Becoming A Tech Tycoon Begins With Regression novel Chapter 192

Chapter 192: Slander [2]: Gratitude

"For now," Ethan added casually, "just put the PR team on hold and don’t accept any interviews."

"Right... okay," she whispered, sounding far calmer than before. "Thank you."

"Mm. I’ll handle the rest."

"...I know."

They stayed on the line for another quiet second before she finally hung up.

Ethan set the phone down.

Then he pulled his screen back open.

Athena tilted her head.

{Are you planning to address the slander now?}

"Not yet."

He scrolled through the flood of negativity — the fake viral video, the false articles, the bots posing as experts.

It was all predictable.

But then, something new and completely unexpected showed up.

It was live post.

A woman sitting in a hospital room, tears running down her cheeks but she was smiling.

[VitaBand caught my husband’s internal bleeding. He didn’t even know he was sick. Doctors said another hour and he would’ve died. I don’t care what anyone says, this device saved his life.]

Ethan looked at the video in surprise but before he could say anything another one popped up.

[A nurse here told me the ONLY reason they found my son’s arrhythmia early was because of the Vitaband. I’m terrified reading the lies online. PLEASE don’t let them scare you, this thing saved my baby.]

More and kept appearing, so much so that Ethan didn’t even know how to react, this wasn’t even part of his plan, but he guess some user’s were just sitting and watch the people believe in whatever lies were being spread.

And the best part was, these were real users showing real gratitude. OmniTech Corp didn’t even have to go out of their way to get in touch with them, they had done it willingly.

But as expected, the trolls were already gathering on each and every video being posted in support of Vitaband.

[Paid shill]

[Bot account lmao]

[OmniTech damage control]

[Nice try, PR intern]

And yet...

Instead of frowning, Ethan’s lips curved.

He was genuinely pleased with this outcome as he watched more and more people started posting videos in defense of the watch.

Whoever was orchestrating this was trying very hard to suppress the videos and drown them out with more negative ones but Athena wasn’t allowing that.

Ethan rested his elbow on the desk, cheek against his knuckles, watching the online chaos spiral and stabilize at the same time.

The trolls were loud.

But the truth was louder.

Real users, real families and real lives saved, posting without OmniTech pushing them, without prompting or even reward.

They were just genuinely grateful.

That was the kind of support money couldn’t buy, that was the kind of support Victor couldn’t kill.

Athena opened a new window.

{They’re scrambling.}

"Show me."

The negative campaign’s activity spikes were suddenly... spiking again. More bot accounts were appearing, more comments were being purchased and more paid amplifiers were trying to bury the genuine posts.

But the numbers told a different story.

For every fake comment, three real people replied.

For every ’paid shill’ insult, someone else responded with medical paperwork, or a nurse confirming it, or a family member stepping in.

The narrative wasn’t collapsing.

It was slipping out of Victor’s control.

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