The Infinite Powerhouse Mixed in with Sakura Dormitory

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My Brother-in-Law is Iron Man

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Chapter 144 Jiang Jing: A Battlefield? No, I'm very calm.

Ayano Iida, arm in arm with Mashiro Shiina, a woman with an aloof and icy demeanor like a sculpture of ice, walked past tables and occasionally nodded and greeted writers and painters she knew, attracting the attention of many people.

Jiang Jing, tall and imposing, walked behind the two. His calm expression was serene and languid, and his star-like eyes seemed gentle but were actually coldly looking down at them.

In addition, his facial features were even more perfectly harmonious than those of the handsome Mu Yang, and because he possessed such terrifying power, even when he suppressed his aura, he still exuded a faint aura of light that seemed to come from the sun, the source of life.

At this moment, everyone who noticed him felt an instinctive sense of admiration and closeness, attracting the attention of all the women along the way.

However, just as the three were about to reach their table, an alluring fragrance wafted from behind Jiang Jing, and then his arm was enveloped by something warm and soft.

"Sorata, it's been a long time."

Rias, who was practically half-hanging on Jiang Jing, smiled. Looking at Jiang Jing's face so close to hers, Rias's amber eyes shone with a fierce light, full of aggression.

Rias, who appeared unexpectedly today, wore a red and white off-shoulder belted dress that perfectly showcased her stunning curves. The dress just covered her thighs, revealing her long, slender legs clad in white stockings.

Her thick, silky red hair was meticulously styled and cascaded down her back, swaying as she walked like a blazing flame. Paired with her exquisitely beautiful face, which could easily score 93 points for a perfect look, she instantly captivated countless people.

"Rias, what are you doing here?" Jiang Jing looked at the red-haired girl who was squeezing his arm tightly into her chest, distorting his curves.

It wasn't that he was surprised by her sudden hug; he had sensed Rias and the four others behind her when they appeared. He was mainly wondering why they were here.

"Oh! Because the minister's mobile phone company has some cooperation with the game company under Dengeki Bunko, the minister had someone arrange a seat for you after he learned that you, Sorata, were coming to this banquet."

Behind her, Akeno Himejima, dressed in a gorgeous black dress and black stockings, with her long, straight legs and her black hair tied in a ponytail as always, covered her mouth and chuckled, looking at Jiang Jing seductively and saying, "Didn't I tell you, Sorata, that we'd meet tonight?"

"senior."

"Space"

The handsome Mu Yang Youdou in a white suit and the petite and cute Ta Cheng Xiao Mao in a white princess dress also greeted Jiang Jing.

The appearance of the four people caused Jiang Jing and his two companions to stop in their tracks, and also made them the center of attention.

Shiina Mashiro turned around, glanced at the spot where Rias was holding Jiang Jing's hand, and then looked up and quietly met Rias's gaze. Rias smiled back at Shiina Mashiro.

Unconsciously, a spark ignited between the two.

"Sora, who is she?" Shiina Mashiro looked up and stared straight at Jiang Jing, her beautiful face as expressionless as ever.

“Rias, the head of my school’s research department.” Jiang Jing looked at her strangely.

Shiina Mashiro frowned: "Sora is annoying."

While saying she hated it, Shiina Mashiro unexpectedly stepped forward and hugged Jiang Jing's other arm, which was the first time she had taken the initiative to get close to Jiang Jing in the two days since they had been arguing.

This foreshadows her defeat in this invisible battle.

"What, you're not angry anymore?" Jiang Jing smiled as he looked at Shiina Mashiro.

The way he looked at her was exactly the same as before, without any change. Whether she was being difficult or not, he always seemed to dote on her, but in reality, he was indifferent.

Yes, that's fine; no, it doesn't matter.

"Sora is so annoying." Shiina Mashiro repeated, then turned her head.

"Sora is mine, and I won't give her to you." Shiina Mashiro said calmly, looking at the red-haired woman who had given her a great sense of crisis since her appearance.

Rias's burning, aggressive gaze finally made Shiina Mashiro feel a fatal crisis. She had a premonition that if this estrangement continued, her owner would become someone else's.

"You've only known Kongtai for a little over ten days longer than me. Who Kongtai belongs to is anyone's guess." Similarly, Rias, who announced her attack on Jiang Jing that day, smiled but didn't back down an inch.

