Xu Yi's harsh words left everyone in the hall utterly stunned.
They had assumed that some old grudge between Camiro and Xu Yi had led Camiro to challenge him at every turn, and that Xu Yi had been equally blunt with Camiro for the same reason. But now, according to Xu Yi, Camiro had actually stolen technology developed by the Xinfei Merchant Guild. He was nothing but a thief and a fraud!
Everyone stared at Xu Yi, dumbfounded, then turned as one toward Camiro.
Rhine, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Karma Daily, reacted first and immediately called out, "President Camiro, is what President Xu said true?"
The others came to their senses as well and began loudly questioning Camiro.
"President Camiro, did you really steal the technology for this Magic-Powered Kettle from the Xinfei Merchant Guild?"
"President Camiro, if that's true, did the magic machinery your Great Merchant Guild manufactured before only match Xinfei magic machinery in quality and performance because you stole the Xinfei Merchant Guild's technology?"
"President Camiro..."
Everyone naturally believed Xu Yi.
After all, the Xinfei Merchant Guild's achievements since its founding were plain for all to see.
It was fair to say that without the Xinfei Merchant Guild, magic machinery would never have existed.
Over the past year and more, the Xinfei Merchant Guild had become synonymous with magic machinery in everyone's minds.
That meant that whenever an issue involved magic machinery, everyone instinctively chose to trust the Xinfei Merchant Guild and Xu Yi.
So after Xu Yi accused Camiro and the Great Merchant Guild of stealing the Xinfei Merchant Guild's technology, almost everyone accepted it as fact and began demanding answers from Camiro.
Camiro glared at Xu Yi, his face livid.
Of course, he knew perfectly well that Xu Yi was absolutely right, and