After dealing with the three red-named players, King farmed another round of monsters. When he realized how late it was, he reluctantly logged out of the game world.
King rose from the Game Pod in a daze, seemingly still lost in the thrilling scenes he had just experienced in the game world.
Ye Uchiha smiled. "If you like it, King, I can give you a set for free as payment for endorsing the game. What do you think?"
A flash of delight crossed King's eyes, and he forced a stiff smile. "Oh, I couldn't possibly."
Chaldea's Game Pods were incredibly hard to get. Buyers had to reserve them in advance, and even then, they might never get their turn. King had reserved one of the new-generation Game Pods half a month ago, but thanks to Chaldea's scarcity marketing strategy of releasing only a thousand units a week, his reservation number meant he would have to wait six months. Meanwhile, black-market prices for the Game Pods had skyrocketed to more than ten times the original five hundred thousand.
"It's fine. As long as you're happy."
After seeing off King, who maintained his cool, aloof image, Ye Uchiha encountered a certain unreasonable, green-haired woman with a little girl's appearance. Tatsumaki hovered in midair, looking down at him haughtily.
Wearing a black dress with high slits, Tatsumaki folded her arms over her flat chest and said coldly, "I never thought you'd manage to get King on board. You really aren't a man to underestimate!"
As the Hero Association's biggest financial backer, Ye Uchiha naturally enjoyed its meticulous protection. The green-haired, grown woman who looked like a little girl before him, for instance, was the bodyguard the Hero Association had sent to protect him.
At first, the second-ranked S-class hero, Tatsumaki of Terror, had