Folk Card Maker: Starting from Painted Skin.

Chapter 162 The truth comes out
However, when Zhang Jingtian and the Magic City Card Academy were celebrating enthusiastically, You Sheng, who was not far away, and the people from the Imperial City Card Academy behind him all had expressions of despair.

They lost, they broke the winning streak of Didu Card Academy, and this happened at a time when the attention was so high.

Moreover, they lost to Modou Card Academy twice in a row, which meant that they couldn't even find any excuses for underestimating the opponent or being restrained.

At this moment, their faces looked quite ugly.

You Sheng felt someone patting his shoulder. He turned around and found that it was his teacher.

"I'm sorry." You Sheng shook his head. He knew his teacher had high expectations of him. "I'm sorry to disappoint you."

The teacher smiled:
"What's wrong with you? Are you about to cry? How old are you? How could a failure make you like this? Do you still think you can win all your life?
In fact, losing just one game isn't such a bad thing in itself."

After hearing this, You Sheng wiped his nose with the back of his hand and continued:

"I, I know. But I still feel sad and unwilling to accept it. In fact, we were just a little bit short in the end!"

He looked at Zhang Jingtian, who was standing on the stage with high spirits, and his heart was full of envy.

How I wish he could be admired and worshipped by so many people like Zhang Jingtian.

He would feel that the treatment Zhang Jingtian is receiving now should be what he deserves.

The teacher beside him sighed: "It's almost there, but it's still not. Sometimes, the difference between victory and defeat for us card makers depends on this!
You're still young, and you still have hope of catching up to your opponents. Didn't you always say that you were great, and that everyone around you was too weak, so it was boring?

Now you have hope, don't you? At least you can make Zhang Jingtian your goal and chase after him."

At this moment, a hint of confusion flashed in You Sheng's eyes. He used to be such a confident person.

But now that Zhang Jingtian had done this to him, he finally began to worry whether he was too weak.

"That..." You Sheng sighed and whispered:
"Do I really still have a chance? Sometimes when I meet him, I really feel hopeless, as if no matter what I do, I can't catch up with him."

The teacher beside him patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are too extreme. Sometimes you are very confident and you are not afraid of anyone. And sometimes you are very inferior and feel that no matter how hard you try, you can never catch up with your opponent.

Perhaps what you should cultivate most is your mindset.”

You Sheng nodded thoughtfully, then asked the teacher a question he was very curious about:

"First Military Academy, what's the reason for their withdrawal?"

……

The victory of Shanghai Card Academy this time attracted quite a lot of attention because they were a dark horse, the kind that many people had not expected before the game.

What the public likes to watch most is the dark horse's counterattack.

However, now that Magic City Academy of Cards has won the championship, there will definitely be controversy.

This should be something that everyone will experience after winning a championship. After all, it is difficult for you to satisfy everyone as a champion.

At this moment, in the Magic City Card Academy, a questioning voice appeared about the champion.

Some people believe that their victory is closely related to the withdrawal of the First Military Academy from the competition.

After all, in the eyes of many people, the First Military Academy is the strongest in this competition.

Their advancement was a crushing force, leading many to believe that facing either the Imperial City or Magic City Card Academy would only result in defeat. The First Military Academy's withdrawal was also incredibly sudden, with no convincing explanation provided, leading to numerous conspiracy theorists speculating.

For a time, many people on the Internet were saying that the championship of Magic City Card Academy was a complete fluke, and the First Military Academy was the real uncrowned king.

Zhang Jingtian naturally also saw such remarks, but he did not take them to heart at all.

But curiosity still drove Zhang Jingtian to walk to his teacher Li and asked again:
"Teacher, I know you didn't want to tell me the truth before, that's because we still have a competition and you didn't want me to be distracted.

But now that the competition is over, can you tell me the real reason why the First Military Academy withdrew from the competition?"

Teacher Li glanced at Zhang Jingtian and did not directly answer his question, but asked:
"Shouldn't you be celebrating your championship now?"

"Of course I'm happy to have won, but that's all in the past. And I know very well that these competitions are just for fun. Our true opponents will always be the Scourge and the anti-human cultists.

The First Military Academy's withdrawal from the competition must have something to do with them, right?"

At this time, Teacher Li fell silent. He didn't expect that Zhang Jingtian's guess was so accurate.

He sighed and continued:

"I really don't know where you guessed that, but it's exactly as you said, District 5..."

Teacher Li knew very well that this matter might be concealed for a long time among ordinary people, but it would be impossible to keep it secret forever among card makers like them.

So sooner or later, Zhang Jingtian will know the answer.

Since that was the case, Teacher Li felt it would be better to tell Zhang Jingtian directly now.

After Zhang Jingtian finished listening to Teacher Li’s popular science lecture, an ugly expression suddenly appeared on his face.

This is very dangerous. The Scourge is becoming stronger and stronger. Sooner or later, they will come back and awaken people's fear.

"So they are going to clean up the aftermath?" Zhang Jingtian asked in a low voice.

Teacher Li shook his head: "This kind of thing is not their turn yet. It's just that the whole country is worried now, and their secret realm and the seal door have also loosened.

At that time, if the Ministry of War is short of staff, the first to take over will be the First Military Academy.

So those students have already gone to training to prepare for any emergency."

After hearing this, Zhang Jingtian immediately said, "Then do we need to go for special training? As students of the Academy, we can't just sit there and wait for death, right?"

Listening to Zhang Jingtian's words, Teacher Li patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction:

"I knew you wouldn't be the type to be afraid. The school will make arrangements for you when you return.

What you need to do next is to enjoy this championship.

By the way, after today, you'll probably become a star, and you'll be approached by many endorsements. The school won't interfere, nor will it share profits with you. You can make your own decision."

"You're already Gold Four Star. Save up some money and work hard to break through to Platinum!"

(End of this chapter)