Chapter 4: The Man in the Peaked Cap

On the first day of opening, Thunder Game Hall did not make a penny from customers. Instead, the first customer died in the store, although he was a weirdo.

What Leto didn't know was that a bald man accidentally passed by here, but stopped at the door for half a minute, then shook his head and left.

The next day, there was no customer. Leto felt that the location of this game hall was too fucked up. Who would come here for no reason in such a geographical location close to no man's land.

It would be strange if the game hall opened here to have business, but there was no way he had to run the Thunder Game Hall here, so if no one came, he had to attract customers himself.

On this day, Leto had almost used up the 1,000 yen he had on him. He was going to go out and attract customers to the game hall. As long as people in this world played the games in this game hall, they would definitely come again for the second time.

In this way, he would have a good business with repeat customers. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Leto didn't think about doing other things. He solved his own food and clothing problems first. Anyway, he didn't have to charge rent here, and it was all pure profit.

The world of One Punch Man is very different from the world where Leto lived before. The world of One Punch Man is divided into 26 cities, corresponding to 26 letters.

From City A to City Z is the outline of the whole world. The places beyond these 26 letter cities are no-man's land, or monster area.

Leto is not very clear about the details, unless he becomes powerful in the future and goes to places outside the 26 cities to see what is there.

These cities are relatively close to each other, and generally you don't need to take a plane or train to reach the nearby cities. It is more convenient to take a plane or train to places farther away.

Among the 26 cities from City A to City Z, City Z is the place that everyone is most reluctant to come to, because there are rumors that there are very powerful beings here, and strange and weird events always happen here, and there is no clue at all about such things, and there is no way to find out the truth.

Over time, the local residents moved away one after another, and gradually the edge of City Z became a no-man's land, and those residents moved to the central area to live.

Leito's Thunder Game Hall is located between the no-man's land and the downtown area. This location is a bit awkward. A few streets away is the no-man's land, and a few streets away is the central area.

The intersection of the two areas seems very deserted. Basically, there are stray cats and dogs passing by here every day, or weirdos.

But even weirdos rarely appear here, so Leito has a headache. If he doesn't attract customers, he will starve to death sooner or later.

Abandoning the game hall is not enough. The system says that this thing is his life property.

At this moment, in an abandoned building in Z City, three weirdos gathered together.

"The bamboo shoot monster has been gone for so long and hasn't come back yet. Nothing will happen, right?" The pineapple monster with a burnt yellow body and thorns said.

"What can happen? There are no heroes in Z City. This is an uninhabited area. Do you know what an uninhabited area is? It is an abandoned place. There will be no heroes." The celery monster shook his head with a green.

"What Celery said is correct. Bamboo shoots may have encountered something. I guess he will be back soon." Broccoli agreed.

Pineapple wanted to say something but didn't. He cursed in his heart: "If I hadn't found a fruit-type monster, I wouldn't be with vegetable monsters like you. You all speak in the same tone!"

"What's wrong, pineapple?" Celery saw Pineapple frowning and asked immediately.

"Ah, it's okay. Let's wait a little longer. If Bamboo shoots don't come back, we'll look for them again." Pineapple laughed.

"What Celery said makes sense. Let's wait a little longer."

"Hey! I'm Pineapple!"

At this time, Leto had come to the downtown area of ​​​​Z City. Although every city has a hero in charge, there will definitely not be many heroes in charge of Z City. Most of the heroes stationed in Z City are responsible for the safety of the central area. As for the no-man's land, there is no hero to take care of it.

That kind of place is a restricted area, with extraordinary horror rumors. Such rumors are heard by both heroes and weirdos.

It didn't take Leto much time to reach the central area from the suburbs of City Z. He came here after untransforming, in order not to attract too much attention. After all, Thunder Shazam's outfit and size look like a hero.

Since he was going to support himself and attract customers first, Leto was ready to fight a long-term battle of starvation.

Leto was ready to attract customers. He walked to a place with relatively dense traffic and shouted: "The game hall is newly opened for big discounts. Big discounts, all customers who consume in the store will get 50% off, and there are more discounts for members. Don't miss it if you pass by!"

However, Leto shouted for a long time. At first, only a few people noticed this place, but no one was willing to come to understand. Later, no one even looked at Leto.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Leto's throat became dry. After several hours of shouting, the originally surging passion gradually turned into indifference.

The people in this world are so indifferent.

"Ah, the game hall is really 50% off?"

Just as Leto was about to leave, a voice stopped him.

The man was tall, wearing a black sweater and a black cap. The cap was pulled down so low that Leto could not see his face clearly, but he could vaguely see a scar on his face.

"Yes, the game hall is opening for a big sale these days. All in-store purchases are 50% off, and it's even cheaper if you apply for membership!" Leto's eyes lit up. This was nominally the first human customer, and he had to seize this opportunity.

"Then take me." The man in the hoodie pulled his cap down a little lower.

"Okay, follow me." Leto asked him to follow without saying anything. He finally caught a consumer and he would not lose him because of too much nonsense.

"Well, haven't you arrived yet?" The man in the hoodie saw Leto walking more and more remote, and it was almost to the no-man's land where monsters were lurking.

"Soon, soon, we'll be there in a few turns." Leto said immediately.

"I should have known not to come earlier. Will it be dangerous?" The man in the hoodie whispered, followed Leto carefully, and raised his head from time to time to observe the surroundings.

Originally, he would not come to Z City at all, but recently he heard that there were new games in Z City, so he rushed over to take a look.

As a result, the games were all snatched up before he saw them. When he was about to go back, he heard Leto talking about the opening of a game hall. He decided to give it a try with a fluke mentality, just in case the games were fun.

It took him half a day to walk, and now he was almost in the no-man's land and he began to worry.