The 24th Century Warrior Became a Fake Heiress novel Chapter 271

Chapter 271 The Paper Trail

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Armed with overwhelming capital and market dominance, they used predatory incentives to force Sinclair Enterprises‘ partners to jump ship, offering a twenty percent margin bonus and covering all contractual penalties for any client who broke terms with the Sinclairs.

Are they trying to wipe the Sinclairs off the map entirely?

Isabella’s brows knitted slightly.

Calculating the financial models, Horizon Group was practically burning cash at a loss just to corner the

market.

In the early days, one could argue it was aggressive corporate competition against an established legacy player.

Yet now, the Sinclairs had dwindled to less than twenty percent of their former factory capacity, surviving solely on legacy contracts and loyal patrons.

Once those remaining agreements expired, the Sinclairs would find themselves cornered without a way

out.

After all, they stood no chance against Horizon Group in a battle of pure capital reserves.

Having swallowed the Sinclairs‘ market share, the rival firm had ballooned into an energy titan dominating the sector.

Digging deeper into the transaction ledgers, Isabella noticed Powell Group maintained regular dealings with Horizon Group, and even before Powell Group’s recent bankruptcy–back when Adrian botched his short on Hanks Group–Horizon Group had funneled a massive bailout into his accounts.

Isabella raised an eyebrow in cold amusement.

No wonder Adrian had severed ties with their maternal uncles so ruthlessly.

Given his mercenary nature, how could he turn down dirty money wrapped in lucrative contracts?

Once he pocketed Horizon Group’s cash, coming to the Sinclairs‘ rescue was out of the question.

Put bluntly, the payout wasn’t a standard investment–it was hush money to buy Powell Group’s inaction

Sure enough, tracing back through the annual records, Horizon Group had wired substantial sums to Powell Group every single year.

Structured either as project funding or collaborative R&D grants, major tranches arrived like clockwork every couple of years.

Those quiet transfers had continued all the way up until disaster struck the Sinclair household.

Isabella scrutinized the archived news reports from the year the Sinclairs went under.

An explosion had ripped through a key R&D laboratory within a Sinclair facility.

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Following the blast, local authorities swiftly placed a gag order on the press.

That sudden catastrophe had dealt a crippling blow to the Sinclair empire.

In the wake of the incident, other Sinclair production plants suffered a cascade of safety violations and mysterious accidents.

One after another, their manufacturing facilities were forced to shutter their doors.

And after that….

“Wait, what’s this?”

Isabella arched a brow, zeroing in on an obscure digital breadcrurfib.

Buried beneath mountains of corrupted scrap files and archival noise, it was the kind of minute detail that anyone without immense cognitive precision would have scrolled right past.

The entry noted that Ascent Dynamics had approached the Sinclairs with an aggressive acquisition offer for their battery manufacturing patents.

Specifically, they demanded the rights to the Sinclairs‘ latest experimental tech, including unfinished blueprints and unlaunched prototypes.

The record stated Ascent Dynamics showed immense interest in the Sinclairs‘ forward–looking energy concepts, aiming to buy out the foundational IP across the entire sector.

At the time, the Sinclairs were the undisputed market leaders.

The buyers urged the Sinclairs to cash out and pivot their research into other sectors.

Since battery development encompassed endless disciplines, there was no need to stay stubborn over solid–state cells.

But the Sinclairs refused.

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Reading the archived logs, Isabella saw that Julian was the one who rejected the buyout:

Having already taken the reins of Sinclair Enterprises, Julian flatly shut down Ascent Dynamics‘ demands.

After all, battery engineering was the Sinclair family legacy, and solid–state tech was Raymond’s crowning project.

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