Upon hearing the voice of the newcomer, Raiden Mei's face immediately darkened, and her eyes were filled with disgust and disdain as she looked at him.

Seeing Mei's distressed expression, as if she had swallowed a fly, Qiaoqiao followed the sound and saw a pale-skinned young man with a chiseled face. She froze on the spot.

This man looks remarkably similar to Welt Joyce, the first Acting Herrscher.

Chapter 182 Qiao Qiao: I am Mei's fiancé!

Outside the VIP room of the banquet hall, a tall, handsome young man with sharply defined features and black hair strode through the crowd.

The high-ranking officials and celebrities crowded outside the VIP room turned ashen-faced upon seeing the man, as if they had encountered some terrifying figure. They all stepped back, and the crowd parted instantly like water.

Walter Joyce.

He is the nominal leader of Anti-Entropy, wielding supreme power in all branches of Anti-Entropy. Even Anti-Entropy executives like Cocolia and Einstein, who possess extraordinary power and hold high positions, must respectfully bow to him, not to mention the secular nobles who are dependent on Fate or Anti-Entropy.

Walter, with an arrogant smile on his face, walked unimpeded to the door of the VIP room.

Suddenly, two security guards stepped forward to stop them, saying, "Mr. Walter, this is a room arranged by Mr. Raiden Kunimitsu for a VIP. No one is allowed to enter."

Walter, as the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, usually held a high position within ME Corporation. He didn't care about offending Raiden Kunimitsu, the vice president who only had the power, and he certainly didn't take the two security guards seriously. He said with disdain, "This is ME Corporation, my territory. Is there any place I can't enter?"

He completely disregarded the security guards who were trying to stop him, forcefully pushed them aside, and opened the VIP room door despite their obstruction.

The two security guards were low-ranking and insignificant, and in terms of physical strength, they were no match for the Herrscher of Reason. They could only watch helplessly as Walter forced his way into the VIP room.

A loud "Bang!" came from the doorway.

Raiden Kunimitsu, Mei, and Jojo were discussing how to steal the ledger containing evidence of Raiden Ryoma's innocence from Cocolia's office when they suddenly heard the door open. Perhaps fearing that their plan would be exposed, they all turned to look at the suddenly opened door.

At the edge of Qiaoqiao's vision, a tall, pale-faced, cold-looking young man with a fierce aura stood at the entrance of the VIP room. He had an arrogant smile on his lips, and the two tall and burly security guards behind him were trembling with fear. They hurriedly apologized to Raiden Kunimitsu, saying, "Lord Kunimitsu, we are sorry. We have tried our best to stop him, but we cannot disobey Lord Walter's orders."

Walter's sudden burst into the room surprised Raiden Kunimitsu. However, as an elder of the Raiden family, although he lacked martial prowess, he was experienced, shrewd, and adept at understanding human relationships.

Raiden Kunimitsu was naturally furious at Welt's uninvited arrival, but he still put on a calm and composed demeanor: "You two should get out of here now."

Upon hearing Lei Guoguang's words, the two negligent security guards breathed a sigh of relief, bowed their heads in gratitude to the elderly man for his magnanimity, and then hurriedly left the room and closed the door.

The moment the VIP room door closed, it shut out the densely packed social elites outside.

Raiden Kunimitsu, as the vice president of ME Corporation, whose status was far below that of Walter, the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, greeted Walter with a warm smile: "Mr. Walter, the old man was unaware of your personal presence and apologizes for not welcoming you properly."

As the saying goes, "a higher rank can crush a lower one." Even though Raiden Kunimitsu is the vice president of ME Company and seems incredibly prestigious to other social elites, he still has to be humble and obsequious in front of the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance.

Walter Joyce, as the leader of Anti-Entropy, was pampered by Cocolia and others and had long been spoiled. He was extremely arrogant and looked down on the people of ME Corporation, let alone Raiden Kunimitsu, the former president's confidant who had long been sidelined.

Walter arrogantly ignored Raiden Kunimitsu's outstretched hand as if it were air, but when he saw Raiden Mei, who was wearing a purple dress, tall and slender with a beautiful and refined appearance, his eyes lit up.

"Miss Mei, it's been a long time. You look absolutely radiant tonight."

Walter ignored Raiden Kunimitsu but showed particular favor to Mei, which made the elderly and highly respected Kunimitsu feel embarrassed. Mei glanced at Jojo and said somewhat awkwardly, "Thank you... for the compliment, Mr. Walter."

Welt Joyce's acquaintance with Mei was deliberately arranged by Cocolia, who made Welt actively pursue Mei in order to obtain the entire Raiden family fortune and conquer the gem.

When Walter first saw Mei, he was captivated by her ethereal beauty and was more than happy to accept the marriage proposal.

Marrying a beauty like Mei would bring Walter a huge fortune and the Conquest Gem. He's not stupid; how could he possibly refuse?

"Miss Mei, would you like to dance with me?"

Walter smiled confidently and reached out his hand to Mei.

Mei looked troubled and said with a wry smile, "I...I have an appointment tonight."

