The sudden rhetorical question from the principal's secretary made the atmosphere in the conference room a bit colder. Just now, Takeuchi gave a long speech about the possible conflict between the independent investigation team and the original expert group. But the principal's secretary went off the rails and asked why.

Takeuchi believes that the conclusions of the independent investigation team may be different from those of the original expert group.

The tone behind the rhetorical question was already obvious.

If you can conclude with such certainty that the conclusion of the independent investigation team will be different from that of the original expert group, does that mean you already know that there may be problems with the judgment of the original expert group?

Takeuchi was stunned for a moment, as if he did not expect that the secretary in front of him would ask him this question. The vice-principal's brows twitched slightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, apparently dissatisfied with the tone of the secretary in front of him.

However, considering that he was the principal's secretary, Takeuchi had to suppress his anger.

"Please don't misunderstand." Takeuchi said, "What I just wanted to express was the issue of how to coordinate the authority of the findings of the independent investigation team and the original expert team. Even if the conclusions of the two teams' investigations are exactly the same, there will still be questions.

The question of which investigation group’s conclusion should be used as the basis for the final judgment. What I want to clarify is that the authority of the independent investigation group’s investigation conclusion cannot be well resolved within the framework of existing university regulations.”

"However, Vice Principal Takeuchi," the principal's secretary continued, "you must also pay close attention to the fact that Mikiko is an experimental member of your joint research team. The principal has entrusted me to convey to you that the special nature of this status requires the vice principal to be present.

We should be more cautious when making decisions related to this case."

Takeuchi sneered, "I have already said this before. There are so many joint research groups that I have participated in that it is impossible to know every member. Until this time, the other party kept pestering me and made the matter bigger.

, I just learned about this student named Mikiko. At this point, please tell the principal not to worry. Mikiko is a member of the research team under my name and will not have any impact on my decision-making on this incident."

"The more important question that the principal wants to know is -" the principal's secretary paused and continued, "Does Vice Principal Takeuchi really have no impression of Mikiko at all?"

"No." Takeuchi replied decisively, "I have just summarized the reasons, so I won't repeat them."

The principal's secretary stared at Takeuchi.

Suddenly, the entire conference room fell into a strange silence.

"Okay, please allow me to continue asking questions." The principal's secretary turned his attention back to the notebook in his hand, "Just now, you have seen that after today's court hearing, a lot of media has emerged that is very detrimental to the university.

Report. At the same time, based on our previous understanding, the plaintiff’s lawyer also put forward some controversial legal opinions. What the president wants to know is whether the current case contains real legal risks for Kyoto University. Also

That is to say, this case is not as absurd as it seems on the surface. The opposing lawyer does have legal arguments that may cause harm to Kyoto University."

Listening to the secretary's words, Takeuchi became extremely impatient.

At the moment, he is more concerned about the outcome of this lawsuit than the university, because it involves his selection for the Academic Promotion Association. Do you still need to remind you about this kind of thing?!

Asakura Hiko, who was next to Takeuchi, winked, indicating that he should answer this question.

The vice-chancellor was also eager to know the future direction of this lawsuit.

Asakura Yan nodded slightly, then looked at the secretary in front of him, "On this point, please don't worry about the university. In the previous court hearing, the reason why there were temporary adverse factors to the university, I think the problem is not

It’s not about our opponents, it’s about ourselves.”

"Internal...internal?" The secretary frowned slightly and asked with some confusion, "What does internal mean?"

Asakura Yan passed a stack of trial materials on the conference table, then picked up a few pieces of paper and pointed to the information above, "During this trial, the plaintiff's attorney submitted a lot of internal materials of our university.

For example, regarding the expert group’s voting results on whether Mikiko’s paper constituted plagiarism. During the entire incident, these documents were not disclosed to Mikiko. These documents belong to our university. However, the plaintiff’s lawyer can

Got it, something doesn’t seem right about this.”

"Originally, this lawsuit should not have touched upon the substantive trial of the paper. However, it was precisely the other party's submission of these internal materials that had a certain impact on the judge's evidence, which led to the presentation of evidence on the plagiarism of the paper.

and cross-examination procedures. There is a high probability that these information should be provided to the plaintiff’s lawyers by people within the university. That’s why I say that the problem is not external, but internal.”

"The university... people from the university provided internal documents to the other party's lawyer?!" The president's secretary showed a rather surprised look, as if he did not expect that such a thing would be brought out in a lawsuit. After all, internal documents are

Providing this kind of move to an opponent is undoubtedly a betrayal of the university.

"As Professor Asakura Hiko said just now, there is indeed a traitor within our ranks." Takeuchi lost no time in interjecting, "So far, the university has traces of the participants of the Mikiko meeting. Who are the most important people?

It is possible to betray the university and provide internal documents to opponents. I think that after a certain amount of investigation, even if we cannot find out who it is, we can limit the scope to a similar number of people. Therefore, I would like to ask the president to pay attention to the fact that our university

There was a traitor in this incident."

Takeuchi's words reminded the principal's secretary.

Some people disregard the honor of the school and engage in internal struggles for power.

In the insinuation, it refers to Yuezhi.

"As for the direction of the lawsuit." Asakura Hiko smiled scornfully, "According to my speculation, the other party should have played all the cards they can play. It should be said that the internal documents they have are their most powerful weapon. And

In today's court hearing, they have all been presented. It can be said that the opponent's lawyer's next plan is to fully argue that we violated legal procedures in the process of depriving Mikiko of her doctorate. Previously, the opponent submitted the university's

The internal documents did surprise us, but from now on, this kind of thing will never happen again."

"Then what is Professor Asakura Hiko's response?" the president's secretary couldn't help but ask, "If the other party's lawyer argues that the university's deprivation of Mikiko's degree is illegal, how can we defend it?"

"Please rest assured about this, the university." Asakura Hiko's voice sounded, "Lawyer Takezawa and I have reviewed the university's materials in this case. Yes, there are indeed some flaws in the university's procedure for depriving Mikiko of her doctorate.

, but we already have weapons in our hands that can deliver a fatal blow to the opponent."
Chapter completed!