As the chat and Rotom chatted up a storm, the scene unfolded before the camera.
The Town Chief, representing Kitakami's residents, also stepped forward and asked sternly, "Young man, are you Xia Chi, the one slandering the Loyal Three online?"
With this old geezer starting politely before bringing out the threats, Xia Chi couldn't exactly tear into him right away.
But he had never intended to win through sharp words alone.
Xia Chi replied calmly, "Slander? Simply recounting what the Loyal Three did counts as slander?"
The Town Chief snapped, "Ridiculous! Kitakami's legends have been passed down for hundreds of years, and they have always told the same story. An outsider like you spouts lies and twists right and wrong. What is that if not slander?"
Xia Chi countered mildly, "Does something being that way forever make it right?"
"Just like Kitakami's long-standing tradition of ripping off tourists-is that right, too?"
The Town Chief pointed a trembling finger at Xia Chi in fury. "You... what do you know about business?"
He calmed himself slightly and continued, "Stop twisting things. In any case, you must delete that video slandering Pecharunt, the Loyal Three, and the people of Kitakami. Then you must give us a formal apology and donate one million League Coins toward repairing the Loyal Three Shrine!"
Not far away, the livestream faithfully recording this scene was filled with laughter.
[Here it comes, the world-famous line: can you really call it a rip-off if it's business?]
["Does something being that way forever make it right?" Lao Shui sounded so cool saying that!]
[Absolutely incredible. They aren't even pretending anymore. Just grabbing everything they can.]
[Town Chief, catch me a Dratini, give me a million to raise it, and cook me a couple of dishes while you're at it!]
[But Lao