City Z is originally a relatively large city. Of course, it was something that happened before the disaster occurred. City Z now must not be more prosperous than other cities around it. It is even more different from City A where the headquarters of the Heroes Association is located.
In City Z now, only people live in the central area, but the population density is relatively low. Outside the central area, there are large areas of no-man's area with warning signs on it!
There, monsters or monsters appear very frequently, and have overwhelmingly surpassed other places in the entire island country. It is a terrifying place that makes people afraid and are reluctant to live without paying money.
Since strangers began to appear ten years ago, especially those high-level monsters frequently appeared in the unmanned area of ​​City Z, residents have either fled City Z or moved to the heart of the city to live. Houses, water, electricity, natural gas and other living facilities in the unmanned area have been abandoned, and even maintenance workers dare not repair or close them.
In addition, it also needs to supply people's lives in the central urban area of ​​City Z, and energy facilities such as water, electricity, and gas lead from outside the city to inside the city. The key route is in the uninhabited area. Therefore, that is, the real reason why water, electricity and gas can continue to be used in the area where Anne lives and a bald uncle's apartment building is still there.
Over time, the famous No Man's District of Z City began to have the terrifying titles of "Ghost City", "Unman's Ghost World", "Bornless Land", etc., and the prices and rents in urban areas have become an outrageous and cannot be cheaper.
In fact, there is no rent at all!
Anyway, it is probably: in the unmanned area of ​​City Z, all the houses, water, electricity, land and other facilities, no matter who you want to use, you can go in and use them free of charge. The rent, water, electricity, and other fees are all free. As long as you are not afraid of the various super terrifying monsters inside, or you are not afraid of being caught, killed or eaten by monsters at any time?
No one knows why only the strangers appear frequently and the number of them are increasing in the unmanned area of ​​City Z. I don’t know why the strangers never emerge from the unmanned area of ​​City Z. After they appear, they will spread the horror directly to the central area of ​​City Z. This is something that even the headquarters of the Heroes Association has not yet figured out and cannot figure it out.
So, today, they sent two A-level heroes, namely Golden Ball, which ranks 29th in the hero A-level and Spring Beard, which ranks 33rd in the hero A-level, to let them team up to go to the unmanned area of ​​City Z to investigate the causes of the formation of the ghost city and the mysterious truths that the frequent occurrence of monsters.
However...
When Anne and Bald Saitama heard the movement of the battle and rushed over together, they found:
The Golden Ball, ranked 29th in the Heroes Association, and the Spring Beard, ranked 33rd in the A-level, had already fallen under the weird guy with kelp on his head and fainted.
"Ah~!"
(?’▽’?)
"Bald uncle, look, there seems to be a weird guy over there. Did he just crawl out of the sea? Why are there so many kelp on his body?"
(*^▽^*)
Standing side by side with bald Saitama on the roof of the building, Annie saw it at a glance:
On the street in front, there is a weird guy with weird kelp on his head?
That is, it's daytime now. If you appear at night, your hideous face, your mossy body skin, and your sticky and dancing kelp hair will surely scare many children and cowards.
"have no idea……"
"It is also possible that it is the mutant monster caused by the excessive discharge of nuclear wastewater?"
Tickling his smooth head, then looking at the other person's dense kelp hair, somehow, Saitama felt a faint feeling of jealousy.
He always had an impulse to rush forward regardless, defeat the other party, and tore off the other party's too lush 'hair'?
In short, Saitama just couldn't see others having lush hair, especially the weird guy in front of him whose "hair" was so dense that he covered his body. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the other party was openly mocking him for being a bald man.
"Bald uncle, do you want to beat it up?"
(?????)
Annie felt the faint hostility on the other party and couldn't help but ask strangely.
“Um…”
"Don't you want it for the time being?"
"We just beat the ball yesterday and took photos and uploaded them. We don't have to worry about active tasks this week. Let's just let it go for two days and then clean it up next Monday?"
"And I seem to have forgotten to buy kelp sauce today..."
Yes, in Saitama's opinion, whether it is the other party's weird person or the active task is secondary. The most important thing now is that he did not remember to buy kelp sauce when shopping in the supermarket today. If he didn't buy kelp sauce, the kelp would definitely taste fishy smell, and the experience would definitely not be very good.
Maybe……
Can you wait until they go to the supermarket after two days, remember to buy the sauce, and then go and clean up the other person when they come back?
In that case, the food problem is solved and the task problem is solved, and I can save many days of side dishes. Wouldn't that kill two birds with one stone?
"Keep?"
!(;?o?)o
"But……"
(′～`●)
"Bald uncle, the kelp on that weird man's head is muddy and dirty, and it doesn't look like that delicious..."
(lll￢▽￢)
As a foodie, Annie naturally knew what the bald uncle Saitama was thinking of doing, and she also knew that the strange man below had a dense head full of kelp on his head, which would definitely be eaten for a long time, but... when she thought that the spicy kelp was grown on the strange man's head, she instantly lost her appetite.
"Can that thing be eaten?"
(?~?)
"People always think it's better not to try those weird things?"
╮(╯▽╰)╭
Anyway, Anne herself would definitely not try it easily, but if it was the ones grown in the sea, there would be no problem.
"Of course I can eat it!"
"It must be delicious to wash and then use it to make soup..."
"You can still dry what you can't finish. That thing can be stored for a long time! Just so happens that the balcony of the apartments around you is empty and there is no one living there. Can we pull it off and hang it on the balcony for a few days?"
He stretched out his nose and sniffed in the air. Soon, the bald Saitama, who smelled a strong smell of sea, nodded confidently.
The kelp smell on the weirdo was so strong that he could smell it on the roof of the building where he and Little Annie were. So, it must be kelp, which is definitely true.
