The 24th Century Warrior Became a Fake Heiress novel Chapter 181

Chapter 181 Adrian’s Decision

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Marcus wore a casual grin and leaned back in his chair. “So, Adrian–what’s your take on giving them a little… assistance?”

He let the suggestion hang in the air, looking knowing. “Carter Group must be in full panic mode by now.

“They’ve gone public with their announcement, which means they’re scrambling to crack the core architecture and underlying logic of a Neural–Network Interface System.

“And let’s be honest–in this entire market, aside from our own neural–interface platform, which is mature and thoroughly vetted, who else even comes close?

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“So why not leak them some core code?”

He paused, noticing Adrian’s sharpening gaze, and raised a hand. “Hold up, Adrian–hear nie out.

“I’m not talking about the real deal.

“I’m talking about doctored code.

“Remember those early wrong turns we took with the neural–interface project?

“We almost couldn’t backtrack–almost went too far down a dead–end path.

“If that had happened, this system would never have gotten off the ground.”

He let the memory settle, then smiled again. “So it hit/me–why not ‘gift‘ Carter Group some of those flawed core modules?

“These modules are perfectly functional code.

“But they’re designed to fail.

“Carter’s project is just getting started. Even if they’ve pulled the best researchers from every top Lab, there’s no way they fully grasp the Neural–Network Interface System yet.

“In that situation, the core code we slip them will earn their trust easily.

“After all, it’s code we’ve validated ourselves–nothing looks off on the surface.

“And those dead ends we hit… unless you’ve walked that road yourself, how would you know there are traps hidden along the way?

“Carter Group will absolutely integrate the code we send over.

“We’ll just stage an internal security lapse–make it look like the code was lifted from our servers.

“Once they get it, their team will run tests.

“They’ll see the code performs perfectly and can replace the foundational logic they’ve been building.”

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Chapter 187 Adrian’s Decision

“And then.. His smile turned cool. “At the press conference, we’ll have them cornered.

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“Adrian, instead of worrying whether Carter might actually pull off a breakthrough, why don’t we hand them a ‘polished‘ version ourselves?

“That way, when they come at us, our odds of winning are much higher.

“Never underestimate the competition, Adrian.

“Especially not Carter Group–they’re no amateurs.”

Marcus‘ expression was that of a man who’d seen every play in the book.

This was exactly why he’d come to see Adrian.

As a CEO, Adrian’s moral compass ran a little tighter than his own.

Marcus believed in using every advantage the market allowed.

Adrian, though, sometimes acted like the market deserved a degree of respect.

Sure, he could be ruthless when needed, but he genuinely cared about fair play and product integrity.

Now Marcus was nudging him across that line.

If there was a cleaner way to win, why stick to the rulebook?

Carter Group probably couldn’t build something better than theirs.

But what if they managed a last–minute breakthrough–something nearly as good?

Even if it was slightly inferior, the industry might still see Carter as the more impressive story.

After all, Powell Group had been at this for years; Carter had only been in the game for a few months.

Which way would public sentiment lean?

That was why Marcus wanted to shut down every possible opening for Carter.

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