparent glass pot is still faintly emitting

Tea scented white steam.

Chishang was sitting on his seat with a relaxed expression, crossed his legs, held a small fork, and licked the cake, then put it into his mouth and started chewing it slowly.

The two Tokyo Lawyers Association staff members next to them looked at each other, not knowing what to say. One of the women in a suit seemed to be a female lawyer. She looked hesitant. After a while, she finally couldn't help but said: "Deputy

President, it’s been almost two hours. Are you just going to let that Beihara wait outside? This doesn’t seem good, right?”

Ikegami slowly raised his eyes, stared at the somewhat ignorant woman in front of him, and showed a greasy smile, "Our Tokyo District Bar Association has always paid attention to the protection of the rights and interests of members. Don't you think you are taking disciplinary measures against members?"

Before, should we fully and carefully read the materials related to our members? This is how we are responsible for our members."

"Yes, yes. Vice President, you have the final say. Then we will read and study the report materials against Beihara Lawyer." The man next to him nodded, showing a flattering smile.

Chishang enjoyed the piece of strawberry cake and narrowed his eyes. He recalled that at the group litigation lawyer selection meeting that day, the young man actually stood up and publicly contradicted him. Yes, although the lawyer named Kitahara only made a speech

There was some unintelligible talk about withdrawing from the class action lawsuit.

However, it was obvious that Beiyuan was contradicting him overtly and covertly.

If he was directly contradicting himself, it might be easier to bear. However, this young man protested in a weird way of withdrawing from the class action lawsuit and criticizing others.

This makes me very uncomfortable.

Since I feel uncomfortable, I will try to make you feel uncomfortable too.

He is playing this trick at such a young age, this kid has really bad intentions.

Chishang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how come today's young people always want to be in the limelight and are not practical at all. Really, they still need to "teach" themselves. "Tsk!" Chishang picked up the tea cup next to him and tasted it.

I took a sip of the fragrant jasmine tea and let out a sound of enjoyment.

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Outside the conference room on the 23rd floor, Kitahara was still sitting on the chair. He took out his mobile phone and clicked on the screen. The number on it already showed that it was 17:16. Inside the sealed hotel corridor, sunlight could not come in, but Kitahara was already there.

I can feel that the sky outside has become darker.

Suddenly, the doorknob of the conference room turned, and there was a "squeak" sound. The metal handle turned and made a crisp sound, which faintly echoed in the corridor of the hotel.

A secretary-like person poked his head out, looked at the male lawyer who had been sitting there waiting for a long time, and said softly: "Lawyer Kitahara, the hearing is ready. You can come in."

Beihara patted the suit on his body and stretched out his aching muscles. He finally came. He hung himself out in the pond for more than two hours. The score was large enough.

When I walked into the conference room, I saw that the large conference room had been emptied. There was only one table and one chair in the entire large conference room. A long table was placed in the distance, and the chair was placed in the center of the entire large room. The chair

It is a full 7 or 8 meters away from the long table. This specially lengthened distance clearly outlines the huge gap in identity between the questioner and the person being questioned.

There were three people sitting behind the somewhat distant table, and Chishang was in the middle. He shook his bald head slightly, and the corners of his mouth turned up in a strange arc. His whole look seemed to be extremely looking forward to what would happen next. The meeting.

The light in the room, just behind Chi Shang's body, lengthened the shadows of the three people behind the table, as if a condescending trial was about to begin.

"Lawyer's certificate." The secretary said to Beihara.

Beihara followed the instructions of the secretary of the Lawyers Association, reached into the inner pocket of his suit, and took out a small brown-red book with "Lawyer's Practice Certificate" printed in golden fonts.

Afterwards, the small brown-red book was handed to the long table. Chishang picked up the palm-sized "lawyer practicing certificate" and flipped through the pages as if playing with something. In the quiet meeting

In the room, the sound of "swish" and "swish" was heard.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chishang seemed to regard the lawyer's certificate in front of him as a guqin, deliberately playing the sound of turning the pages in order to arouse the nervousness of the young man in front of him.

To the extreme, his eyes constantly scanned every page of this document for possible flaws.

After nearly two hours of waiting, especially in the face of the psychological pressure of disciplinary hearings being held at any time, Ikegami clearly understood that although the young man was just sitting on a chair in the corridor, this was simply a severe mental and physical torture.

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The other party's heart should be dying now, like an army that has traveled a long distance and is exhausted.

All he had to do was wait for work and launch the final blow to the young man in front of him.

Ikegami felt that it was almost time, so he suppressed his somewhat smug smile, and raised his voice: "Regarding Kitahara lawyer's improper contracting behavior in the case of Terai v. Kawamoto Expressway, as well as his rash statements in the group lawsuit and other inappropriate behaviors, this association

A disciplinary hearing against Kitahara’s lawyer will be held today.”

"Hearing host Goro Ikegami, vice president of the Tokyo District Bar Association, hearing officers attorney Fushimi Genichiro, and attorney Tamako Kaga."

"This association has dispatched investigators Hiroyuki Sakai and Ryota Nakai to investigate the above-mentioned professional misconduct of Kitahara lawyer. Today, the above-mentioned investigators were unable to arrive at the scene in person due to their busy work. Their investigation opinions were submitted in writing at the meeting

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"The lawyer involved, Giichi Kitahara, can respond to the investigation opinions issued by the above-mentioned investigative commissioner on site, and the hearing host and hearing officer will respond to your response."

"Now the disciplinary hearing will officially begin!"

As Ikegami finished speaking, the secretary of the Tokyo Bar Association stood up and handed a pile of investigation opinion materials to Kitahara.

Beihara frowned slightly and took the papers, but did not read them. He had already guessed the murderous intent of this disciplinary hearing from Chishang's words.

Kitahara raised his head and said, "Vice President Ikegami. According to the general rules of hearings, the host of the hearing needs to remain neutral. Now the Tokyo Bar Association investigator is absent, but my reply was responded to by the hearing host and the hearing officer. Hearing personnel

These responses have essentially constituted a refutation of my defense opinions. They are essentially expressing opinions for the investigating officer who is not present, which violates the principle of neutrality that the hearing examiner needs to abide by."

"Here, I request that the procedural rules of this hearing be reviewed again."

Listening to Beihara's words, Chishang's cheeks trembled, as if he had heard something funny, and his facial muscles tensed up one by one, as if he was holding back a smile. After a while, he finally couldn't help it anymore, and shouted

There was a "pop" sound.

Ikegami raised the corner of his mouth and said with a ferocious expression: "Lawyer Kitahara, do you think we are in court now? Do you need to introduce some procedural justice principles of procedural law? Do you want me to tell you the procedure for applying for recusal like a judge?

A rights hearing is not the place where these court procedural rules and rationales apply."

"This is the Bar Association, not the court." Ikegami emphasized in an exaggerated tone.
Chapter completed!