The Epic of Leviathan (A Mutant's Ascension)

[POV Nat]

"So, what are we going to do after the bath? Cards or some other game?" Momo asked in a cheerful tone as we were standing in front of the bath. As soon as we were done with our tasks, we made our way to the female baths.

The six of us finished our tasks a few minutes ago… Luna was the first who finished her as no one bothered her while she was working. Everyone in front of her stall was patiently waiting for Luna to finish cooking…

That isn't something I can say for myself or anyone among us. The six of us were the first to finish the second task as we were the only ones in the bath… I have already made sure that there were no cameras.

"Cards…" Luna chirped as she jumped into the bath like it was a swimming pool.

"No one asked you Luna… and you won't be joining us if we decide to play cards…" Ororo pointed out as she calmly entered the bath.

Luna gave her a tearful look and then turned towards Momo. "Momo, Ororo is being mean to me" Luna said while pointing towards Ororo… Momo simply chuckled and patted Luna's head..

"Don't worry… she is simply joking…" Momo said as leaned back in the bath.

"Looks like Nakiri Erina is also done with her task" Jean spoke out loud and I slowly slipped into the water. Luna started to swim around the huge bath.

"The water is adequate…" Fleur mumbled as she slipped into the water… She was leaning beside me. None of us said anything after that… but after a few moments, Nakiri Erina finally entered the bath.

She froze in her steps as soon as she noticed us. Did she really think that she was going to be the quickest? Well, from the information I have gathered about her… I think that is highly possible.

She is very arrogant and haughty… She acts like the world owes her everything. She is a damn good cook, I won't deny that. But she is mostly arrogant because of her family and her skill, God's Tongue but due to that, she acts like she owns the world.

Nakiri Erina had her blond hair wrapped around in a bun while her body was wrapped in a towel. She stared at our whole group with wide eyes… all of us have noticed her reaction but none of us have said anything.

It looked like Nakiri Erina was having an internal debate. I quickly read her surface thoughts and found that she was wondering if she should join us or leave…

She was kind of uncomfortable being naked… but this was a female public bath… she should have thought it out before coming here… so I decided to give her a small push, from what I know she was easily provoked but let's see if that is the case or not.

"Are you going to keep staring or join us?" I asked her, looking directly into her eyes… she flinched and took a step back as my words registered in her mind.

She kept staring at me for a few seconds until her back straightened. She looked away from me and hmphed as she shrugged off her towel and threw it on a nearby bench and she slowly entered the bath…

The information was correct… She can be easily provoked. From what I have seen, she dislikes my Betting Association and Luna's Pudding Domination Club… so, she is going to come after our clubs.

If I can manipulate the conversation then I could easily provoke her into a Shokugeki. She is a damn good cook… but I am pretty confident that we could beat her… yes, it would be hard but there is a high chance that we are going to succeed.

'What was that about?' Jean's voice rang into my head.

'I just needed to check something' I replied as I relayed the complete information regarding Nariki Erina directly into their minds.

'This is interesting… I think I will be challenging her right before the Autumn Elections…' Fleur said and everyone contemplated her words for a few moments.

'What are your thoughts about this Luna?' Momo's voice rang throughout our heads. I was using my powers to keep our minds connected.

'...I say 50-50 for now… it could go either way according to my visions… though it could change if Fleur decides to do something to improve her chances' Luna said after a few moments.

'...I think she means that Fleur should start practicing' Jean concluded after hearing Luna's cryptic words.

'I have never shied away from a challenge… it would be highly unbecoming of a lady' Fleur's determined words rang throughout our minds…

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The rest of the night was pretty normal for us after the bath. We returned to our rooms as we played a few card games… Luna was allowed to participate in them but she could watch.

After that, all of us decided to call it a day as all of us had to get up early the next day. Except Luna, no one knew what our next assignments were going to be so we needed to be prepared for whatever they were going to throw at us.

Jean or I could have easily found out about our next assignments if we had used our mind powers but we wanted to face the challenge… that was the true purpose of this training camp.

So, the next day we made our way to the notice board to see who is going to be our judge for today. We would have asked Luna but she had to leave early in the morning to arrange some stuff in the Quibbler new channel.

"Our first assignment will be overseen by someone named Hinako Inui and after that, we have to report to Sonoka Kikuchi for our second assignment" Ororo read out loud and all of us simply nodded our heads in understanding.

