Neither man would give way, and they nearly started shoving each other as they fought over the microphone.
The white man wore a BBC press badge on his chest, while the man from Sakura Country was a senior NHK reporter.
Eagle Country and Sakura Country.
One had just been frightened into a humiliating retreat by the Dragon Kingdom's new aircraft carrier.
The other had just seen Yue Xiaofei flatten its Sacred Mountain and force its Female Chancellor to kneel and apologize.
The intentions of these two countries' reporters, stepping forward at this moment, were obvious.
The staff at the scene instantly paled.
They wanted to step in and stop them, but it was already too late.
Live broadcast cameras around the world were already trained on the two reporters.
Forcibly stopping them would only give others ammunition to claim that the Dragon Kingdom had a guilty conscience and dared not answer questions.
The livestream chat instantly exploded.
"Holy shit! It's those BBC and NHK dogs!"
"What are they trying to do? Smear us again?"
"Those two assholes are definitely up to no good! Just look at their faces!"
"Be careful, Major General Yue! This is a trap!"
The atmosphere instantly shifted from feverish excitement to tension.
Everyone's heart rose into their throat.
The eyes of the world converged on Yue Xiaofei as he stood before the microphone.
They waited to see how this young man, who had just accomplished something legendary, would handle this sudden, malicious diplomatic challenge.
Relying on his imposing size, the BBC reporter from Eagle Country finally got ahead of the other man and snatched the microphone.
He cleared his throat and, with undisguised arrogance and provocation on his face, asked loudly in English with a thick London accent:
"Hello, Major General Yue. I'm Thompson, a