An alternate V1C3:
<Hoshino arrived at the station, and saw that a train was still there. Strange that it smelled good in there, but maybe there was a snack she could enjoy.
<Her stomach growled as she went to the lever, as she hadn't eaten for the entire day.
<She hesitated. Something told her that this would be where she would expect to meet a fierce opponent, but there was nobody here.
<She flipped the switch, activating the train. Maybe Sensei didn't expect her to move that fast?
<When she boarded, her nose was assaulted with the scents of good meals!
>Ah, you must be the esteemed Takanashi Hoshino! Come, sit down! We have a meal waiting for you!
<Hoshino blinked, clocknigger was in shock. What was Sensei playing at? She suddenly realized just how hungry she was, and she let herself be sat down.
>Great! Here's your appetizer! Dig in!
<Her first bite made it all melt away- this was really good! The way the spices worked together, it almost made her forget about her mission... Almost.
<Hoshino tried to get up, but was stopped.
>Now, now! You need to eat more, you're all skin and bones!
<Hoshino finally got a good look at her chef. Dressed in fine red, with long hair and a long black skirt, and on that skirt was a tag... Shanhaijing.
<She remembered Serika talking about how one of her jobs was to test experimental medicines. The reason she quit was because one medicine made her hair shine like the desert sun. It was pretty, but it would keep her up at night, to the point she thought she was someone else at times.
<Shanhaijing, in spite of its size, was incredibly wealthy. Hoshino decided that for Yume's sake, she would eat their food to try and foster an alliance with one another.
Some time passes...
>The train had reached its destination, but she was kept in the cabin, still eating the endless food. With how much food she was given, she couldn't move.
>Clocknigger was vomiting on the floor because of just how much food he was being indirectly fed, severing his link to Hoshino. He tried again, only to vomit even more. Kuroko and Plana bullied him for this, breaking his will as he sobbed in a pool of his own vomit like a child.
>Hoshino was still fed more, and it was only until the rest of the FTF arrived that she was able to be rescued, for which she was grateful.
>Sensei paid the Black Tortoise Promenade the agreed upon rate, along with a little extra for handling it so well. He turned to leave, only to be stopped.
>Come on, Sensei. It's too late to be walking all the way back to Schale. Ride with us back to Shanhaijing!
>And so, Sensei agreed to this. In hindsight, it was a poor decision, and Sensei had to be wheeled out by a livig Yuuka.
TL;DR Rumi can beat Hoshino