The Infinite Powerhouse Mixed in with Sakura Dormitory

"Be careful, senior." Jiang Jing caught the lunging Misaki Ueiso with a headache, speechless at her reckless lunge without considering the occasion.

Aoyama Nanami, who came with Kamiigusa Misaki, looked at Kamiigusa Misaki being picked up by Jiang Jing and a hint of envy appeared in her eyes, but she did not have Kamiigusa Misaki's courage.

Beside Aoyama Nanami, Kamiigusa Misaki's classmate and friend Himegami Saori frowned slightly, because she remembered that Kamiigusa Misaki had always liked Mitaka Jin, so how could she be so close to this famously latecomer from Mitaka High School?

Shiina Mashiro, who was standing to the side, also looked at Kamiigusa Misaki, who was happily hugging Jiang Jing, and then looked at her seriously: "Misaki, men and women should not touch each other in public. You can't hug Sorata like that."

At this moment, Misaki Ueiso, who had been put down by Jiang Jing, waved and said happily, "Hahahaha... It's been so long since I've seen my junior. This little thing is not important."

"Kanda, are you done with your work?" At that moment, Aoyama Nanami also came up.

Looking at Aoyama and Nanami, Jiang Jing smiled slightly: "Yes, I just got back."

"By the way, junior, this is the cutest Hao Hao." At this moment, Misaki Kamiigusa walked over and affectionately hugged Saori Himegami, who was wearing headphones and had delicate features, and introduced her.

Although they were in the same school, Jiang Jing, whose social circle was different, was meeting this music prodigy for the first time. He nodded and said, "Hello, Himegami-senpai."

"Hello." Himegami Saori responded indifferently to Jiang Jing, a junior whose school didn't have a good reputation.

"Uh……"

At this moment, Jiang Jing noticed that a group of beautiful women had suddenly gathered around him, seemingly blocking the corridor. He couldn't help but say, "It seems we're blocking the way. Let's chat another time. Everyone, please go about your own business."

Misaki Kamiigusa shook her head: "It's no fun playing by yourself, let's all play together, junior."

"Look over there, the student council's lucky draw event looks really lively today, let's go take a look."

Misaki Kamiigusa pointed to a platform set up on the playground, with a banner hanging on it that read "School Festival Lottery Giveaway Event." A line of small print stated that the top three winners would each receive a signed copy of "Toradora!" by author Shinten.

By this time, the area had been surrounded by a large crowd, mostly fans who had been drawn there by the autographed books of the author of Toradora! that Fujiwara Chika had advertised earlier.

However, not everyone can participate in the lottery. To participate, you need to have a receipt for purchases made at the school festival booths. You can only participate once for every 500 yen spent.

However, before they could pass, outside the crowd blocking the way, Hayama Hayato looked at Yukinoshita Yukino with surprise and delight. Yukinoshita Yukino said, "Yukino-senpai, it's you guys."

Behind Hayama Hayato stood seven or eight classmates, including Yui Yuigahama, Yumiko Miura, and Hachiman Hikigaya, though the loner Hachiman Hikigaya stood at the back of the line.

Today is the last day, and it's almost time to gather again, so Hayama Hayato, as the student representative team leader, is looking for classmates to gather the number of people.

"Oh, it's you guys from Hayama." Yukinoshita Haruno turned around and greeted them with a polite smile.

"Yukino-san." Yui Yuigahama waved happily to Yukino Yukinoshita, who nodded somewhat awkwardly, unaccustomed to Yui's enthusiasm.

At this moment, Jiang Jing spoke up, looking at the Yukinoshita sisters and pointing to the lottery in the distance: "It seems like I need to talk to you about something. Mashiro and I will go over there and take a look."

There are too many people here, so this isn't a good place to talk. Yukinoshita Haruno smiled and said, "Okay, Kanda-kun, let's talk again when we have time."

"Let's go, senior. Aoyama, let's go over there. Don't block the road." After saying that, Jiang Jing took Shiina Mashiro's hand and walked out through the path that the students who were watching behind them subconsciously made way for.

Looking at Jiang Jing's retreating figure, Hayama Hayato and the men around him all showed envy in their eyes.

Being surrounded by so many beautiful women is every man's dream, especially since these women seem to get along so well with each other.

Even the reclusive Hachiman Hikigaya subconsciously glanced at him a couple more times, only to find that his usually proud mental analysis couldn't glean anything from that person.

After Jiang Jing left, Hayama Hayato said, "Yukino, we're looking for classmates to get together. Let's go together later. Also, Haruno-senpai, would you like to come with us later?"

However, Yukino shook her head: "No need, we have things to do later, and Yukino won't be going with the school."

"Well, it's hard to say to the teacher." Hayama Hayato was taken aback, his face showing hesitation. As the student captain, he would have a hard time explaining if there were fewer people when he returned.

