Chapter 728 Before the Meeting
The two stood on the tower, in the center of the arena. At this moment, the victory belonged to both of them.
"It's unbelievable that both of them hit the ball at the same time. The judges will be confused now." The host shouted: "But before the result comes out, let's applaud the two contestants who are at the top."
The audience and the contestants were all applauding.
"Touma has grown up." Kamijou Shina looked at Touma very happily, but changed her tone: "Then the engagement should be done as soon as possible."
At this time, the referee's result was also announced, and the host announced excitedly: "The winner of the final tower gun ball is Kamijou Touma, and their school's points reached 300, winning the runner-up of the Daiha Star Festival, and the champion is the "Superpower GO" team with the highest points, up to 320 points, and the third place is Hogwarts with 280 points."
The results were announced. After seven days of fierce battle, the battered Touma team still did not win the championship. Obviously, they have worked very hard, but the total points are still 20 points less than the champion, even if Touma's final points are added, it is not enough.
Frustrated, they were only one step away from the championship, and they were almost able to completely change other people's low evaluation of their school. Unfortunately, they only won the runner-up in the end.
"Touma." Index was also very sad. She was energetic when Touma was happy, and she was also uncomfortable when Touma was sad.
The audience witnessed the efforts of Touma's team for seven days and expressed regret.
In the past, they would definitely be happy if they won the third place, but because they set the goal of winning the championship for themselves in this Daihaxing Festival, they tried their best but didn't win the championship, so they felt that their efforts were not rewarded, and their will was depressed, as if they were dead.
However, speaking of hard work, the passerby team is not bad. They won the championship, which shows that hard work is still useful.
Touma and his team didn't think about the fact that they surpassed Tokiwadai Girls' School and defeated the pride of heaven. Although they didn't win the championship, there was nothing to be disappointed about. Seeing the listless appearance of the teenagers, Duran could only comfort them with one sentence: "Youth is often full of regrets, but you lost to people who worked just as hard, so the regret is not that big."
Duran was helping to feed the Senzu beans. He said this to them in his free time, which made the teenagers recover a little.
Yes, youth is often full of regrets, but what does it matter if it is not the best after working hard? Youth is regretful, but youth has no regrets.
At the end of the podium, everyone was cheering, because this was an extremely exciting game.
"Look, it's our son." Kamijou Touye excitedly pointed at Touma and introduced him to the unfamiliar tourists around him. There are many parents like Shaojo Touye. Seeing their children standing on the podium makes people feel refreshed and happy. They all hope that more people will contribute to their happiness.
Through the competition, Touma made many good friends again. He was very happy, but there was one problem he knew he could not avoid, that is Index. After the Great Star Festival, Duran will meet the leader of the Puritan Church in person.
The visiting card was submitted by Stiyl. This was a very formal visit, and Duran did not go there presumptuously.
"Durran, the one who completely exposed the magic world to the world? The headmaster of Hogwarts? The producer of Psycho GO, and the uncle of Kamijou Touma." Laura Stewart smiled and looked at the simple visiting card over and over again.
This is a church belonging to the British Puritan forces outside the Academy City. It is very small, like a separate small courtyard. There are no morning bells and evening drums, no nuns and priests, and only one person lives in it - Laura Stewart. Originally, she should be in charge of the overall situation in the UK, but all the recent events happened in the Academy City, which made her unable to control herself and come here to negotiate with the upper echelons of the Academy City in person. The previous "Book of Law" incident and the "Apostle Cross" incident were all leaked to the Academy City by her.
"Master, then what should I reply like this?" Stiyl asked.
The golden hair shone in the sunset, and the ankle-length dress swayed in the mottled light and shadow. The young and beautiful Master Laura was thinking. Her hair was very long, and she folded it twice along the distance of her height before she could put it away. She is a woman with ideas and courage. She is the leader of the complicated British church. She is quite skillful and will do anything for the benefit of the Puritan Church.
"See, I will write an invitation, you take it over, and bring him to see me at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Do you need protection measures?" Stiyl said, "Duran is not a person who can be understood by common sense. Maybe he will do you harm."
"No, I believe he is still very gentlemanly to ladies." Laura wrote the reply in a flamboyant manner and asked Stiyl to take it back. She was lost in thought again.
The Cross Church split into three major sects, the English Puritan Church, the Roman Orthodox Church, and the Russian Orthodox Church. The three major sects are all dissatisfied with each other and are constantly strengthening themselves, either to protect themselves or to encroach on others.
The Roman Orthodox Church has the largest power and is spread all over the world. Naturally, it is eyeing the other two churches and will swallow them up as soon as it has the opportunity. So in order to protect herself, the leader Laura chose to cooperate with the scientific community and formed an alliance with the Academy City to jointly fight against the Roman Orthodox Church.
Of course, Laura was not really in an alliance with Academy City, she was just using the power of Academy City, if she had the chance she would definitely preach in Academy City like the Roman Orthodox Church, because the goals of all religions are similar, to occupy more territory and gain more believers.
Through cooperation with Academy City, especially with Kamijou Touma's activeness, the Roman Orthodox forces were repeatedly attacked, and the Puritan strength was strengthened. All the escaped Roman Orthodox joined the Puritan. It seems that because of the similar doctrines, those who changed jobs don't care at all.
It can also be said that although it is a religion, their true faith is also very weak, and there is no God in the hearts of magicians.
This time, Laura met Duran, hoping to establish a relationship through the meeting, and maybe strengthen the British Puritan. If possible, Laura also hopes to annex the world and catch other religions and the scientific community in one fell swoop.
This is an ambitious woman, and of course a woman with skills. She is actually the same as the leader of the Roman Orthodox Church, but Laura is calm, and also knows how to make friends and slowly eat away the enemy. Unlike the Roman Orthodox Church, everything she does will not attract attention.
The Roman Orthodox Church is really too big, and everyone's eyes are on it. As long as it has a slight movement, even a small movement, it will be immediately discovered and targeted. It is impossible to be as low-key as Laura. It's not easy to be the boss, especially when there are the second and third in command who want to take over at any time. It's like a magical version of the situation where there are always villains trying to harm me.