The Sterile Corridor
Julian arrives at Vane HQ already being erased: his badge is revoked in the sterile executive corridor, then he walks into a scripted boardroom expulsion where Marcus frames him as financially unstable and gets his executive authority stripped in real time. Julian says little, but notices the overseas logistics division is hiding a deeper debt. He leaves in silence—yet his phone confirms the server access he quietly secured is live, setting up his counterstrike. Inside the Vane boardroom, Marcus leads a formal vote to strip Julian of his titles and access on the pretext of financial instability. Julian stays silent, forcing Marcus to overplay the room while Julian spots the real pressure point: an undocumented overseas logistics debt Marcus is hiding. The vote passes, Julian is publicly expelled and escorted out, but as he leaves his phone confirms a live server access and a ledger scan arrives, giving him the first real leverage for the reversal ahead. Exiled from Vane HQ, Julian confirms his silent data breach is complete and initiates contact with Elena Thorne. As Marcus’s security team descends on his empty apartment, Julian leaves behind a calculated distraction, officially transitioning from the disinherited heir to the architect of the Vane conglomerate's ruin.
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