"Good afternoon, dear viewers, welcome to Tokyo TV Station's special broadcast of the live Food Battle event..."
In front of the carpeted Food Battle Stage, an attractive female host clad in a work uniform bowed deeply to the camera, microphone in hand, as she introduced the situation at the venue.
As the camera moved, the crowded scene was transmitted via wireless signal to television screens receiving the program.
Polar Star Dormitory
"It's about to start, everyone come down—" Yoshino Yuuki shouted from the staircase entrance in the lobby on the ground floor. She lived in room 116, and Sen Tian Makoto was in room 111, the only two girls living on the first floor.
Shortly, the sounds of hurried footsteps echoed as Tanaka Hikari, Shen Liangzi, Xingping Chuangzhen, and others gathered at the kitchen table within a minute or two, their eyes glued to the television on the wall.
"Where's Makki?"
Tanaka Hikari's palms were sweating as she looked around for her close friend.
