Polar Star dorms

The same day

Tomoharu Nii and Isshiki Satoshi had finished their classes and Isshiki was showing the various clubs and others places in Totsuki to Tomoharu Nii.

The entire Totsuki Academy had several mountains in it and it was at least 50 kilometres in length or breadth.

'Isn't this a city in itself'

That was the thoughts of a random sixteen year old teenager.

It was 4 pm in the afternoon when they reached the Polar Star dorms. Isshiki already told him about the test and Sky bought eggs and rice from the Totsuki store inside the Totsuki.

This store was the main supplier of ingredients be it, cooking classes, culinary practicing or simple Shokugeki or random challenges.

They were also the one who provided ingredients for the various clubs till the clubs had placed an order to them with rumours like many traditional clubs got most of their stuff through the Totsuki store.

But nowadays, a lot of clubs are becoming self independent and growing their own things. Polar Star Dorms was one of them, the older ones that is.

Now Tomoharu Nii was ready to take on the challenge of the Polar Star dorms.

"So how long have you been staying here for you to have a garden of your own?"

Tomoharu Nii asked Isshiki Satoshi. They were talking about the things in the Polar Star dorm. Well talking may be an understatement as Isshiki was the one who was telling about the dorm while Tomoharu was ignoring him most of the times.

"Since the start of middle school. I was around 12 at that time. That was the most wonderful and also the most weird moment of my past. But since you are still not showing any interest, I will stop."

Isshiki Satoshi politely said. He was using the reverse attention technique. It failed.

"Why does it look so barren then? I can barely feel any human presence in this whole dorm. Probably less than 14."

"How can you tell? Exactly who are you?"

"I read the dorm recipient list. Here you can have them too."

*Gives the list to Isshiki.*

"It really is stated there. I thought you were some sort of animal or an murderer to point that out."

"That doesn't answer my question."

"Well, we are a little run down. To be precise, we didn't got a single application in the past two years. The last time we got application was for the most of the people that you saw on the list. They were middle school first year and joined the dorms."

"After that no one came. The Totsuki staff even wrote out the name of our dorms from the students lodging list. Due to that, most of the students don't even know that the Polar Star dorms existed. And that's why I want to ask, how do you know about the Polar Star dorms?"

"My grandmother told me."

"Oh, your grandmother. Well that's possible. Your knife handling skills were superb and you have passed the entrance test so you must be a good chef. Why did you come to Totsuki?"

"My grandmother wanted me too."

"Ohh, she must have wanted the good for you."

"You won't say that after a while."

"What about your parents then? Are they Chefs?"

"Don't know."

"What do you mean?"

"They are dead. Probably they are being chefs to someone out there."

"I am sorry. Then you grandmother, how is she?"

"Dead as well. She died one night before I gave my Totsuki entrance exams."

"I... We have reached the dorms. Let's talk inside."

"We have reached the dorm five minutes ago. We were just standing stupidly while chatting in front of it."

"..."

Isshiki ignored the hurtful comments and opened the dorm gate.

"Fumio-san, we have a new member in the dorms. He requested for the test to be taken as soon as we can."

On his loud shouting, an Old lady came.

"So you are here to join the Polar Star dorms, have you prepared your ingredients for the skill test. By the way, I am Polar Star's Maria. "

"She is Fumio-san. She is our dorm mother and she is a good person despite that."

'Despite what?'

Isshiki Satoshi said while ignoring the killing looks from the dorm mother.

"The things in my hand that looks like ingredients are the ingredients that you spoke of and I am ready. I need to finish the test faster so that I can sleep. And a warning, I don't like to be disturbed while sleeping."

Tomoharu Nii said to them in his calm and cold tone. Let's just say, Maria of the Polar Star Dorms did not like it.

"You should pray that your cooking is as high as your attitude."

Thirty minutes later.

"Uwaaah, soooo good~ how can you make something like that from just eggs and rice."

"You really are a good cook. Just as I had thought."

"I am not that great of a cook though."

Nii said and then asked for the room number of Isshiki.

"Well, I am staying on the right side in the dorms. You ca–"

"I will have the left side upper floor, the farthest room from him."

"Then room 201 for you. Here is the key."

"You do know tha–"

*Tomoharu Nii's glare*

He ignored Isshiki and went towards his room.

Meanwhile in the Polar Star dorms main kitchen.

"That guy is weird. Extremely at that. But he is strong, like crazy physically strong. I always get that if I crossed my line then I will be ripped apart. I thought that he must be a really strong cook to make me feel that. After tasting the food that he made, I can say for sure but you must have also found the problem right?"

