The news that 15 departments of the Faculty of Engineering at Kyoto University had been stopped from allocating scientific research funds by the Academic Promotion Committee had already caused shock in the high-level circles within the university that night. The senior management ordered all professors in the Faculty of Engineering who knew about it not to leak the news. Originally, there had been an accounting inspection before

Many senior officials did not pay much attention to the news that the institute had secretly moved into Kyoto University, thinking it was just a routine audit.

Unexpectedly, this time the scientific research funds of 15 departments were stopped at once, which caused a great shock. Although a gag order was issued within the university, rumors spread for a while. Some said that 15 departments were stopped this time.

This department will be the focus of the audit. It is also said that all 24 departments in the Faculty of Engineering will be spared, and these 15 departments are just the first wave. There are also rumors that the stop payment order was issued in the afternoon and was an accounting inspection.

People from the hospital led a large group of people to find Ogawara for an interview.

In the coffee corner of the Research Building of the Faculty of Engineering, there used to be many professors sitting there holding drinks, leaning on sofa chairs, chatting and laughing. But at 6 o'clock, after the Academic Promotion Committee sent out the email, the busy coffee corner became empty.

No one was there. The professors walking in the building were in a hurry and had serious expressions, as if a violent storm was about to come.

No one knows whether he will be the one being investigated. If he really becomes a key audit target, there is no doubt that the audit process will not end within a year or two, and the progress of related projects and laboratories will also come to a halt.

, thus causing a great impact on research activities. For a moment, people within the professors were panicked, and there were rumblings of wind and cranes everywhere, and soldiers were everywhere.

At around 10 o'clock in the evening, while Okawara, Iwanaga, and Ikegami were discussing countermeasures, at the Reston Hotel in Kyoto, another group of people was also planning...

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"Investigator Yuuki, are you under a lot of pressure?" Kitahara sat on a chair in the guest room, holding a glass of rum, shaking the ice cubes in the glass, and said with a bit of a smile.

In the hotel room, Miyagawa, Niwa, and Yuuki were sitting.

"Isn't this nonsense!" Yuuki said angrily, "Lawyer Kitahara, you don't know that after issuing that stop payment order, my mobile phone has been blasted tonight. On the one hand, there are calls from the General Affairs Bureau.

People kept asking me what was going on. On the other hand, there were a lot of people who were confused and wanted to introduce me to someone."

"One of my classmates from college, who now works at the Ministry of Justice, also gave me a phone call and actually wanted to introduce me to a big shot from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology." Yuki also held a wine glass in his hand, showing helplessness.

Smiling, he shook his head, "This piece of A4 paper seems to have disturbed someone I had never thought of before."

"But I really didn't expect it," Kitahara said, "You actually dared to issue a stop-payment order to 15 departments of the Faculty of Engineering at once. The courage of the investigator is commendable."

The corner of Yuuki's mouth turned up in a strange arc, "I'm not a good person either. This time I was sent to Kyoto University for audit, and I felt that I might become a sacrificed abandoned child. If I can't check

If anything comes out, it means that I am incompetent in handling the case, and maybe they will set up a trap for me, saying that I colluded with university insiders. If I really find out something, I may be retaliated for it."

"In short, when I come to Kyoto University for audit, I am just a chess piece, a chess piece on the big shot's chessboard, to be manipulated at will. However, I don't want to be a chess piece."

Yuki held the wine glass, raised his head and took a sip of foreign wine, "The best way to avoid becoming a chess piece is to make this matter completely bigger. When something is beyond everyone's control, the chess piece will also become a chess piece."

I am no longer a chess piece, but a variable. In this case, naturally I am the safest."

"So, is this the reason why Investigator Yuuki is still sitting firmly in the position of Chief Investigator of the Fourth Bureau?" Kitahara said with a smile, "No wonder you are promoted so fast. Every time when the situation is not good, you

Make it a big event so that others can't punish you. This seems to work well."

Because of drinking, Yuki's eyes became a little charming and alluring. She licked the remaining wine drops on the edge of the glass, turned to look at the young man in the guest room, "Lawyer Kitahara, don't underestimate women. Everyone.

Every woman has her own way of survival in this cruel society."

"How long will the stop payment order last?" Beiyuan thought to himself and took a sip of wine.

"It is estimated that it will be lifted in less than two weeks." Yuki calmed down, "Now those people who are operating in the dark have stopped looking for me. Instead, they have begun to lobby my superiors, or go to the Academic Promotion Committee to directly

communicate."

"But -" Yuuki burst out laughing again, "The current situation is that they think that such a big move cannot be done by an investigator. In short, they think there must be someone behind me.

That’s why they dared to make such an incredible move against Kyoto University. Therefore, they kept asking about the real network behind me.”

"They had no idea that anyone was instigating it. It was me and a lawyer who did it." Yuki laughed loudly, pointing at himself and then at Kitahara.

"Don't take me with you. I didn't sign the stop payment order." Beihara continued to shake the wine glass in his hand, watching the ice cubes melt little by little.

"Speaking of which, what's going on with you? The trial is about to begin in two days. Has Morimoto decided to plead not guilty?" Yuki asked.

"Yes. He himself has confirmed with me in the detention center." Kitahara said, "We will present a not guilty plea at the court hearing."

"Not guilty plea." Yuki raised his wine glass and looked at the convex glass mark on the glass, his eyes became a little blurred, "This sudden attack of innocent defense will definitely annoy the prosecutor and the chief referee. Your suffering

The day is coming. I guess you will be scolded bloody in court. I wish you good luck."

"Your 'good luck to you' tone makes it seem like I'm about to die."

"Heh. I found that Lawyer Kitahara, you are very picky."

"Every man needs to have a unique vision if he wants to survive in this cruel society."

"Can you please stop imitating me?" Yuuki stood up and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Lawyer Kitahara. This audit battle against Kyoto University depends on the trial of Morimoto's corruption case. If Morimoto is convicted

, he alone bears all the blame, then our Accounting Inspection Office will lose the space to intervene. In other words, you are the first step in this war, if you lose, we will all lose."

"At that time, Morimoto will go to jail, and I will most likely be punished for arbitrarily stopping payment of funds to Kyoto University. Therefore, Lawyer Kitahara, all our plans so far are based on your ability to win Morimoto's case.

do you understand?"

"A mature woman knows not to put pressure on men." Beihara said with a bad smile.
Chapter completed!