The supermarket in Post-Disaster New City opened on the third day.
Calling it a supermarket was a bit of a stretch. It was really just a large temporary single-story structure, with a corrugated metal roof, cement floors, and a red cloth banner hanging over the entrance, painted with four big white characters—
Grand Opening.
The writing was crooked, and the character for "opening" was even missing a stroke.
But that did nothing to hurt its popularity.
By eight in the morning, a long line had already formed outside, filled with residents of Post-Disaster New City. Elderly people, women, children—everyone carried a shopping basket, their faces holding the cautious excitement of survivors.
Saitama stood at the very end of the line, holding a shopping basket as well.
Genos had dug the basket out of the rubble the night before and cleaned it. It was blue, printed with the logo of some supermarket that no longer existed.
He had been waiting for ten minutes, and the line had moved forward less than five meters.
An auntie in front of him was chatting with someone beside her, loudly enough for the entire line to hear.
"Hey, did you hear? That huge disaster the other day was supposedly worse than every previous disaster put together! The ground split open, houses went flying—if some mysterious expert hadn't stepped in, our whole area would probably be gone!"
"Really? Who was that expert? From the Hunter Association?"
"No idea. Nobody saw him. They say all the Zodiacs showed up, but in the end, that mysterious guy still solved it with one punch!"
"One punch? That strong?"
"You bet! I'm telling you, my cousin works at the Hunter Association. He saw it himself—the monster was as big as a mountain, and that person made it disappear with one