"His cooking lacks emotions or should I say that if feels like it was made by a machine and yet he was able to reach this much of a level is unprecedented in itself. Something is definitely wrong with him."

"Well I was able to get at least this much information that his parents are dead and his grandmother died the day before he took his Totsuki entrance exams, so maybe that was the reason for it. Well, since he is here then why don't we make him happy. He lacks friends. I have seen that in him."

[No no no no no, don't do that!]

"Do whatever you want but don't cause any ruckus. He is a pretty straight forward person and I am sure that he will leave the dorms of he didn't like something."

"I know that."

Returning to Tomoharu Nii.

He looked at the room 201 and it was clean. There wasn't a single speck of dust to be seen.

'Did someone clean it or does the dorm mother cleans every room at fixed intervals.'

Tomoharu Nii thought about it. He then proceed to sat on the bed and meditate.

This was the best way to think about future plans, plus he liked meditation as it helps to curb down his evil intentions.

His stuff or belongings were beside the bed. They just contained better bulletproof clothes for 'specific' situations. He can't kill but breaking a few bones won't hurt.

After 10 minutes. He had already thought of the best plan to do what he wanted.

He got up and then began to check the weapons and other things. He also looked at the cooking knife that he 'brought' from a illegal store.

It was a usable knife but the store was asking more than three times it's usual price and it also has a bad past.

Now it will have a bad future.

The knife was good and all.

'This was an assassination knife, after all. They are made to be extremely sharp and durable.'

The thoughts of a weird kid.

"Don't you dare think of doing that?"

Tomoharu Nii said to the person that was going to open the wooden floor above his head.

"How do you know?"

"You use a weird perfume. It is easy to sense you. That was also the reason why I was able to find you among the students even when I wasn't looking."

"Ohh, Well, I am here to invite you to the welcoming party. Do you wanna come~"

"Don't wanna."

"Why? You can eat delicious food and you can also look at the beautiful girls, you know, you looked lone–"

Isshiki felt the threat of death stare even though he was behind the wooden ceiling. He quietly chose to stop his words as talking to a loner about being lonely is a no-no.

"I can give you information of the Elite Ten. You should be interested in them right. Your goals were quite grand, you know, to satisfy 100 million people with your food, many professional chefs don't even dare to say that, you did. You are different from others. Far different and so is your cooking, soooooo, you know~ wanna join?"

"Next time, come from the door or your body will be rotting in the gutters."

"How can you give those threats as a joke you know? Do you practice in front of the mirror or something."

'Practised with the bodies of people.' is what he wanted to add but he stopped.

"Where should I meet you guys and when? It is around 5:45 in the evening."

"You have to come at 8:30 pm. Room number 205. Till then. You can bath in the shared bath. Here, I was here to give you the bath timings. Make sure to properly check the timings and also check the door before barging. We don't want to have a case of sexual assault."

"A pimp has no say in this."

"..."

"Ok, bye."

Isshiki Satoshi immediately went to the others.

Tomoharu Nii looked at the bath timings and it was after 7:30 pm. All of them being at intervals of half an hour.

Each floor has a shared bathings of their own. The person needed to have bath duty once a week where he had to clean the bathtub and bathroom and then fill it to the brim.

"I should have taken the third floor. It has just one person in it. It also has a balcony. I can also look out at the surroundings without any hindrance. Let's go change the room."

Tomoharu Nii, someone who passed the Polar Star dorms exams with flying colours, filed a room change application less than fifteen minutes of staying in the room.

He immediately went to Fumio-san and then told her his problem.

He felt a little suffocated and wanted the leftmost room of the third floor.

"I can prepare a better dish for you to gain that room. Should I."

Fumio-san looked at the person and then his words. It didn't seem like he was asking her.

"Did you break something in the 201? I won't be mad. You can tell me."

"I didn't."

"Then do you have a problem with Isshiki?"

"The duct veins are connected to the third floor as well."

"Yeah, you are right. Is there really no problem?"

"There isn't. There is one. Do you know someone by the name of Miko. Her surname must be different at that time."

"I don't. Who is she?"

"Don't know. My grandmother always said her name in sleep and that she was in Totsuki."

"Oh, I will check the Polar Star dorms record book just in case. Do you know how she looked like?"

"I don't. There is no picture of her."

"It will be hard but I will try. And here is your key for the room 301 and this is the last time. You can't change your room again ok."

"There won't be an issue to change it again so don't worry."

Tomoharu Nii gave a smile towards Fumio-san but his smile in this body was not that much of a smile.

"You don't smile often, do you?"

"I don't"

He replied in his usual tone.

And that's how he changed his room and was staying in the room that was once inhibited by someone stupid.