The door of the court slowly opened, and a man in a suit with a dark complexion walked in. He looked nearly fifty years old, and exuded a rather unruly temperament. This is usually the result of top talents in a field.

The person who entered the court was none other than Sawada, the director of the Joint Research Institute of Engineering, Mechanics and Energy.

Sawada took a calm step, opened the court fence, and walked into the witness seat, as if he was completely prepared.

When Chigako saw this scene, a smile appeared on her lips, and then she looked at the court, "The chief referee. The prosecutor will now begin to question the witnesses."

The female prosecutor took a few steps forward and said, "Witness, please introduce your identity and position first."

"My name is Yusuke Sawada." Sawada replied, "My current position at the Joint Institute of Engineering, Mechanics and Energy is director. The position of director is considered to be a 'manager' to some extent. Some people in the institute

All administrative matters, large and small, as well as personnel arrangements, including some funding and equipment issues, must be approved by the director."

Chigako nodded, "What about the loan of equipment? Does the loan of equipment also need to be approved by the director?"

"Generally speaking, no," Sawada replied, "However, if the amount of loaned equipment exceeds a certain limit, it needs to be approved by the director."

"Do you know Morimoto."

"Know."

"Do you know that seven acceleration tubes were borrowed from the Joint Research Institute?"

"I know." The prosecutor's question seemed to instantly turn on the switch of Zetian's speech. In an instant, Zetian could be heard talking non-stop, "Because of this matter, our entire joint research institute is now facing a critical crisis."

Due to the lack of experimental equipment, the experiments of many project teams have come to a halt in Kyoto. Of course I would know about such things."

"Can you tell the court what happened?" Chigako continued to ask.

Sawada nodded, and then said, "The person who borrowed the seven accelerating tubes was Morimoto. When the loan application for the accelerating tubes was first reported, I actually didn't even read the loan application, so I just wanted to go directly

No. After all, accelerating tubes are valuable equipment in our institute and are also key experimental equipment. Borrowing seven of them at one time is too high. This is simply unbelievable."

"Later, my assistant stopped me when he saw that I wanted to sign a veto directly. The assistant told me that the person who came to borrow the equipment was from Okawara's research group. If Professor Okawara's project needs it, then he might as well borrow it.

Well, all of you here are not from the engineering field, so you may not know the reputation of Professor Okawara. He is like a pearl in the dark night to the Japanese engineering world. It can be said that the field of Japanese engineering twenty years ago was single-handedly supported by Professor Okawara.

.He has a very high status in our hearts."

"So considering this, I hesitated for a while, and finally, for the sake of Professor Okawara's research team, I signed and approved it. When the approval was issued, I specifically asked my assistant to tell Morimoto that if it was used up,

Return it as soon as possible. At that time, my assistant also went to discuss the loan equipment with Morimoto. However, when he came back, he told me that Morimoto had not specified the loan period."

"At that time, I felt something was wrong. However, since the experiment cannot be accurately estimated when it will be completed, the return deadline is unclear, which is normal to a certain extent."

"Normal? Is it possible to borrow equipment without specifying the time limit?" Chigako asked further.

"The period for loaning equipment out is generally two months by default." Sawada explained, "The reason why it is two months is because of Kyoto University's internal audit regulations. If equipment is loaned out for more than two months, it must be withdrawn from the research institute.

It is then reported to the University Asset Management Office and has to go through layers of approvals, which is very troublesome. Therefore, we generally think that it will be borrowed and used within two months."

"However, I never expected that these seven accelerator tubes would never be returned once they were borrowed!" Zetian's voice couldn't help but be a little excited. "Later, when the deadline came, they were not returned. The university's audit found

It put a lot of pressure on the institute. So, I asked my assistant to contact Morimoto immediately."

"Later, I contacted him several times before I was able to contact him. After that, I called him to the office. Several teachers in our institute, including me, kept questioning Morimoto. After questioning for several hours, the loan was accelerated.

No matter what happened, he was finally willing to reveal the truth. At that time, his statement was that he took the seven accelerator tubes and mortgaged them for money."

"At that time, the price of shogunate-style houses in Kyoto was rising rapidly. He wanted to speculate in real estate, but he had no choice but to have no spare money. He saw many people around him becoming rich through real estate speculation, so he became confused for a while. At that time, Morimoto gave us

The answer was that he would sell the house, repay the money as soon as possible, and get the accelerator back. He also said that he did not know that there was such a two-month audit rule within the university. He said that the engineering test usually takes more than half a year.

, he is responsible for explaining the school."

"At that time, Kyoto's shogunate-style residences were concentrated in Shimokyo Ward. There were rumors that the city government was going to demolish and renovate these residences, and specific plans would be released in mid-June. Therefore, housing prices skyrocketed. Morimoto and his

The plan is to buy these houses and then sell them when the city government’s urban plan is released in June.”

"We teachers were also soft-hearted and couldn't bear to see this young man ruin his future like this, so we promised to give him some time to relax. However, we didn't expect that after the incident, he turned out to be crazy enough to sell the accelerator tube.

It turned out that not many financial institutions were willing to accept mortgages for this kind of experimental equipment, so they had to sell it. He actually imagined waiting until June, selling the house, and then buying back seven new accelerating tubes and returning them to the institute.

"

"It's simply ridiculous!" Zetian scolded him directly, "If you don't do good research, don't do serious academic work, you actually think about making money all day long. Isn't this a betrayal of the spirit of the university? Now think about it, at the time

I shouldn't have given Morimoto a chance. It's not so easy to find a buyer for the accelerator tube. At that time, Morimoto probably hadn't found a buyer yet. If I had pressed harder, Morimoto might have returned the accelerator tube.

It won’t be a big mistake!”

After listening to Sawada's words, Chigako immediately turned around, faced the court and shouted loudly, "Chief Judge. In this case, Morimoto's criminal motive for using the accelerator tube is very clear. He was attracted by the wave of real estate speculation and wanted to

After dreaming of getting rich overnight, he intended to raise funds for real estate transactions by selling expensive experimental equipment. The defendant Morimoto had been corrupted by money and lost the direction of pursuing academics. He degenerated to this point and used his talents for speculation. Morimoto walked away.
Chapter completed!