Chapter 16 - The Ledger RevealedTwo days later, Arthur Vance was strong enough to sit up in bed and unlock the encrypted data drive he had hidden inside his jacket lining before his capture.
Dante, Elena, and Arthur sat around the conference table in the war room.
Arthur plugged the flash drive into the master terminal, projecting financial documents across the giant screens.
"Here it is," Arthur explained, pointing to the sprawling network of offshore accounts. "Every shell company, every municipal kickback, and every politician bought off by the Varga cartel over the last five years."
Dante studied the data with clinical detachment. "This isn't just enough to destroy the Vargas, Arthur. This is enough to dismantle half the federal corruption ring in the Midwest."
"What do you plan to do with it?" Elena asked, looking at Dante.
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"We leak it to the federal prosecutors anonymously," Dante replied calmly. "Let the law clean up the politicians while my family takes back the docks. The war is won."
Elena felt a profound sense of relief wash over her. The nightmare that had consumed her life was finally coming to an end.
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