Recognized Hero

Chapter 1: Recognition

Disclaimer: I do not own OPM, all rights go to ONE.

Time went by uneventfully, days turned into weeks and weeks to months. In any case, Saitama lived on as usual. He has already forgotten about the crabs and bananas months prior. Though, he still lived with the grief and pain of losing what could have been the best sales he had. His eyes gazed out the window as he picked his nose, still in his pajamas. With nothing else to do, Saitama wore his yellow jumpsuit and headed out.

Saitama decided for today to be a different one, well-not too different from the usual one he was used to. Run around, kill monster find grocery coupons and discounts. Well, he mostly spent his time killing monsters. The occasional thanks from the people he saves is a plus, manages to make his day a bit better. Though, there were some that accuse him of taking their kill or something. He could care less so Saitama just ignores them.

In any case, today should be a bit different. Saitama set a goal for himself. By breaking his 27 average daily kill count. He will go beyond that and kill at least 50 monsters this day, and he even prepared a reward for himself. The wagyu beef cost him a month's worth of cash.

He drooled at the thought of those juicy meat. 'Sigh, since when did the last time I ate high-quality beef?' He questioned himself. Although he does hero work all the time, he still needed money to provide for himself, so he often took up part-time jobs that have decent pay, well it depends on the person to decide how much they'd pay him.

People were often stingy with the prices and Saitama had long given up on persuading people to accept his rates. Now, he just accepts whatever amount they give.

Saitama slid a 100-yen coin into a vending machine and chose a cola. It had been a long day yet he could count the number of monsters he killed in his hand. Which wasn't that much, and at this point Saitama wanted to give up on breaking a record of his.

Beep!

As the machine worked, the cola he pressed had somehow gotten stuck against the glass wall. It didn't take long for Saitama to get irked and started to furiously shake the vending machine. That's why they say more people die from vending machines than sharks each year.

He shook the machine even more furiously when the can didn't budge an inch. At this point, Saitama was considering punching the thing. That so he did.

Bang!

A small but powerful punch hit the machine as it broke down, leaving all the drink unharmed and exposed. Saitama crouched down and picked up the cola he's been trying to buy, and left. 'I'm never buying from a vending machine ever again.'

Currently, he was heading to City-F, which was two cities away. Though it wouldn't take long for him to reach considering his speed. His jog caused a huge disturbance across the city. Later that day, rumors of a powerful monster circulated in multiple cities.

However, Saitama was unaware of this and continued his jog. Half an hour later, he arrived in City-F in search of monsters to kill—and hopefully find a better discount along the way.

...

After a long day, Saitama failed to meet his goal. Not a single monster showed up.

"Guess I'll buy some udon," Saitama said to himself and headed to the nearest udon shop.

Ding!

The bell that hung on the door jingled as a person in a yellow jumpsuit entered. He ordered a bowl of udon and sat next to the window. Seeing a guy wearing a weird outfit stood out to most people, but this one person, in particular, attracted everyone's attention.