"Answer the Holy Church's call! Fight for the people! Fight for hope! Long live the people!" As the reporters watched the Holy Light Clerics march in perfect formation on the screen, roaring their slogans, they could not help trembling.
The video conveyed the Holy Church's resolve. At that moment, they actually began to feel, deep down, that perhaps the World Government was not so terrifying after all!
This might be a force capable of overturning the world, different from both the pirates and the Revolutionary Army.
Vivian solemnly wrote those words in her notebook.
Half an hour passed, and Kumata quietly turned off the video. "Now, everyone, do you think we have the strength to fight the World Government?"
The reporters below remained silent. Only after a long while, once they had recovered from their shock, did they burst into thunderous applause.
"All right, everyone, that concludes today's press conference. I hope you will report what you saw truthfully. On behalf of the Holy Church, thank you once again!" Kumata raised a hand to quiet their excited applause, then bowed slightly.
After the conference, the reporters hurried back to their newspapers. They could hardly wait to write down everything they had seen and thought that day and report it to the entire city.
Early the next morning, the Goa Royal Capital lay in peaceful silence. As the sun rose, that silence gave way to bustle and noise. People throughout the city poured into the streets.
"Papers! Papers! A fourth force will emerge to reshape the world! God's Warriors will prevail! Long live the people!"
Amid the newsboys' fervent cries, everyone's attention turned to the newspapers.
As copies sold one after another, the people of the city began discussing the news excitedly.
Yesterday's interviews had become today's feast of words, with