Morning, 10:15.

Kyoto, Liston Hotel, Room 1306.

Kitahara sat in a chair, frowning slightly and tapping his fingers on the table. Today he was waiting for someone. At almost 1 o'clock last night, he received an urgent call from Misumi, saying that a friend of hers had met.

Big trouble, I hope I can help take a look. After briefly understanding the situation, Beihara felt that the situation was unusually difficult. Because this time it involved a criminal case.

The so-called criminal cases are cases involving criminal law. Criminal law is often the most severe and cruel law in a country. Once the defendant is convicted, he may be imprisoned or even deprived of his life. His property will also be damaged.

Confiscation from state agencies and prohibition from engaging in a specific occupation.

Although the criminal law in civilized society has eliminated horrific and unusual punishments such as corporal punishment, depriving the person of freedom and confining the perpetrator to an extremely narrow single room and possibly engaging in heavy prison labor is still a form of punishment.

Extremely heavy psychological torture.

There was a sense of tension in the guest room. The time Misumi had agreed on was around 10 o'clock, and now more than ten minutes have passed.

Next to her, Miyagawa couldn't help but clenched her hands. In the six months since she had been with Kitahara, she had never done a criminal case. The thought of the fall of the gavel would determine a defendant's life for more than ten years.

, she couldn't help but tensed up. If she lost the civil case, she might just lose money. However, a criminal case would involve people's lives. How many decades can be wasted in a person's life?

Beihara looked up at the clock again and began to make calculations in his mind. To be honest, he hadn't decided to take on this case yet. This time when he came to Kyoto, he was targeted by the police, and he already had difficulty moving. In addition, he still had to pursue the case.

As for the whereabouts of Eto, I am actually very busy, and it is difficult for me to spare any extra energy to work on a criminal case.

Suddenly, there was a "beep" sound.

The electronic lock on the guest room door made a "click" sound.

Then, the handle turned, and Misumi's figure appeared behind the door, "Kitahara. My friend is here."

Following Misumi was a thin woman. She was not tall and wore relatively simple clothes. Her hair was a little messy, her eyes were slightly swollen, her eyes were bloodshot, and her face was

There were faint traces of tears. This woman was the researcher Kae Ishimura introduced by Misumi yesterday.

Ishimura's body was trembling quite a bit. He walked into the guest room step by step and saw a man sitting in the guest room. He turned his head and whispered to Misumi, "Is he Lawyer Kitahara?"

"Yes. If you have any questions, you can ask him. He will definitely help him if he can." Misumi gently supported the researcher and comforted him in a low voice.

Ishimura looked forward to the people in the guest room again and couldn't help but sob. She seemed to have been supporting herself for a long time. Suddenly, she saw someone extending a helping hand to her in this guest room, and her heart was constantly suppressed.

The emotions were suddenly ignited at this moment.

A tear fell down Ishimura's cheek. She took a step forward and suddenly knelt on the ground, hitting her forehead heavily on the carpet of the hotel. "Lawyer Kitahara, please help my husband! Please help me."

Help my husband!”

Seeing this, Beiyuan hurriedly stepped forward to help you up, "That's not necessary. Dr. Ishimura, get up quickly. If you have any questions, I will try my best to help you answer them."

Misumi and Miyagawa next to them saw this scene and immediately helped to help him up. But Ishimura was so excited that he couldn't stop crying. Between the two girls, they helped Ishimura and sat on the edge of the bed.

, and continued to comfort him softly. It was not until more than half an hour passed that Shi Cun's mood gradually calmed down.

"Can you tell me what happened to your husband?" Beiyuan picked up a cup of black tea that had just been delivered from the hotel restaurant, as well as some other snacks and pastries, and placed them next to Ishicun.

"My husband's name is Naoya Morimoto." Ishimura said with a trembling voice: "He and I are both researchers at Kyoto University. He was taken away by the police in September last year. At first, the police said that my husband did not have

What happened? I will be released on bail soon. But...but, my husband was directly arrested and detained by the procuratorate."

"After being detained, the people from the procuratorate... told me that they were just going through a process. When the prosecution was reviewed, they would release my husband and decide not to prosecute. But... But now, I only found out a month ago.

My husband has signed a confession of guilt and punishment at the detention center. The sentencing recommendation given to the court by the procuratorate is eight years in prison."

Ishimura's face turned pale, especially when he talked about the eight-year sentence, his whole body shook uncontrollably, as if he couldn't accept it for a moment, and his husband, who was fine for a while, suddenly had to stay in the cell for a long time.

The fact that it lasted 8 years.

"What is the crime your husband is involved in?" Beihara continued to ask.

"Corruption...corruption crime." Ishimura said.

【Embezzlement】

[The so-called corruption refers to the behavior of state workers who take advantage of their positions to embezzle, steal, defraud or illegally occupy public property by other means. At the same time, the scope of state workers also includes those affected by state agencies, state-owned companies, enterprises, and institutions.

Personnel entrusted by the unit to manage and operate state-owned property]

Ishimura, who had just calmed down, suddenly became agitated again, "It is impossible for my husband to be corrupt! People at the procuratorate said that my husband falsely listed expenses and obtained scientific research funds, so it constituted corruption. However, this is not true at all. I

My husband and I are both newly hired researchers at Kyoto University. How could we have the guts to embezzle university funds?"

Kitahara thought about it as he listened to Ishimura's story. Corruption is a troublesome crime. You don't need to think about it to know that it will involve a lot of financial transactions and bookkeeping. Moreover, this is an internal funding issue within the university. When Kitahara was an undergraduate, he also

He has helped professors in the law department with their projects and has experience in reimbursement. He knows very well how cumbersome the management and review of these funds and finances in national universities are.

Ishimura looked at Beihara's thinking, and couldn't control his mood even more. He reached out and grabbed the sleeve of the lawyer in front of him, "It is impossible for my husband to do such a thing. He will obey the project leader for the use of all project funds."

He did what he was told to do according to the arrangements. He always listened to Ogawara, and he listened to Ogawara! Everything was done to Ogawara, and he is innocent, innocent!"

The female researcher broke down and cried again.
Chapter completed!