"It's alright, I've already spoken to Shizuka-sensei," Yukino Yukinoshita said coldly.

"I see." Hayama Hayato said with some regret.

Standing beside Jiang Jing, who was leading Shiina Mashiro and the others out, Aoyama Nanami, noticing a subtle change in Jiang Jing compared to before, asked uncertainly, "Kanda, you seem a little different?"

As an awakened being, although he is very weak now, Aoyama Nanami still vaguely senses that the current river scenery has changed compared to more than ten days ago. It seems that he and his surroundings have become more in harmony.

The river view used to sometimes give her a sense of incongruity, as if it were a colossal entity being ostracized by the world, even though it was right in front of her, which is completely different from the harmonious and gentle spring breeze she sees now.

"Don't you look even more handsome now?" Jiang Jing said with a smile.

"You seem to have become a little more handsome, junior, and Mashiro seems to have become prettier these past few days. Do you two have some secret to becoming more beautiful?" Misaki Kamiigusa looked at Jiang Jing and Mashiro Shiina with suspicion.

Jiang Jing shrugged: "It's normal. Senior, just go to bed early and get up early and don't stay up late. Don't you know that staying up late will make your skin worse and give you dark circles?"

"Is that so?" Misaki Kamiigusa asked, somewhat doubtful.

"Misaki, come help me out. Kozuko and the others have finished their performance, help carry their things back." Suddenly, Himegami Saori, who had been called over by a classmate in the distance, waved to Igusa Misaki.

"Okay, Hao Hao, junior Xiao Zhenbai, you guys go ahead and play, I'm going now."

"Senior, let me go help too."

Without Misaki around, Aoyama Nanami, who felt out of place with Eijiro and Shiina Mashiro, also ran over. Suddenly, Eijiro, who had just been surrounded by a group of beauties, was left with only Shiina Mashiro.

"Should we still go watch the lottery?" Jiang Jing asked Shiina Mashiro.

Shiina Mashiro tilted her head: "There are too many people, and the prize is just Sorata's autograph, so there's nothing to see. Let's go somewhere else."

Suddenly, Shiina Mashiro's eyes lit up, and she pointed to the rooftop of the school building in the distance: "Sorata, let's go there. It looks like it would be nice to overlook the whole school from there."

As a top-tier illustrator, looking at the bustling crowd around her, Shiina Mashiro suddenly felt compelled to draw this scene.

"Okay," Jiang Jing said indifferently.

Chapter 272 Hiratsuka Shizuka: You said you'd marry me back then

Following Shiina Mashiro, who was enthusiastically leading the way today, the two walked past the second floor where Jiang Jing's class was located, and then to the third floor where the third-year students were located.

However, as Jiang Jing walked down the stairwell, his gaze became strange.

At the entrance of Class 1, Grade 3 on the third floor, Akame was rudely berating two senior students from the same basketball team who had just gotten into a fight over some words.

Furthermore, because they were all tall and strong, and looked ready to fight, it caused a very bad influence. They were all slapped by the disciplinary committee member Akame, who arrived at the scene, leaving one of them half-paralyzed.

At this moment, two tall boys stood obediently with sullen faces, being scolded like grandsons by the black-haired girl who was only about 1.6 meters tall.

Standing to the side, Hiratsuka Shizuka crossed her arms and watched Yukino Haruno, who had come to find Akame, with great interest, and sighed, "Speaking of which, I was a little surprised that you two ended up on that path, Yukino Haruno."

A few years ago, Yukinoshita Haruno was also her student, and the two had a good relationship at that time. So when they met again, Yukinoshita Haruno was a little surprised.

"Speaking of which, what I'm even more curious about is Shi Xiaojing, you're already thirty, right? How come you're still so young and beautiful?"

Looking at Hiratsuka Shizuka, who looked exactly the same as when she was in high school, even after five or six years, and was only twenty-one or twenty-two years old, with a youthful and beautiful yet mature and charming style, Yukinoshita was even more surprised.

"Haha... Of course, I won't get old, I'll always be this young and beautiful," Hiratsuka Shizuka said proudly.

However, after speaking, Hiratsuka Shizuka frowned and said with dissatisfaction, "How many times have I told you, Haruno, to call me teacher? You're making me lose all my authority."

“But that would make you sound old, Shizuka. You look about my age now, don’t you?” Yukinoshita Haruno replied familiarly.

However, just when she thought that Hiratsuka Shizuka would, as before, express dissatisfaction upon hearing these words, but actually show a smile on her face, she found that Hiratsuka Shizuka's eyes suddenly widened, and she looked behind her with a shocked expression.

