Chapter 228

Calliope took the tablet. A video was playing on screen. A group of people were holding up printed lines of code, crying into the camera as they accused Stellar Group of stealing their original work for the Aether System's core. They claimed it was a blatant copyright violation. They demanded Stellar take Aether offline and make a public apology, or else they'd camp outside Stellar's building with banners and ruin their reputation completely. In the bottom right corner of the video, the like count had already passed ten thousand. Calliope's eyes narrowed. That kind of low-budget video getting that many likes? It screamed of someone buying views. She let out a laugh, dry and cold. She had to hand it to Rosemary. Acting all calm and uninvolved, but quietly stabbing Aether, the very thing Calliope had poured her heart into. If she really pulled it off and got Aether removed from the market, then everything Calliope had built would be gone - her one true achievement ruined. Worse, she'd be