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Chapter 3. Confirming Items Before Your First Purchase

Before buying the items in my cart, I want to check what I currently have.

First, I’m wearing light brown pants, an off-white shirt, a black cardigan, and an olive-green coat.

My bag Is a tote that can also be used as a black backpack.

Inside, there are:

– A lunch box, water bottle, wallet, smartphone, portable battery, clear file folder with several documents tucked inside.  

– A ballpoint pen, handkerchief, pocket tissues, a mask, plastic shopping bag, an eco-bag, foldable umbrella, candy, mini sweet bean jelly bar, calorie X, car keys, house keys with a small light attached, and inside a pouch are cosmetics and a card-sized sewing kit.

Ah, at the bottom,  I found a crumpled receipt and some small Komeda bean snacks.

Hmmm, I’d already eaten my lunch and there was almost nothing left in my water bottle, but it’s good that I had some candy, mini yokan, calorie X, and the beans with me.

Having a mobile phone is not very useful without signal, even with a portable battery, so it’s not that meaningful.

The little scissors that come with the sewing kit might be better than nothing. Also, the light attached to the keys—both bought at 100-yen shops.

There’s nothing particularly valuable that I could sell.

If I had to say, maybe the handkerchief and the pouch.

Next, I want to try saying the most common phrase I’d want to say if I were in another world

I’d be happy to learn more about my skills and such.

: “Status Open.”

But nothing opens.

Then I try “Appraisal!”

Still no response.

Is it not working?

I feel a bit disappointed.

However, when it comes to abilities, I have a vague idea of what should be done, so I guess that’s just how it is.

Alright! Let’s buy it!

When I think about it, the screen opens. It seems that it opens when I focus on it, and closes automatically when I divert my attention.

For now, in my cart, I have water, a hamburger, and a plastic board, but since it’s my first time, I’ll just buy the water.

I delete the hamburger and the plastic board from the cart and purchase only the 64-yen water.

Then, a 2-liter plastic bottle appears on the floor. Right in the spot where I thought it would appear.

Hmm, so I can specify the location where it will appear to some extent.

I open the bottle cap, pour water into my water bottle cup, and take a sip.

Yes, it’s water. A lot of water. I must have been thirsty because I drank it all in one go.

When I looked closely at the screen, I noticed that the remaining balance was displayed as 936 yen in the upper right corner. That’s very considerate.

Next, I think about buying a hamburger. When I do, the recently viewed items are displayed clearly without me having to search again.

I buy a 59-yen hamburger and hold it in my hand.

Oh, it’s warm.

I peel back the wrapping and bite into it, it tastes like that hamburger.

It’s the one I bought without pickles.

It’s been a while since I’ve had it, and it brings back so many memories. Delicious.

Eating food makes me feel a bit better. Things are a mess, but knowing that I’ll have food and water is reassuring.

I tried sitting and sleeping directly on the storage floor, but it just didn’t feel very comfortable.

What should I do?  I was thinking about buying some plastic cardboard when an idea struck me.

If I buy a box of water, doesn’t it come with a cardboard box?

Since I’ll need water anyway, I was planning to buy a box.

I buy a box of water for 379 yen, and as I expected, it comes in a cardboard box.

For now, cardboard is great because if I leave it as a box I can use it as a chair or a table, and if I open it up and take out the plastic bottles inside, it can also serve as a mat!

What else do I buy in a box? Mandarins? Persimmons? I’ve bought those before, but I wonder how much a box costs. Probably over 1000 yen.

For now, I want to use it as a mat, so I open the box and it becomes about 50 cm by 100 cm of cardboard.

A bit small, but better than nothing.

If I lay down some cardboard, curl up with my bag as a pillow and put my coat over yourself, I should be able to sleep.

　

Having the mat makes sitting much easier.

Now, then:

Remaining balance: 498 yen.

What should I buy next?

Should I buy items that might sell well, or prioritize food?

I think I should prioritize buying food that might sell well.

Ah, dried fruit.

I remember raisins used to be cheap.

When I search, I find a record of buying 850 grams of raisins for 498 yen, and I couldn’t help but laugh at how exact that price was.