Jiang Jing, who was holding Shiina Mashiro's hand, waved naturally as he turned the corner of the stairwell and greeted the excited Hiratsuka Shizuka, saying, "Shizuka, you're here too."

"You..." Upon unexpectedly meeting him, and suddenly seeing that figure that was exactly the same as in her memory, Hiratsuka Shizuka was too excited to speak.

Yukino and the others, who were standing nearby, were also puzzled by this scene. They looked at the shocked and excited Hiratsuka Shizuka, and then at the river view below the stairs, wondering why Hiratsuka Shizuka was so shocked.

Whoosh!

Before Jiang Jing could even reach the third floor, an incredibly excited Hiratsuka Shizuka revealed a speed far beyond that of ordinary people, flashing her figure and leaving afterimages as she pounced directly towards Jiang Jing.

As Hiratsuka Shizuka pounced from mid-air, Jiang Jing saw an unyielding longing in her eyes. Then, feeling a bit of a headache, he reached out and caught her: "Why do you all like this trick so much?"

"Sorata, why is she clinging to you like this?" Shiina Mashiro tilted her head, her gaze calm as she looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was tightly hugging Jiang Jing and trembling all over.

Unlike Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was overjoyed at the unexpected reunion, Eijiro, who had only been separated from her for a day, remained calm and shrugged upon hearing this.

"There's no way around it, I'm just too charming, and beautiful women always throw themselves at me."

After he finished speaking, Jiang Jing patted Hiratsuka Shizuka on the shoulder, signaling her to calm down: "Alright, let's find somewhere else to talk."

"Um"

…………

On the rooftop, Jiang Jing smiled as he looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka, who had calmed down considerably, and pretended to be confused, saying, "It's only been a day, and you've grown so much, Shizuka."

Not far away stood Yukino Yukinoshita, Haruno Yukinoshita, and Akame, all looking on with curiosity. However, because Jiang Jing had set up a soundproof barrier, they couldn't hear anything.

As for Shiina Mashiro, she was standing right next to Jiang Jing, her calm eyes revealing a wary look as she stared at this unfamiliar beauty who seemed to know Jiang Jing very well.

Looking at Jiang Jing, who still looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, Hiratsuka Shizuka, who had calmed down considerably, took a deep breath and then said with some dissatisfaction.

"Stop pretending, Jiang Jing. With your abilities, you can't possibly be unaware of what's going on. On the contrary, I'm still completely confused."

Jiang Jing smiled and stopped teasing her: "Because the timelines are different."

"You were in your first year of high school, right? But I went there during my seclusion the day before yesterday. We're actually more than ten years apart in time, so that's how it is."

Hiratsuka Shizuka stared blankly at Jiang Jing: "So that's how it is. No wonder I couldn't find you using the address and information you gave me."

After a moment of silence to process this information, Hiratsuka Shizuka subconsciously took out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket, but immediately noticed Jiang Jing and quickly looked away, her eyes reddening as she looked at him.

"I've been looking for you for fifteen years."

"Uh...this has nothing to do with me." Jiang Jing shrugged.

However, Hiratsuka Shizuka had no intention of letting Jiang Jing off the hook so easily, and said seriously, "Let's not talk about that issue, but you still stand by what you promised me, right?"

"What did I promise you?" Jiang Jing thought for a moment and realized that he didn't seem to have made any promises to Hiratsuka Shizuka casually.

Hiratsuka Shizuka took a deep breath and slowly said, "You said you would marry me if we met again after we got out."

"Huh?" Jiang Jing was taken aback.

“No, Sorata’s wife is me.” Shiina Mashiro immediately objected, her face unusually serious.

Jiang Jing looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka strangely: "When did I say I was going to marry you, Shizuka?"

Looking at Jiang Jing, who was also somewhat bewildered, Hiratsuka Shizuka nodded affirmatively, "You said it. On the sixth day in that world, when we were walking back along the river, I asked you, and you agreed."

"I told you I liked you back then, and if we meet again after we go back, will you marry me? You said yes." Hiratsuka Shizuka tossed her long hair, a happy smile on her face.

When Hiratsuka Shizuka mentioned it, that memory automatically surfaced in Jiang Jing's mind, and then he remembered the scene from that time.

That day, after the two of them had taken a stroll outside, on their way back along the stream, while admiring the beautiful allure of the other world, Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly ran ahead happily and shouted two sentences in an unintelligible dialect to him from afar.

Jiang Jing thought she was describing something, and subconsciously nodded in agreement.

When he later asked Hiratsuka Shizuka what she had just said, she said it was a happy little thing, and that she would tell him the meaning of that dialect after returning to her original world.

Jiang Jing didn't pay much attention at the time. He thought that the two of them were not on the same timeline, and even if they met again in the future, it would be ten or twenty years later, and she would definitely have forgotten about it long ago.

who knows……