"Should we wait for Luna?" Fleur asked and Momo shook her head.

"No need, she will be there" Momo said and I completely agree with her. With Luna's powers, knowing something like that is completely trivial.

"Ok… let's go th…" Momo began to speak but she paused when someone called her from the other side of the room.

It was Nakiri Alice and her aide… this Nakiri is much better than Erina. Alice is also arrogant but her arrogance isn't like Erina's. Alice finally arrived in front of us while her aide was trailing behind with a dead look on his face.

Kurokiba Ryu, one of the best chefs among the first-year students, but there is a small problem with him, he has split personality disorder but at least both of his personalities have the same identity.

"Momo-Chan, I am so glad that you are still here… I would have been really disappointed otherwise" Alice said with a small pout on her face.

"I don't like disappointing people…" Momo said with a haughty look on her face and only after a few moments, both Alice and Momo burst out laughing… their sense of humor is kind of weird.

"So… are you having fun?" Momo asked and Alice gave her a stink eye… Kurokiba Ryu was looking worriedly towards Ororo from time to time.

"Well I did get to learn something new yesterday, so I can't say everything was bad…" Alice said with a thoughtful look on her face as she kept tapping her cheek with her index finger.

"Same here…" Fleur said with a snort. She is still itchy about the fact that she had to cook using wood.

"Come on Fleur it wasn't that bad…" Jean said as she rolled her eyes. Fleur bit back a retort when she remembered that Alice and her aide were still here.

"...So… what are you guys doing after the assignments?" Alice asked excitedly after she finished giving us weird looks. Come on… we aren't that bad and you are weird too… I guess that's why she continues to hang with us.

"Last night we played cards… if you want you could join us tonight… we are going to invite some other friends too…" Momo said and Alice happily nodded her head.

"Of course we are going to join… aren't we, Ryu-Kun?" Alice asked and started to pat her aide.

"Hai, my lady…" Kurokiba Ryu said in a bored tone. He looked like he was about to fall asleep.

"Ok... Good luck Alice, Kurokiba-Kun, see you both tonight" Momo said and she waved towards Alice and Kurokiba Ryu.

"Yeah… Same to you guys, see you all tonight" Alice said while she walked away while waving at us, she also kept dragging Kurokiba Ryu with her.

"We should head out too…" Jean pointed out as all of us made our way towards our appointed location…

[POV Rumi]

I was looking through yesterday's reports when something caught my eyes… It was a report of a few students wanting to register complaints against a certain pathetic pink-haired man…

I was immediately interested, but for whatever reason, the complaints were not registered. I immediately summoned the staff who were on duty yesterday. Two young women arrived after a few minutes, both of them were dressed in Totsuki resort uniform.

"You summoned us ma'am?" one of them asked me in a nervous tone. Both of them seemed to be quite nervous.

"Don't need to be nervous… I simply wanted to ask the two of you some questions" I said as I gestured towards the seats in front of me. After a few moments, both of them sat down.

"I saw that a couple of students wanted to register a complaint against Shinomiya Kojiro, did they change their minds?" I asked and both of them shook their heads.

"No… they wanted to complain but Dojima Gun-Sama told us off…" the other woman said and my eyes narrowed.

"Hoh… did he now?" I asked curiously and both of them nodded their heads.

"He told us that there was no need for that and we would simply waste our time as all of those students have been expelled… he is our superior, so…" the woman trailed off with an unsure look on her face.

"So, what were the students complaining about?" I asked curiously.

"They were saying that Shinomiya Kojiro-Sama had knowingly brought rotten ingredients for the task so they would fail to make good" one of them said with a thoughtful look on her face.

"Oh… one of them said that Shinomiya Kojiro had expelled him simply because he had changed the given recipe and added wine to get around the bad ingredients" the other woman quickly inserted and I nodded my head in understanding.

(A/N: There are a lot of extraordinary students in Totsuki so I thought that there might be some other students who could use wine to remove the taste of bad ingredients).

I tapped my fingers on my knuckles… "Both of you can leave and from now on don't ignore any complaints" I said with a smile as both of them gave a small bow and left.

I already had some suspicions that Dojima Gin had called Shinomiya Kojiro for some personal reasons… It looks like I was right… I will get all the answers if I go after Shinomiya Kojiro and to be honest, I am done with Shinomiya Kojiro…