"Oh my god!! I want to join too!" Himejima Akeno stepped forward, her smiling gaze falling on Jiang Jing as if searching for a place to hug him.

Three women vying for one man? A chaotic scene...

Instantly, everyone around looked at Jiang Jing, who was being embraced by two beautiful women, with a mixture of amusement and envy, especially since there were two cats, one big and one small, named Himejima Akeno, as a backdrop behind him.

"You three, stop fooling around," Jiang Jing said speechlessly.

Although he was surrounded by two very beautiful women, and there was another woman beside him who looked like she was fighting over him, any other man would have been overwhelmed with excitement and didn't feel any of that.

"Kanda-sensei, who are these people...?" At this moment, Ayano Iida, who had been watching the excitement with shining eyes, finally remembered her duty and spoke up.

"They are my friends."

Jiang Jing then looked at Rias and said, "By the way, shouldn't your seats be over there? Now that you've said your goodbyes, go back first."

Although he didn't mind the stares from those around him, he still didn't like being stared at like that all the time.

"No, our seats are over here too, up ahead. Let's go together, Sorata," Rias said with a smile.

"It's this way too."

Jiang Jing raised an eyebrow, having already guessed something from Rias's eyes. He then said nothing more and looked at Ayano: "Let's continue."

Ayano Iida glanced at Jiang Jinghe and the two men who were still holding onto him, and nodded with a stiff smile: "Okay, please follow me."

“That’s… Kanda-kun…” From a distance, Izumi Masamune, sitting in the first row, looked at the distance in surprise, somewhat unable to believe that the young man was the person he knew.

If it weren't for Shiina Mashiro's unique demeanor, he wouldn't have been sure.

"You know that person, Izumi-kun." The short-haired, pretty girl, Senju Muramasa, frowned and looked at Jiang Jing, who was surrounded by people, with a hint of rejection in her eyes.

Any normal woman would have no liking for a man like Jiang Jing, who at this moment clearly looks like a playboy and a walking sex machine.

"Hmm, this is Kanda-kun. I didn't expect Kanda-kun to be so popular with women. He even said he had no experience." Izumi Masamune said with some envy, which made him even more certain of Izumi Sagiri's statement that Eijiro was a winner in life.

He was already thinking about when to ask Jiang Jing for advice on how to coax girls. Although Sagiri and he had gotten along much better recently, she still occasionally threw tantrums, which gave him a headache.

Why are women so hard to understand? Thinking of this, Izumi Masamune looked at the river view in the distance, surrounded by beautiful women, and no one dared to cause a scene. He admired them even more.

“Kanda? Kamiten…” Senju Muramasa’s gaze fell on the nameplate on the table facing the main seat of the stage.

Senju Muramasa, somewhat uncertain, pointed to the seat and said, "Izumi-kun, do you think this Kanda-kun might be this Kamiten...?"

"Teacher Shentian!"

Izumi Masamune was taken aback and hesitated for a moment: "It shouldn't be, it's just a homonym. Didn't the internet say that Shinten-sensei is a middle-aged man?"

Although Kanda and Shentian are homophones, Izumi Masamune had this guess in his mind when he met Jiang Jing for the second time, but he subconsciously denied it.

Because not everyone would do what he did: change their real name to a homonym as a pen name, and write such a delicate novel as Dragon and Tiger, full of various love and life experiences, while still in high school.

"I didn't expect Kanda-kun to be sitting here too. I wonder if he's a manga artist or a writer. Judging from his seat being so close to the front, he must be very strong."

The seating arrangement at the banquet took into account the guests' status and influence to a certain extent. For example, the five tables in the first row closest to the stage are occupied by top writers and cartoonists in the industry.

The same applies to their table. Izumi Masamune was able to sit here because his new work was the second best-selling in May, and he also won the light novel martial arts tournament, which gave him a boost.

As for Senju Muramasa, a rare top-selling author with tens of millions of copies sold, she is certainly qualified, not to mention that she is a fourteen-year-old junior high school girl with amazing grades.

"But it's strange, Senju. Apart from Master Kamiten, we haven't heard of any of the other masters at our table, like Kazami, Saigyouji, or Gremory," Izumi Masamune said, looking at the nameplates in front of the other empty seats at the table.

Izumi Masamune was familiar with almost all the writers and manga artists in the industry, including those who wrote novels with sales of tens of millions of copies and top-tier manga artists, but he had never heard of any of these other names.