Walter was surprised and unwilling to accept Mei's invitation. His gaze finally fell on Jojo.

From the moment he stepped into the room, his gaze was fixed on the beautiful and elegant Mei, completely ignoring everyone else. Only now did he finally notice Qiao Qiao.

As the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, Walter was extremely proud. Mei's refusal of his invitation and her spending the banquet with other men made him extremely jealous. Without any mercy, he grabbed Jojo's collar and said, "Raiden Mei is my fiancée. If you know what's good for you, don't go near her again from now on."

Walter held a high position of power within Anti-Entropy, and almost no one dared to disobey him. Therefore, he naturally assumed that as long as he made a slight threat, Jojo would obediently listen to him.

When Jojo heard Walter claim to be Mei's fiancé, she looked at Mei with some surprise, after all, he had come to the banquet at Mei's request to pretend to be her fiancé.

If Welt and Mei are already engaged, then there's no need for me, this fake, to exist.

Upon hearing Walter's words, Mei immediately reached out and pulled away Walter's hand that was gripping Jojo's collar, saying, "Mr. Walter, I have already refused you many times before, please don't spread rumors in front of others."

After Jojo's collar was released by Walter, she felt much easier to breathe and instantly understood the situation.

It seems that the "fiancée" thing is completely fictitious and was purely Walter's own claim.

Jojo smiled slightly and said sarcastically to Walter, "So that's how it is. Your so-called 'fiancée' is just wishful thinking on your part. I knew Miss Mei would never be interested in someone like you..."

Hearing Jojo's words, Walter clenched his fists in anger, but he couldn't lash out in front of Mei.

If he angered Mei and made her dislike him, not only would his wish to marry the beauty be thwarted, but Cocolia would also definitely not let her off the hook if his plan failed.

To please Mei, Walter suppressed his dissatisfaction, reached out and grabbed Mei's slender, fair arm, and said confidently, "Miss Mei, I am the leader of Anti-Entropy. Power, status, and money are all within my grasp. Is there anyone in this world more worthy of you than me?"

In Walter's view, as the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, he wields power, holds an extraordinary position, and possesses countless riches. He is the object of countless women's desires, and Mei would never abandon him to choose another man.

Mei didn't know why Welt was so obsessed with her, but whenever she thought about her father being persecuted and imprisoned by Cocolia, she gritted her teeth in hatred. As Cocolia's accomplice, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was her "enemy".

Being pursued by her enemy, Walter, made Mei feel disgusted from the bottom of her heart. She forcefully shook off Walter's hand that was holding her, then ran to Qiao Qiao's side, reached out and hugged Qiao Qiao's arm and said, "He is my fiancé, the young master of the Beichen family, Beichen Jiujiu. Please give up on this idea and stop bothering me."

Jojo attended the Anti-Entropy group banquet to play Mei's fiancé and help her get rid of Walter's pursuit.

But when Mei admitted that Jojo was her fiancé, Walter's eyes were filled with anger, which made Jojo feel a chill down his spine. This strong hostility made Jojo realize that he had become Mei's "shield" to avoid the marriage proposal.

Walter glared at Jojo with a fierce look in his eyes, as if blood was about to spill from his eyes, which made Jojo's heart skip a beat.

Anyone else would absolutely not want to face Welt's wrath, after all, his apparent identity is the leader of Anti-Entropy, and with that identity alone, killing someone would be an easy task, not to mention that he is also the first acting Herrscher.

However, JoJo himself was not afraid at all. He had multiple fragments of the Herrscher core hidden in his body, and he wielded multiple powers. Combined with the power of the Fusion Warrior, he was enough to contend with a true Herrscher.

Moreover, JoJo knew perfectly well that the true Herrscher of Reason, Welt Joyce, had been dead for many years.

The Weltjoys in front of JoJo was just a clone created by Cocolia. His personality had huge flaws, and compared with the real Herrscher of Reason, his strength was less than one percent.

When Walter learned that Jojo was Mei's fiancé, the anger in his heart was like a volcano about to erupt, reaching its limit. An ordinary person would have already killed the man and taken the woman they wanted.

But he remembered that Cocolia had once mentioned to him that Mei had a fiancé from a prestigious family. The Beichen family had a long history and a deep-rooted wealth. Before they went into seclusion, they worked with the Raiden family to fight against the Honkai creatures in the Far East.

The Raiden family has weakened under Cocolia's manipulation, but the Beichen family remains powerful, and even Anti-Entropy dares not make any rash moves against them.

Before coming to the Far East, Cocolia even specifically instructed Walter not to fight with the Beichen family.

Considering the power of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū, Walter gritted his teeth and swallowed the urge to skin Jojo alive.

"Beichen Jiujiu, I've heard of you... but I never expected you to still be alive."

Walter spoke slowly and deliberately, his voice filled with venomous hatred.

Qiao Qiao was also greatly surprised, not expecting that the identity of "Bei Chen Jiu Jiu" was so prominent that even Walter, the leader of Anti-Entropy, dared not make any rash moves against him.

