(Hostile) Takeover

Shoutout to Bruh_Vista for beta-reading and providing extensive feedback for this chapter!

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Guy was shocked to see a familiar franchise from his previous world appearing in his humble organization's portfolio. For a moment, he feared that he had unintentionally crossed paths with the only other person who had been transported to this world and had the foolish idea of plagiarizing a business venture from his past life without even changing its name!

Observing his disciple's awkward chuckle, Guy realized that there must be an interesting story behind it.

"Lowe's was acquired," Markus revealed. "Do you remember the company we hired to handle the forestry clearing and establish the sect's foundation? Well, we now own the majority shares of that company."

"The last I knew, Lowe's didn't follow that ownership model," Guy muttered.