The problem of upperclassmen lacking people before was barely solved, but it led to a new problem, which is the truth about this school.
However, rather than causing a new problem, it's more like starting a side quest.
Quest: Find out the truth about this school within a month and report it to Nagumo Miyabi.
Reward: Get a chance to join the student council through Nagumo Miyabi's recommendation.
Kamio Tatsuya's gut tells him that the upperclassmen's student council is the key to finding out the truth, but based on Nagumo and Asahina's reactions, they must have been given a gag order or something.
As for whether those two are lying or playing with him, he ruled that out after thinking carefully.
While thinking about the problem, Kamio Tatsuya followed the freshman group to the freshman dorm building.
From the outside, the dorm building looks like a standard apartment building, with more than ten floors, each with more than a dozen doors.
It's more than enough to hold one hundred and sixty students in a grade.
And it's not just the boys; even the girls are going into the dorm, which means it's a co-ed dorm.
But while waiting in line to check in, Kamio Tatsuya noticed that the girls live on the upper floors, while the boys are on the lower floors.
When it was Kamio Tatsuya's turn, he took out his phone, pulled up his student ID, and followed the instructions of the dorm staff, putting the phone on the sensor on the counter.
"Class 1-D, Kamio Tatsuya, right?"
The dorm manager read out Kamio Tatsuya's name.
"Yes."
After a quick identity check, she took out a card from the drawer, did a few things on the sensor, and put it on the table between them.
"Dorm number is 404. The room uses a card lock, so please keep your key card safe. If the card is lost or damaged, you can report it to me and get a spare card."
Kamio Tatsuya took the card and looked it over. It's a standard card, the same size as a bank card. It seems like the whole world uses the same size for those.
And based on what she just did, she must have entered the room's data into the card, which is why this card is the key to room 404.
So if the information for other rooms is entered into this card, wouldn't that make it a master key?
Just in case, Kamio Tatsuya asked one more question.
"Um, spare keys shouldn't easily fall into the hands of people other than the room owner, right?"
"Normally, they wouldn't, because spare keys are only made when needed."
"When needed, can anyone make one? You wouldn't just give a spare key to someone who's a complete stranger, would you?"
This is Japan, and there are a lot of weird people in Japan. Even schools aren't necessarily safe. Boys need to protect themselves when they're away from home!
"The room owner or an official school staff member has to be present, like your homeroom teacher."
I see. That makes it a lot safer.
After understanding that, an elevator happened to come down from upstairs. Kamio Tatsuya took the key and the dorm rules booklet he got from the manager and rushed to catch the elevator.
Outside room 404, he put his key card on the sensor by the doorknob. After a faint sound, the door opened.
The room is a standard single, about twenty square meters according to Kamio Tatsuya's guess.
Seeing the room, Kamio Tatsuya couldn't help but think of the saying, "Fully furnished, just bring your bags."
But to be fair, the room may be small, but it has everything you need, like a refrigerator, air conditioner, and washing machine, as well as a small kitchen and bathroom.
Seeing this, Kamio Tatsuya was speechless.
What the heck?
You're telling me this is a student dorm?
It's a perfect bachelor apartment, okay?
Back in my past life, the dorms were either four-person or eight-person rooms. I'm suddenly living the good life!
He closed the door, threw the key card on the table, and immediately flopped onto the soft bed.
So soft...
In his private space, Kamio Tatsuya was very relaxed.
He had already looked around and saw that there were no cameras in the room. It seems that even if Japanese people are weird, they haven't done that kind of thing.
He's very happy with the current situation. With this kind of school environment, he wouldn't mind staying for five years, let alone three.
After relaxing on the bed for a while, Kamio Tatsuya got up and looked at the dorm rules booklet. It stated the days and times for taking out the trash and reminded him to avoid making noise.
It also mentioned avoiding excessive use of water and wasting electricity. At the end of the booklet, it stated that relationships that are not appropriate for high school students are prohibited.
Japanese high schools...shouldn't they allow dating?
So what kind of relationships are not appropriate for high school students?
Kamio Tatsuya's eyes flashed with suspicion.
And after nine o'clock in the evening, boys are not allowed to go to the upper floors, but girls seem to be able to come down. Where's the gender equality?
Damn it.
After checking that the gas and water in the room were okay, Kamio took his key card and left the room. It was almost noon, and he decided to go find something to eat.
And for food, Kamio Tatsuya naturally chose to go to the cafeteria, which would be Kamio Tatsuya's destination for a long time to come.
The cafeteria is also quite large. The hall alone has seating for more than five hundred people, and that's just on the first floor.
In sight, there are some higher-end restaurants on the second and third floors.
After wandering around, Kamio Tatsuya decided on his lunch for today, a free mountain vegetable set meal.
When he saw this window, he couldn't believe his eyes. There's even free food.
How could I not try this?
When he came to the free set meal window, Kamio Tatsuya found that there were surprisingly few people in line, only a few, and they all seemed to be upperclassmen.
No one eats the free stuff?
Then the problem is obvious: it must not be good. If it was good, it wouldn't be like this.
A few minutes later, Kamio Tatsuya followed a senior who had also gotten a set meal. He had seen this senior in the auditorium, standing in the third-year group.
Then he sat down across from him.
After noticing Kamio Tatsuya, the senior frowned, but didn't say anything.
Kamio Tatsuya naturally picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of vegetable and put it in his mouth, then picked up the miso soup and took a sip. The taste was indeed very average.
After swallowing it, he said with feeling, "As expected, no matter how many times I eat this, it's not very good."
These words immediately resonated with the senior across from him.
"Yeah, if I didn't have a shortage of points, there's no way I'd eat this stuff." The other person didn't look too happy.
"That's right..."
Great, sharing suffering is indeed the best way to get closer to someone, especially people who share the same plight. There's always some common ground. As long as you get them to open their mouth, it's easy to get information.
Just as Kamio Tatsuya was about to say a few more words and get some information, he heard some noise not far away. He turned his head and saw one of the only two people he knew at this school - Nagumo Miyabi.