Becoming A Tech Tycoon Begins With Regression novel Chapter 194

{More troll accounts seem to be popping up by the second,} Athena explained, {but for some reason, they seem a little less aggressive than the previous few hours.}

Ethan placed a hand above his lips as he silently looked at the outcome. He hadn't even had to raise a single finger and the narrative had changed this much.

Though, there was the rare few that believed and spread the false information that was currently circulating the internet about the Vitaband, but that was inevitable.

You can't change everyone's mind and you don't need to.

"Of course they are," he finally answered, "hey're losing momentum."

"After all, trolls only bark loud when they think the crowd is on their side," he replied simply, "but right now?"

He scrolled through the posts, it was just one genuine testimony after another.

#VitaBandSavedMe rising.

Real nurses were commenting, acctual doctors were countering misinformation and people were willingly posting their medical reports.

"They're starting to look outnumbered," Ethan continued, "and trolls hate fighting uphill battles, it's too much effort."

He tapped the desk lightly.

"And more importantly… the ones funding the trolls are realizing their money isn't going as far as they hoped."

Athena paused as she looked through the bot patterns.

{You're right,} She nodded, {paid amplifiers just decreased by twenty-seven percent within the last forty minutes, funding is being pulled mid-campaign.}

"Mm," Ethan nodded as he leaned back lazily.

Another notification popped up, this time from a legal news forum.

He skimmed it and his smile widened.

"Mm, looks like the hospital is backtracking already."

Athena opened the article.

The same hospital spokesperson from earlier, the one claiming VitaBand caused 'unnecessary alarm', now posted a clarification:

[We regret the earlier statement. We are currently reviewing the accuracy of the case reported, our hospital does not endorse misinformation about medical devices without verified evidence.]

{They folded quickly,} Athena observed.

"They should," Ethan said calmly, "after all, they slandered a medical device without proof, that's lawsuit territory."

{Do you want me to inform the legal team to send them a letter?} She asked with a small smile.

"Of course," he said with a grin, "after all,

they gave my customers quite the scare in just a single day of the product being released."

Yup, Ethan Carter was being petty again, there was no way he was going to let it end at just an apology, they had to learn a lesson they wouldn't forget.

And if they somehow survive this, they'd carefully pick their battles.

{You sound petty, right now,} Athena commented before adding, {how bad should we make it seem?}

"More than it actually is," he answered, a small smile playing on his lips.

{Define 'more,'} she asked innocently, though her eyes gleamed with amusement...

This AI was enjoying this as much as her creator was.

Ethan tapped his pen against his desk.

"Make it sound like they caused a nationwide panic," he said calmly, "even though it was, what… two hours of chaos?"

{Two hours and seventeen minutes,} Athena corrected.

"Exactly," he said, "stretch it, exaggerate their recklessness."

{Is that all?} She asked, already knowing the answer to that question.

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