Three days later, the Chamber of the Dark Holy See.

The atmosphere was somewhat solemn, because it was an important day that would determine the future and fate of the Holy See.

When Bishop Kit, who was in the Radiant Star, also rushed back to the Holy See yesterday, except for Cardinal Agruth, who had already suffered misfortune, everyone gathered again without delaying their trip.

A faint sadness filled the air, and the mood of the returning bishops was a little heavy, because as a senator, Egros, was not only the first stalwart of the present era brought out by Alexander XVI like them, but also a partner who had worked together for decades to revive the Dark Church.

It's just that they are here today and have a more important task to do, and that is the question of whether or not they need to elect a new pope.

There are a total of eight people with the right to vote, namely the Dark Celestial Lady and the seven archbishops, who have been high-ranking members who have been responsible for assisting and supervising the pope for generations, so it is only natural that they decide whether or not to appoint a new pope.

Terrance was the first to speak, and the cardinal broke the silence with a dry cough: " Everyone is sad about Archbishop Egrus, but now is not the time for us to mourn, everyone already knows that our dark church is facing a great crisis, and the two evil sects that have always regarded us as a thorn in their side, the Cult of Rebirth and the Supreme Sect are likely to have formed an alliance and want to destroy us, the shili of these two cults are very large, if they really put aside the conflict for the time being to deal with us, the situation of the Holy See will be very bad. In particular, we still lack a real, great leader, a spiritual belief that can unite all people, and it will be very difficult for us to contend with these two cults, so I think it's time for the Holy See to elect a new pope!"

Gray Cardinal Kitt hesitated: " Archbishop Terrance, what you said is also a little reasonable, but the sixteenth pope left a foreshadowing when he left, the chosen son is the most suitable new pope for us, we all know that the sixteenth pope has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth and the great wisdom of the last resort, when he was in office, everything he did was wise and impeccable, even after leaving, his revival jihua has been leading the dark church forward, I think we should believe the words of the sixteenth pope, before that person appeared, maybe not the time to establish a new pope！”

It is not surprising that the Grey Bishop, who was so persuaded by the boldness of the XVI and remains resolutely loyal to the people of his predecessors, is not surprising.

At this time, the purple bishop Kim spoke up: " Archbishop Kitt, the sixteenth generation of the pope is the most respected leader of all of us here, and we all firmly believe in his words, but I think that no one but God can make it to the future in a few decades, and the sixteenth generation of the pope is no exception, and we have been waiting for such a long time, which is enough to verify whether the Chosen One will appear, and if it continues to wait because of the words of the sixteenth generation of the pope, and there is no specific reason, will it be too pedantic?"

Cardinal Aubrey said: "I can't say that, even if there is no pope in the past few decades, the development of the Holy See still shows a good momentum!"

"That was when we didn't have a strong field, but now it's different," Bishop Josephine retorted immediately: The Holy See may soon have two evil enemies, and there is no wise leader who can talk about things, what if we disagree, the battle is changing rapidly, and some of us may already be fighting on the front lines, and we can't always wait for the council to make decisions when we don't agree, and if there is a Pope who is in charge of the whole situation, then the problem can be solved. In addition, we have made a lot of noise about whether we should elect a new pope, and we have done some polls, and the results have been almost 100% in favor, and the congregation has asked me that no church should have a leader, and the current structure of the Holy See is deformed!"

Although the election of the new pope still had to be decided by vote, it would be better if we could persuade the partners with different positions to accept it happily.

Lucy was silent, she had already probed the voices of every archbishop who had returned, and Purple King was unsurprisingly a staunch supporter, while Gray Cardinal Kitt and White Cardinal Aubrey were on the same side as her.

As a dark celestial girl with a special status, Lucy has two votes, plus two votes from Kitt and Aubrey, and there are four votes against, and the four who support the election of the new pope are the cardinals, cardinals, blue cardinals and purple cardinals, one vote each, the same four votes.

And the remainder, the most important vote, will determine the outcome of this high-level meeting of the Holy See, which is in the hands of Bishop Clifford of Tsing Yi.

Clifford's attitude has not been very clear, both sides have probed his tone, and tried to persuade him, but the Bishop of Tsing Yi was vague and perfunctory, which showed that he was hesitating and had not yet made a plan.

Being able to win his support is the biggest key, and the reasons for both sides are basically for Clifford, and if he thinks which side is more reasonable, he will lose the vote to that side when he is in a dilemma.

The meeting lasted more than two hours, and the archbishops were foaming at the mouth and their throats were dry, but they could not shake anyone from each other's position, and they finally gave up their futile arguments.

Terrance sighed and said: "Forget it, it's not a way to go on like this, I don't have anything to say, according to the convention, vote to decide, as long as the pro-or anti-side has five or more votes, it has the final decision, it's up to me to come first, I support the establishment of a new pope!"

Bishop Kitt responded immediately, his words were simple, just three words: "I'm against it!"

Josephine raised his hand and said, "I'm in favor of Terrance!"

“......”

Others expressed their positions, not surprisingly, except for Clifford, the ratio of the six archbishops' votes for and against was six to four, and Lucy, who had been silent, also spoke: "My two votes, to the opposing side!"

