Very Different Initial Rendering of RAW File ??? [possible corrupt file but renders ok in RT]

It looks like the file was modified by Capture NX. Similar to what @paperdigits mentioned.

[IFD0]          Make                            : NIKON CORPORATION
[IFD0]          Camera Model Name               : NIKON D700
[IFD0]          Software                        : Capture NX 2.4.7 W
[IFD0]          Modify Date                     : 2019:12:04 13:11:29
[IFD0]          Artist                          : *******
[IFD0]          Reference Black White           : 0 255 0 255 0 255
[IFD0]          Copyright                       : *******
[IFD0]          Date/Time Original              : 2019:11:29 01:00:55
[IFD0]          TIFF-EP Standard ID             : 1 0 0 0
[IFD0]          Preview TIFF                    : (Binary data 204696 bytes, use -b option to extract)

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