Senju Muramasa shook his head: "I've never heard of it either."

"Huh... Kanda-kun seems to be walking towards us." Just then, Izumi Masamune suddenly noticed that Iida Ayano, who was leading the way in Jiang Jing's group, was walking towards them.

Could it be... that Senju Muramasa's words just now were surfacing in Izumi Masamune's mind?

“Kanda-sensei, your and Mashiro’s seats are here.” Ayano Iida walked over and pointed to the seat with the Kanda nameplate at the table where Izumi Masamune and the others were sitting.

Jiang Jing nodded slightly: "Thank you for editing, Iida."

After saying that, Jiang Jing looked at Shiina Mashiro and Rias, who were still holding his arms: "Alright, now you can relax, sit down first."

By then, he had also noticed that Gremory and Himejima's nameplates were placed to his left. Just as he had guessed, Rias had arranged for someone to sit next to him.

As for Shiina Mashiro, she sat to his right.

Under normal circumstances, Shiina Mashiro's manga achievements, while outstanding, are not enough to warrant a seat in the front row. However, let's not forget that she also holds another title that elevates her artistic status above all the writers and manga artists present.

She is a world-class genius young female painter, and her painting skills have already reached a high level. Compared with the top painters of today, she only lacks a bit of time to mature.

“Kanda-kun, you…” Just then, Izumi Masamune, who had finally come to his senses from the shock, stood up and looked at Jiang Jing across the table with some unease and disbelief.

"Izumi-kun, we meet again." Jiang Jing, who had noticed him earlier, smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.

"Huh, Kanda-sensei and Izumi-sensei know each other?" Ayano Iida said, somewhat surprised.

“Since you two know each other, I won’t introduce you any further. Kanda-sensei, Mashiro, please sit down and rest. I have something to attend to, so I’ll be leaving now.” Ayano Iida, who was very busy today, said goodbye.

As a manga editor, she has more than just Mashiro under her command; there are also some people of high status who require her to receive them.

"Thank you for editing, Iida."

"Goodbye, Ayano," Shiina Mashiro said.

"Goodbye everyone, good luck Mashiro." Ayano Iida gave Shiina Mashiro an encouraging look at the end.

After Ayano Iida left, Yuto Kiba pointed to the second row of seats and smiled, "Kanda-senpai, captain, Neko and I are over there. I'll come and toast you again later."

"Yuto, where would you like to sit? Okay." Jiang Jing followed Kiba Yuto's hand and nodded to the four girls at the table who were staring at him in disbelief.

After Kiba Yuto and Koneko left, Jiang Jing looked at the three women beside him and the somewhat awkward Izumi Masamune across from him, and smiled slightly: "Everyone, please sit down."

"Is Shen Tian him?"

"how is this possible?"

"Wasn't it said that the author of that novel was a greasy middle-aged man? What the hell is a greasy middle-aged man..." Many painters and novel authors who had been paying attention to this position stared in disbelief at Jiang Jing as he sat down.

The young men, who were mostly greasy and semi-nerdy and only knew how to write novels and draw comics, were already incredibly jealous and envious of the two young women who were fighting over this stunningly beautiful girl.

Upon discovering that he was the author of the Toradora! series that broke countless records in a month, I had a profound sense of existential unease.

Why is it that some people write novels that not only achieve great success but are also incredibly handsome, with so many beautiful women chasing after them, while these men, when they don't want to go to brothels late at night, can only look at the producer's wife with their hands...?

"Wow, I never expected Mr. Shentian to be so handsome, sob sob... I've realized I've fallen in love with him, what should I do..." At the third table, a beautiful female illustrator in her twenties covered her face, looking like a lovesick fool.

"You've got no chance. Look at the caliber of the woman next to him before you even think about it," a male novelist at the table said dismissively. Several other men at the table nodded in agreement, and a sour feeling filled the air.

Then, just as these people were feeling sour, envious, and jealous, two ethereal, almost superhumanly beautiful green-haired women and a pink-haired girl walked over.

"Uh... what brings you here?" Jiang Jing looked at Kazami Yuuka sitting next to Shiina Mashiro with a strange expression, and nodded slightly to Saigyouji Yuyuko, who was looking around curiously.

The two had met at the Sakura Apartment that day, and he and Kazami Yuuka had a deal to make.

"Minister Kazami, what are you doing here?" Rias was also somewhat surprised.