Seeing that Walter's clone valued Kita no Kyuu's identity so highly, Jojo felt a surge of amusement. She smiled knowingly, exuding an imposing aura and adopting the demeanor of a scion of a noble family. She arrogantly addressed Walter, "Mr. Walter, this is the private room prepared for me by Mr. Raiden Kunimitsu. I need to be alone with my fiancée now. Please leave immediately!"

Walter had long coveted Mei and considered her his fiancée, but now another man had stolen her away...

Walter, who was always arrogant and conceited, could not tolerate such humiliation.

However, as a clone created by Cocolia, he could not disobey Cocolia's orders and could not lay a hand on Jojo.

Seeing that Jojo had completely suppressed Walter's arrogance, Raiden Kunimitsu, who had just been ignored and humiliated by him, seized the opportunity to step forward and deliver the final blow. He gestured towards the door and said, "Mr. Walter, this way please."

Walter, who had just ignored Raiden Kunimitsu, now had no choice but to accept his order to leave. After all, he couldn't afford to fall out with the young master of the Hokushin family in this setting, or Cocolia would definitely not let him off the hook.

Walter clenched his fists, his nails digging into the skin of his palms, and reluctantly followed Raiden Kunimitsu's guidance out of the room.

After he left the VIP room, the guests outside the door hurriedly avoided him as if they had seen a demon.

After being ushered out by Jojo, Walter, who was always proud, walked down the dark corridor, his heart filled with anger and humiliation. But what he found even harder to accept was that Mei, whom he loved so much, had abandoned him and chosen Jojo instead.

"Why is this happening? Miss Mei, he's just a little better looking, isn't he? In terms of family background, how am I inferior to him?"

Walter slammed his clenched fist against the wall beside him: "It must be because he used his status as the young master of the Beichen family to pester Miss Mei, forcing her to reject me!"

Walter gritted his teeth in hatred, his eyes glaring at the ground as if they were bleeding tears: "Damn it, wasn't Beichen Jiujiu supposed to be dead a long time ago? How come he suddenly appears at this time?"

Walter grew angrier the more he thought about it, and the more suspicious his fiancé's sudden appearance seemed.

She didn't show up earlier, nor did she have to, but just when he was about to bring Raiden Mei and the entire Raiden family under his control, she suddenly appeared and ruined his plans.

Thinking of this, Walter, who had been trembling with rage, suddenly became much calmer. A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he muttered to himself, "If only he disappeared..."

Chapter 183 The False Herrscher of Reason

After seeing Walter leave the room, Jojo, who had been on high alert and whose proud and cold face melted away like spring snow, slowly became gentle and relaxed.

He had assumed that Welt, as the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, was arrogant and conceited, and would definitely take action against him once he learned that he was Mei's fiancé. Therefore, he remained on high alert and prepared for battle.

Although Jojo, with her partial Herrscher powers, could fight Welt's clones and remain undefeated.

However, Welt, being a clone of the Herrscher of Reason, also possesses some of her power.

If the two were to actually fight, the ME Corporation headquarters might be completely destroyed.

If the commotion gets too big, he will definitely be closely watched by the Anti-Entropy people, and his plan to steal Cocolia's ledger and prove Raiden Ryoma's innocence will be ruined.

Mei and Qiaoqiao's main purpose in attending this banquet was thus thwarted.

Unexpectedly, he simply used the name "Beichen Jiujiu" and with just a few words, he easily fooled Walter Joyce.

It seems that Mei's fiancé, "Beichen Jiujiu," has a much more prominent identity and background than Qiaoqiao imagined, and even the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance has to be wary of him.

After Walter left, Mei's tense nerves relaxed instantly, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Qiaoqiao, you acted so well just now. You were able to overpower that Walter with your aura. If it weren't for the fact that I've known you for so long, I might have thought you were a young master from some noble family."

Mei's round eyes sparkled with excitement, and her gaze towards Jojo held a hint of admiration. A happy smile appeared on her lips: "It's all thanks to you that I could have fooled Walter Joyce. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been an easy task."

Walter Joyce, as the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, is someone whose status and position would terrify many high-ranking officials and celebrities. However, when Qiao Qiao met him, she not only showed no stage fright, but also perfectly embodied the identity of "Beichen Jiujiu". This is no easy feat.

Originally, Raiden Mei was worried that Jojo's disguise as "Hokushin Sakehisa" would be exposed in front of Welt and the others, but now it seems that she was just overthinking it.

Jojo's ability to improvise and her composure under pressure far exceeded Mei's expectations.

This is all thanks to Qiao Qiao's past experience of playing various powerful villains in simulators, which allowed her to capture the arrogant and domineering aura of a young master from a prestigious family so accurately, making her appear haughty and invincible in front of Walter.

Qiao Qiao knows very little about the young master of Beichen, "Beichen Jiujiu," and perhaps he himself is just as arrogant and cold as the character she plays.

If a "Beichen Jiujiu" imitation contest were held, and Beichen Jiujiu himself came, he might only be able to get second place in front of Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao's portrayal of a young master from a prestigious family is so lifelike.

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