Chapter 8
Every week, he could randomly summon a guest from a 2D world to the restaurant to dine.
The best part? They didn't have to pay a single cent for their meal!
As long as Mineo could make the guests feel happy within the walls of his establishment, he could extract one of the abilities possessed by that guest and automatically upgrade it to the maximum level!
For Mineo, the emergence of this Dimensional Restaurant was incredibly practical.
The friends on his phone were limited in number. If he wanted to become infinitely powerful and see more of what the world had to offer, the Dimensional Restaurant would be his gateway!
However, his "Gold Finger" had specifically arranged for the restaurant to be located near Totsuki Academy. Had the cheat already predicted that he would head to Totsuki to meet Erina and the others in person?
After processing the information that had appeared in his mind, Mineo took out his phone and booked a flight to Tokyo online.
But just at that moment, two friends sent him messages.
One was from Erina, and the other was from Saitama!
Mineo opened the chat window with Saitama first. The message from the hero-to-be read:
"Mineo-kun, I feel like things aren't going very well for me right now!"
"Saitama-kun, what's wrong?"
"It's about the advice you gave me before... I kept insisting on training every single day. Now, it seems like I've definitely become strong, but... why is all my hair falling out...? I've actually gone completely bald. What exactly is happening?"
Two years ago, when Saitama first appeared in Mineo's friend list, Mineo had subconsciously assumed that yet another person was doing an incredibly good job of pretending to be a 2D character.
But now, Mineo was absolutely certain that this was the real Saitama from One Punch Man!
When they first met, Saitama had complained that monsters were constantly invading his neighborhood, leaving him exhausted. He mentioned wanting to become strong but had no idea how to go about it.
Back then, Mineo had simply bragged to him, telling him to run 100,000 meters every day, do 1,000 push-ups, and 1,000 sit-ups!
Somehow, Saitama had actually trained like that for two years and truly become strong!
To think that a legendary powerhouse like Saitama in the original series had actually started his path to strength because of pointers from him!
Well, if you calculate it that way, I guess I can be considered his master!
Mineo chuckled softly to himself and typed a reply.
"Saitama, I asked you once before if you were willing to give up everything for the sake of becoming strong!"
"If I recall correctly, your answer was quite clear."
"You said that as long as you could become strong, nothing else mattered!"
"That is exactly why I taught you the true path to power!"
"And now, what does a little hair loss matter? Being bald is good too; at least you don't need to turn on the lights at night!"
"Mineo-kun, it's only after going bald that I've started to miss my long black hair... wait... there's a commotion downstairs. It looks like a monster has shown up. Once I finish off this pest that's disturbing my afternoon nap, I'll get back to chatting with you..."
"Hey, Saitama, don't go yet! Let's talk a bit longer..."
Mineo sent the message, but after waiting several minutes, there was no reply. This left Mineo feeling a bit disappointed.
Saitama was different from Erina and the others. Usually, when Erina started talking, it felt like she could go on forever. Saitama, on the other hand, usually just dropped a few lines and then went off to handle his own business.
So, over two full years, the message count between Mineo and Saitama had only reached a bit over 2,000.
In the past, Mineo wouldn't have cared about chatting more with another guy, but now that he knew he could extract abilities, he was dying to get his hands on Saitama's signature strength!
"Saitama, let me know when you're done. We can keep chatting later—take your time, we can chat for days if we have to..."
After leaving the message for Saitama, Mineo switched the chat window to Erina! She had finally replied.
"I went to take care of something earlier and only just saw my phone. What is it, Mineo-kun?"
"I'm planning to visit Japan in the near future. Would you like to get ready!?"
Looking at the message from Mineo, Erina's hand holding the phone began to tremble uncontrollably.
Instantly, a single thought echoed through her mind!
Mineo-kun... could it be... is he really coming to meet me in the real world!?
H-How can this be!
I-I'm definitely not ready for this at all!
Wait... he told me to get ready... could he mean... telling me to get ready to be with him...!?
Goodness... how can he be like this! This is really not allowed... even though Mineo-kun and I have chatted online for a long time, this would be our first official meeting!
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