He prefers the routine of his own world, thank you very much.

[hero_for_fun]

Come on, you can't be serious...

I'm going to miss the Thursday sale! What if this place doesn't even have discount groceries?

I bet meat is sky-high there. Can't you at least wait until after dinner?

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[toaster_puppy]

If our new residence is at all reasonable, it will have discount groceries. As soon as we're there I will do a complete search of the area to find the best prices, sensei!

[hero_for_fun]

You will? That's great!

[toaster_puppy]

Of course! If only I could study now! I will study the map of our area in the meantime, in the hope that there will be a similar pattern of stores elsewhere.

[hero_for_fun]

Be sure to find somewhere that sells meat for cheap. Meat is very important!

I mean, so are vegetables, but they're easier to get...

[toaster_puppy]

Meat, yes, I will add that to the list of what to search for. I shall calculate the total savings of each store based on our grocery lists of the past three months.

[hero_for_fun]

Th... that's great, Genos!

I sure am glad you're coming with me, dude.

[toaster_puppy]

It would be a shame if I couldn't come with. I'm sure that wherever we end up shall give me all the more chances to learn from you, sensei! But first, I will have to search for discount groceries.

[hero_for_fun]

Of course! Eating right is an important part of getting strong, you know!

[Surely that applies to brains in robot bodies, too? Brain fuel? Saitama scratches his head as something else occurs to him.]

But dude, if you're with me on some other world, how're you going to find the mad cyborg?

[toaster_puppy]

[Genos pauses in the middle of furious note taking.]

While that will weigh on my mind, I am confident we will find our way back some day and I will return with much more knowledge and strength!

[hero_for_fun]

Okay, good! I didn't want to discourage you, but, you know.

But that's-- that's good! Yeah!

[notthehedgehog]

........all the chaos that happens around you, and your biggest concern is penny-pinching of all things???

[Translation: How the HELL did I lose to a clown like you??]

[hero_for_fun]

Are you saying it's not important to get a good deal?

[Have a dubious look.]

Also, you look a little familiar... wait! Do you sell expensive groceries? Is that it?

I bet you work at that one place that never has any good sales.

[notthehedgehog]

[........are you shitting him right now Saitama?]

[Eye twitch.]

You have GOT to be KIDDING me!! You can't seriously tell me you're so dense as to not recognize me!!

[hero_for_fun]

[...Maaaaybe.]

Yeah, sorry, I have no idea. Wait! Are you...?

[notthehedgehog]

Speed-o'-Sound Sonic. How difficult can that be to remember?? You can't possibly know that many other ninja on this planet!!

[hero_for_fun]

No, no, that's not what I was going to guess at all!

[notthehedgehog]

....That's the actual answer, moron!!

[hero_for_fun]

Now I forgot what I was gonna guess.

[notthehedgehog]

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO GUESS! I'M SONIC, DAMMIT!! SPEED-O'-SOUND SONIC!!

[hero_for_fun]

That sounds a little familiar...

[A beat. Saitama scratches the side of his head.]

Are you sure you don't work at the grocery store? What about the diner?

[notthehedgehog]

[...No. Seriously. How did you manage to beat him?]

.....I am very certain that I don't, never have, and never will work at a diner or grocery store.

[hero_for_fun]

Oh.

That sucks, dude, don't sell yourself so short! I'm sure if you did your best you could work at any of those places!

[notthehedgehog]

...you're out of your mind if you think any self-respecting ninja would do anything other than some kind of combat work. And they ESPECIALLY wouldn't work at a diner or grocery store!!

[Unless it was to get the jump on some unsuspecting victim. Not that he's about to admit it.]

[hero_for_fun]

Hey man, if that's what you gotta tell yourself to get through the day--

Wait, combat work? Are you in the Hero's Association?

[Saitama slaps the bottom of one fist into his other palm.]

That must be how I know you!

[notthehedgehog]

[Slowly he slaps his hand to his forehead.]

We've fought each other before.....dumbass!

[hero_for_fun]

It must not have been much of a fight.

[He's not even being a snarky shit here, Saitama just looks and sounds a bit sad.]

[notthehedgehog]

[The lack of snark is the only thing saving him. Sonic glares for a long minute.]

Well, suffice it to say, you played dirty.

[Balltapping puts 'playing dirty' mildly.]

[hero_for_fun]

Huh. That doesn't sound normal.

Usually if I fight someone they don't, uh, come back. Are you sure we fought?

[notthehedgehog]

Hard to keep a ninja like me down, Saitama.

But rest assured, when we fight again, I'll be the victorious one!

[hero_for_fun]

Well...

...

...

...Well good!

Do your best!