What Can't Be Bought

Saitama's day begins with an unpleasant discovery at the bank, where his balance turns out to be a mere 20 yen, though he shrugs it off. Over in the park, having just felled a monster, he faces a small crisis: he holds only 90 yen yet wants a 120-yen drink from the vending machine in front of him, so he rummages fruitlessly for spare coins. Two passersby spot the dead creature, worry it might be poisonous, and rope it off with tape, before children reveal them to be two C-Class heroes, D-Pad and Funeral Suspenders. D-Pad then buys the very Red Bean Jelly Cider Saitama had been eyeing, drinks it, and misses a shot tossing the empty can toward a bin, which Saitama later disposes of properly.

Back at the bank, Saitama admits he is still 10 yen short just as a robbery erupts. A gang called Cow's Stomach, headed by the A-Class criminal Bull-Bull, storms in, downs the guard, and grabs a boy as a hostage. D-Pad and Funeral Suspenders return and clear out the underlings, but Bull-Bull swats the pair aside, dismisses them as weaklings, and flees. His crew escapes by van with the kidnapped child, planning to shake their pursuers before abandoning the boy in the mountains. Their route bends toward the city instead, since the driver has lost control of the vehicle.

The van lands in the park, dropped there by Saitama, who tells an enraged Bull-Bull that he could not let the bank be robbed with his own savings inside. Bull-Bull's attack fails instantly, and his gang goes down with him. The rescued child offers Saitama his money in thanks, but Saitama hands it back, urging him to spend it on something that matters more. Recounting all of this to Genos afterward, Saitama receives a can of the cider from Genos, who had bought an entire case after noticing his earlier longing, revealing just how wealthy the cyborg is; the cans, Genos adds, expire in two years. Titled Kaenai Mono in the original, the chapter runs as a twenty-seven-page extra bundled with the fifth volume, sits between Prison and Salmon, carries a voiced version on the One-Punch Man Maji Drama CD Vol. 2, and closes on Saitama unloading his whole stash of cider onto Mumen Rider during patrol.