The 24th Century Warrior Became a Fake Heiress novel Chapter 272

Chapter 272 Anatomy of a Crisis

Had the Sinclairs kept growing, Powell Group wouldn’t hold a candle to them today.

Pondering the thought, Isabella scrolled further down the digital archive.

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After failing to acquire the Sinclairs‘ core business by financial buyout, Ascent Dynamics resorted to underhanded tactics.

They spun up an identical division and began poaching personnel directly from the Sinclair labs.

The Sinclairs failed to spot the trap early on–their operations were sprawling, their veteran scientists loyal and their revenue streams ironclad, leaving them blind to the poaching threat.

Losing an engineer or two here and there barely caused a ripple on the surface.

Yet as time wore on, things took a sinister turn-

Entire research divisions began resigning in droves, with lead scientists taking their whole teams out the door.

Julian had sensed something amiss and held exit interviews, but the researchers refused to budge regardless of pay raises.

As a result, critical Sinclair pipelines were forced into indefinite hiatus.

Deprived of core talent, the company’s operational capabilities spiraled into crisis.

Isabella’s brow furrowed tightly.

Reviewing the timeline, she looped back to the report on the laboratory explosion.

Did Ascent Dynamics develop an obsession with Sinclair patents only after that lab blast?

To the point of spinning up a dedicated division solely to poach their researchers?

And succeeding at it, no less.

Isabella’s eyes narrowed with calculating intensity.

Switching windows, she tracked down the current whereabouts of those poached engineers.

Unsurprisingly, most were listed on Ascent Dynamics‘ payroll.

Yet several names were absent from company records.

Examining their international travel registries, Isabella’s gaze turned sharp.

To uncover what really happened back then, I’ll need to ask Grandfather and my uncles.

With that in mind, she pulled up Ascent Dynamics‘ ownership structure and executive roster.

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Chapter 272 Anatomy of a Crisis

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The data revealed a multinational joint venture that had long held a massive footprint in Caporia, though they had never touched battery tech prior to that incident.

Today, the rebranded conglomerate held sprawling interests across clean energy, industrial shipping, and luxury retail.

Isabella’s eyes narrowed slightly.

With such a diversified portfolio, why did they suddenly fixate on the Sinclairs‘ battery patents?

Shifting her focus, she initiated a background check into Raymond Sinclair’s current condition.

Infiltrating the Sinclair private network, she discovered Raymond had been hospitalized two weeks ago.

Security footage captured him on a heated phone call with Daniel flying into a rage upon learning no debut gala had been arranged for Isabella.

The second the call disconnected, he clutched his chest and collapsed to the floor.

The Sinclair family physician rushed in to administer CPR before dialling Julian and calling 911 to rush him to the hospital.

Identifying the hospital from the ambulance logs, Isabella breached the facility’s internal database to pull Raymond’s medical records.

Cardiogenic obstruction, suspected to be triggered by acute emotional distress…

Isabella’s brows drew together in thought.

While Raymond was furious on the call, the intensity wasn’t nearly enough to trigger acute cardiac arrest

on its own.

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