...
At this time, the monster on the abandoned road below did not notice the existence of Saitama and Little Annie at all, but was proud to look at the two A-level heroes who were defeated by it.
‘Jie!’
‘What!’
‘I finally came here and ran away in vain and defeated two heroes?’
'no!'
‘How could you become famous if you stay in such a place?’
‘It seems that I will just break into the residential area and kill all the residents, so that they can cause enough sensation?’
‘Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe...’
‘It’s decided!’
As if he was talking to himself, after finishing talking, the kelp monster stopped caring about the two A-level heroes who fainted, but turned around, as if he was planning to kill him in the central residential area of ​​City Z?
“!!”
"stop!!"
At this time, without waiting for Annie to react, Saita's brows raised and jumped straight down and blocked the monster.
Originally, the bald Saitama planned to raise the other party for two days first, and wait until the next week, and wait until he bought the kelp sauce back before dealing with the other party, but now it is not possible, because he will definitely not tolerate the other party going to the central residential area of ​​City Z to cause trouble.
Otherwise, when the central area of ​​Z dies or runs away, and the entire Z becomes an unmanned area, where will he go to shop in the future?
You should know that due to the fact that the population of City Z is no longer large, the supermarket prices have always been very cheap, and they often hold big promotions on Saturdays. He likes it very much, so he can't let the kelp monster destroy the stable ecology and humanistic environment that City Z has finally formed in recent years.
"Um?"
"Who are you?"
"Is it another hero?"
Looking at Saitama jumping down from the sky, the kelp monster was startled.
"Yes! I am a C-level hero, and the hero ranking was originally ranked 388th in the C-level, second to last!"
"that……"
"Mr. Weird, let's discuss it. This is the case. You can stay here for two days first. Don't rush to go to the residential area. I'll buy the seasonings in two days, and then come here to beat you to death. What do you think of this suggestion?"
Looking at the other party's kelp with its head and face, and then looking at the thick, tough and lively appearance of the kelp, the bald Saitama swallowed first, and then seriously suggested to the kelp monster.
“…”
"you……"
"Die for me!!!"
How could the kelp monster accept such an outrageous suggestion?
So, it didn't think about it. After a while of silence, after looking at Saitama's expressionless dead fish face for a few seconds, it turned its back and sold it, controlling the kelp that covered the sky and the sun and rolled it towards Bald Saitama from all directions!
The amount of kelp is so dense and terrifying that even the sunlight is completely blocked, and Saitama is directly shrouded in the terrifying dark shadow.
However...
puff!!
A dull collision sound of fists to flesh sounded, and when little Annie floated down from the upstairs and landed, the kelp monster had already fallen to the ground motionlessly.
"It's dead?"
(???.???)??????
He walked forward and first tentatively kicked the weirdo's foot, then Annie turned her head and asked the bald uncle.
"I don't know either……"
"You saw it, he took the initiative, so I punched me."
"but……"
As he said that, Saitama bent down, grabbed one of the other person's kelp hair, pinched it with his hands, then licked it, and finally even opened his mouth and bit it.
"Anne..."
Saitama's face changed.
"Yeah!"
(°〼°〃)
"What are you doing?"
(^～^;)ゞ
"This is really kelp..."
"Do you want to eat kelp tonight?"
As soon as he exerted force on his hand, Saitama easily pulled out one and found that the root was exactly the same as the kelp, and the thickness and toughness were even better. It can be said that it was the best kelp, and his hands began to tremble a little.
"Eat, eat its hair?!"
=????(???*)
"I don't want it, it's so disgusting! And, it looks dirty..."
\\("▔□▔)/
Without thinking, Annie shook her head like a rattle, and then hurriedly took two big steps.
You know, Anne almost never eats smart creatures, let alone humanoid creatures!
And the weird guy obviously also has a human form and can even speak, so he will definitely not appear in Anne's recipe.
Although the other party's hair was real kelp, Annie would not eat anything from the monster, even kelp!
“Free!”
"Don't you?"
"All right……"
Seeing that little Annie continued to shake her head and took two steps back firmly, Saitama had no choice but to give up regretfully.
"Just forget it if you don't want it, but I want to try..."
Saitama would not tell Little Annie that in the kelp factory, the workers used shovels and feet to step on the raw kelp there, which was much dirtyer than this.
But anyway, kelp and other things can be eaten as long as it is washed, so he won't mind whether it grows on stones or on weird people's heads.
Of course, the most important thing is: the kelp in front of him doesn’t have to spend money. Although he has made a lot of money recently, if he can save, he still needs to save as much as possible.
then……
Not long after, Saitama, who used both hands and feet, quickly pulled out the weirdo's "hair" in a few seconds, turning it into a bloody bald head. Then he happily walked towards the apartment with his kelp in his arms.
"Anne!"
"I'm going to cook a pot of kelp miso soup tonight. Please be sure to visit our house, is that OK?"
It feels that it is not good to go to the neighbor's little girl's house to have some food often. Saitama seems to be planning to exchange gifts and use the fresh kelp he has harvested today to entertain his good neighbors?
Of course, if you cook Miso soup, it will be almost enough for one piece, and the remaining excess can be eaten slowly after Genos is dried.
During this period, because Genos had to come to practice with him, his family's food expenses doubled out of thin air, so he had to make careful calculations, especially the ingredients, which must not be wasted, and food must continue to buy special products that are about to expire!
"I don't want to go to your house for dinner!"
(??ω????‖)?
"Don't even think about it!"
(′?︵?`)
"Yeah?"
"That's a pity..."
Soon, with the departure of Annie and Saitama, only the two unconscious A-level heroes and the kelp monster with their hair pulled out.
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Chapter completed!