In this way, the votes are even, and when the time comes, everyone's eyes invariably turn to the Bishop of Tsing Yi: "Archbishop Clifford, now there is only one vote for you." ”

In front of everyone's eyes, Clifford said: "Well, in fact, the election of the new pope is very beneficial to the Holy See, but maintaining the status quo will not make the Holy See destitute, what you say is very reasonable......"

The Bishop of Tsing Yi is the most patient and thoughtful person in the Dark Church, even a little worried, he always thinks ahead and backward, for fear of making mistakes, and his personality is a little indecisive and not resolute enough, which can be seen from his words.

The two sides secretly said that you are not talking nonsense, what we want is the result, don't grind anymore!

After a lot of rambling, Clifford finally returned to the subject: "Although I think both sides have a good point, this difference still has to be resolved, and I have to make a difficult decision for this!"

Everyone was in high spirits, their mood was tense, they held their breath, and the whole council hall could hear the pins falling, and they all waited quietly.

Clifford said slowly, "I ...... In favor of the election!"

What prompted him to make this decision was not the reasons listed by the other archbishops in the Holy See, but the reaction of the congregation.

These days, the Holy See is talking about the new pope everywhere, Clifford has heard of it, in addition to being an indecisive person, he also attaches great importance to the congregation, and according to what he has heard and heard, the congregation is almost 100% in favor of the introduction of the new pope, he naturally conforms to the will of the people, in fact, Clifford has already had an idea in his heart, just in order not to hurt the harmony of both sides, he deliberately made it very difficult, and Zuihou was biased towards one of them.

As soon as Clifford's voice fell, Terrance and the others smiled happily, and Kitt and Archbishop Aubrey were not much upset, they were just temporarily on opposite sides due to some differences in opinions, but they were not mortal rivals, and since the voting results were out, there was nothing to say.

Only Lucy's face was difficult to look at, and then Terrance said: "It seems that our suggestion is correct, Your Highness the Holy Maiden, we understand and accept your absolute loyalty to the Pope, however, everyone here, including you and me, is for the sake of the Holy See, please don't be swayed by personal emotions, as a dark celestial girl, one of the images that should be paid attention to is selflessness!"

At this point, it was irreparable, and Lucy took a deep breath: "Very good, I respect the results of the vote, but since you think that it is time for the Holy See to make some changes, then I think that another long-standing and unreasonable regulation should also be changed, so let's just put it forward in this meeting by the way!"

Terrance frowned: "What law, tell me about it?"

Lucy said word by word: "The ordinance that women cannot serve as popes!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this: "What?"

Lucy said: "Since the establishment of the Dark Holy See in ancient times, women have been forbidden to become candidates for the Pope, and I have never been able to understand this regulation. ”

"Perhaps it is because women are inherently weak and lack the prestige that the pope needs," said Bishop Kim. ”

"No, this can't be a reason, women are not weak!" Lucy said categorically: "In the long history, there are many examples of women becoming the strongest in the astral plane, in addition, including the God Emperor of the Protoss, the Pope of the Holy See of Light, and the leaders of many races or organizations, all of them have been held by women, not to mention, even the God of Judgment we believe in Oslia is also a goddess, do you still think that women can't have the qualifications to become leaders?"

"Well......" Kim was speechless, for Lucy's reasons were indeed so good that it was difficult for him to refute.

Lucy added: "Our Holy See advocates the basic creed of equality of all men, but this law conflicts with the basic creed, and I don't care what circumstances it was formulated at that time, but what is unreasonable should naturally be abolished, what do you think?"

"I also agree with this suggestion of Her Highness the Holy Maiden. "The one who spoke was Josephine, the only bishop of the eight archbishops, and she really should support women:" In fact, in recent years, feminists in the church have been very dissatisfied with the patriarchal attitude of the Holy See, the female congregation cannot hold many positions, and they have also been despised in capacity training, they have publicly protested that women should be treated the same as men, if this unreasonable regulation is abolished, it will be a haode start, which can appease the female congregation and greatly increase their competitive enthusiasm, which is beneficial and harmless for the Holy See!"

Terrance groaned, "Indeed, in the Judgment Corps, there are actually some female knights who are better than male knights, but they are not able to be the head or captain of the regiment, well, I also think that Her Highness has a point in this. ”

Even Terrance and Josephine did not object, let alone others, and this time the vote was overwhelmingly passed by a unanimous vote of 9 to 0.

In the end, Vieri walked out: "Everyone has no objections, this matter has been decided, Kim, you let the canonical department in charge of you revise the regulations as soon as possible, from now on, all women in the Holy See have the right to participate in the choice of the pope, and at the same time, other unfair regulations to treat female congregants will also be optimized and improved, and the election of the new pope will be held in a week!"

Lucy exhaled, this was not the most important result, she could not stop the new pope, but it was not the worst outcome, at least, won the right to run for women.

In fact, she has no interest in the papacy, and in the final analysis, her proposal to abolish the old regulations is still related to the legacy of the sixteenth pope.

If a new pope is elected, has been in office for a certain period of time, and has established his authority in the Holy See, even if the chosen one appears, it may not be able to change this fact.

However, if he can serve as the new pope, then, after finding the chosen son, he can still find a reason to let Xian, as long as he has no opinion, he thinks that others will not object.

The other archbishops had already left, and only Lucy was still sitting in the council chamber, looking at the dim hall and sighing in her heart.

I'm sorry, Pope, but that's all I can do!

However, the astral boundary is infinitely vast, and the sea of people is vast, where is that person?