There once was a time when Saitama could walk down the street alongside everyone else and be a nameless nobody in the crowd, but once he became known as the world's strongest hero that all went away as though it were a dream. Nowadays Saitama can't afford a basic luxury like walking down the street, as he will be swarmed by countless citizens who want to get a picture with him or something of the like. And while at first it had it's charm, to be a nobody who was becoming someone of relative importance, it quickly turned from appreciation and fandom to restraining order levels of smothering. But luckily due to his amazing abilities he was able to easily avoid people whenever he left his apartment, as he would in the most extreme of circumstances would hop from rooftop to rooftop, easily avoiding the streets altogether.

Such as right now, for as one could guess the news of any feats, regardless of how recent they might be that included him, spread like a wildfire during a drought. Which would explain how everyone already seemed to know about his encounter with Vaccine Man, despite it having been only thirty minutes since it even happened.

"How does everyone know about it already?!" He wondered in disbelief, as he looked down at some of the massive screens attached to certain buildings, where upon them it showed newscasters talking about the event.

Sometimes it honestly did feel like he was always being watched, whether it was by the fans, the association, other heroes, or anything else that had at least one functioning eyeball. But even though his desire to become a hero turned out be a double edged sword in many ways, it did also give him a lot of good things beyond the obvious fame and fortune. It allowed him to meet all kinds of people whether they were heroes or not, and while nowadays whenever he met someone they just went crazy and spastic as everyone seemed to, there were on occasion certain people who were actually pretty normal around him. Such as his best friend King, who out of everyone Saitama has come to know and interact with on a frequent enough basis, is the most casual and normal person about him being the greatest hero in the world.

Though even to this day he still didn't know why.

"Oh great, they're in a frenzy..." He said as he landed on another building, coming to a stop and looking down at the street.

Possessing a great deal of speed and power Saitama was able to travel all the way from City D back to his apartment building in City Z. And while as said he did manage to avoid people and get a few moments of peace and quiet, he couldn't avoid the worst of his fan base as they were always camped outside of his apartment building. From news reporters and fans to his most insane paparazzi and groupies, it was a massive horde of cameras, signs, tents, and vehicles that completely filled the street. Now if this were back before he became the hero he was there'd be police here to try and disperse these people in order to clear the road.

But sadly if there ever were police present it was just to either join the fans or make sure that no fights or further ruckus was caused by the gathering. As for any other residents of his apartment building, or of the other buildings that were nearby, they had long since moved somewhere else meaning that the only person to be pestered and bothered by this never dispersing swarm was him. But just as he had done up until now, getting into his apartment while avoiding them would be of no issue, for with but one simple leap he left the roof that he currently stood upon and managed to land perfectly in front of his door.

Entering his home with great haste as the moment he landed the crowd below spotted him and began their chanting and calls for attention, once he was inside and slammed the door shut behind him he was finally able to breath a sigh of relief as he was now safe.

"Welcome home." King greeted, as he turned from the television and looked towards him.

"Hey King." Saitama casually replied, as he went to his kitchen to put away his groceries "What's up?" He asked.

"I came by to see if you wanted to hang out, but then I got trapped by the horde." King answered as he looked back at the TV.

"You mean they were actually gone?" Saitama asked wide eyed, being genuinely surprised.

"No, but they weren't as insane when I showed up." King explained.

"Ah, that makes sense." Saitama said, as he began taking the food out of the bags.

"Oh by the way, good job on stopping that monster." King complimented.

"Eh, it was like the other times, I just showed up and he surrendered." Saitama recounted with a disinterested shrug.

"Don't you mean they?" King asked, causing the other to look at him with a confused expression.

"Uh no, there was only one monster." Saitama told him.

"Wait...do you not know about the other one?" King asked him, causing him to freeze in place.

"...What." Saitama said, as a sudden feeling of dread washed over him.

"Take a look for yourself." King invited as he pointed to the screen.

Almost in an instant due to his speed was Saitama sitting on his knees in front of the TV next to King, and as he stared at the screen to see what the other was talking about, that feeling of dread only got worse.

"Though a small portion of City D was destroyed by the pair of villains who call themselves the Brain and Brawn brothers, no one was injured and the destruction was limited to this section thanks to One Punch Man." The female reporter explained, as a picture of Saitama appeared on the screen "As it turns out, the duo were planning to destroy all of City D before moving on to other nearby cities, but they soon surrendered as they saw a few streets away the world's strongest hero walking down the sidewalk, they are now in transit to the association's maximum security prison which houses all of those who have surrendered to One Punch Man." She went on, before the television was suddenly turned off.

Looking to Saitama as he was the one who did it, King saw a look of shock and despair upon the other's face that he hadn't seen before.

"Saitama?" He spoke up, in a slightly concerned tone.

"I...I didn't even know they were there..." Saitama admitted, as he looked down at the floor "I was focused on getting away from the store because everyone was acting crazy...and I didn't even know they were there..." He repeated, as he balled his hands into fists "Damn it..." He muttered through gritted teeth before he slammed them down on the floor "I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE THERE! AND YET THEY STILL SURRENDERED!" He shouted angrily as he slammed his fists down a few more times, making sure not to overdo it to avoid causing damage "WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?! I CAN'T EVEN CHALLENGE PEOPLE TO A FIGHT ANYMORE WITHOUT THEM GIVING UP!"

Knowing well the kind of frustration and anger that Saitama was feeling right now, instead of trying to comfort him or do something that would make things awkward King instead put a hand on his friend's shoulder as to gain his attention.

"Hey." He spoke again, as Saitama looked towards him "I got a new fighting game yesterday, brought it with me so we could play." He said as he held up the game with his other hand "Wanna kick each other's butts for a while?" He asked.

Unable to keep himself from smiling as Saitama's angered expression quickly changed to that of excitement, he got to his feet with his fists in front of him clearly pumped.

"Hell yeah man! just let me get out of my costume and we'll play!" He exclaimed as he ran to the bathroom.

Getting the game ready while the other changed in the bathroom, once Saitama came out in some casual clothes and sat back down beside him, the two went on to play the game for the next several hours all the while managing to ignore the chanting that came from outside.