But I don’t know how much raisins sell for here, so using all my money on raisins might be risky.

Oh, right, I can buy by grams.

When I think “just 100g,” it shows 59 yen.

Alright! I purchase that, and I’m surprised when a bunch of raisins spills out from my hand and falls apart.

Oh, so that’s how it works. If there’s no container, this is what happens…

I place the raisins on the cardboard for now, then take a plastic bag out of my bag, and put the raisins in it.

When buying by grams, be careful with containers.

As for containers, I think I’ll buy some plastic bags or kitchen poly bags just in case.

No wait, I’m sure there will be empty plastic bottles or candy wrappers later.

In that case, it would be best to buy one bag each time I need one.

I don’t know if they’ll sell, but I should also take out some salt and sugar.

I once bought rock salt—1kg for 85 yen, which was super cheap, but I wasn’t sure what to do with it, so I left it untouched. It’s 9 yen per 100g. Amazing.

As for sugar, it’s cheap, but white granulated sugar is not very good, right? I’ve bought refined sugar, molasses, and Okinawa brown sugar—but they’re much more expensive than white sugar. Sugar crystals are  also expensive.

I find caster sugar, 1kg for 289 yen. That’s 29 yen per 100g—I’ll buy it by grams.

I’ll think about what containers to use when selling later. For now, I’ll buy some kitchen poly bags.

I remember buying a pack of 110 for 108 yen—that’s about 2 yen for 2 sheets.

I opened a plastic bag and willed myself to buy 100g of rock salt, and it came out neatly in the bag.

I also purchased 100g of brown sugar.

Now, I have:

Remaining balance: 399 yen.

Is there anything else high in calories, nutrient-rich, and can be stored for a long time?

Chocolate?  

Speaking of chocolate, I remember buying a keyboard-like chocolate from a wholesaler’s supermarket once.

When I search, I find that it cost 386 yen for 400g.

Cheap, but hard to divide. It’ll melt when warm. Maybe I’ll hold off.

I recall hearing about someone surviving on mayonnaise during a disaster, but I’m not that much of a mayo lover, plus once opened, it needs refrigeration.

Of course, Oil is superior in terms of calories. More fats mean higher calories. Potato chips are high in calories too.

Maybe potato chips?

I used to buy potato chips for 78 yen for a 90g bag. They were so cheap

One bag should be fine. I can also use the empty bag. Potato chip bags should have good preservation and odor-blocking properties.

Cookies are also cheap and calorie-dense. Hard biscuits and finger biscuits are cheap and have a lot of filling.

I’ve bought both for 100 yen for 150g.

Hmm, hard biscuits have  very intricate patterns, so finger biscuits might be the safer choice for selling.

If I buy one bag of potato chips and two bags of finger biscuits, the total remaining is 121 yen.

I could buy a handkerchief, socks, a belly band, a knitted hat, a scarf, or gloves from the 100-yen shop.

Oh, gloves are useful regardless of purpose. Not for selling or warmth specifically, but for my own work.

In that case, the Workmen series from the 100 yen store would be a safe bet.

Urethane backless gloves, 99 yen.

I’ll use the remaining 22 yen to buy two small pieces of chocolate and two plastic kitchen bags.

A thousand yen a day—until I can spare more, I should use it up every day

8 million yen is 8,000,000 yen, so if you divide it by 365, it comes to 21.9. In other words, even if I use it up every day, it will last me about 22 years.

　

**Today’s total with 1000 yen:**

– 2 liter bottle of water: 64 yen

– One hamburger: 59 yen  

– One box of 2L water bottles (6 bottles): 379 yen  

– 100g raisins: 59 yen  

– 2 kitchen plastic bags: 2 yen  

– 100g rock salt: 9 yen  

– 100g brown sugar: 29 yen  

– 90g potato chips: 78 yen  

– Finger biscuits 150g x 2 bags: 200 yen  

– Urethane backless gloves (1 pair): 99 yen  

– Chili chocolate 2 pieces: 20 yen  

– Two kitchen plastic bags: 2 yen

*Note:*  

In the past, some burger shops had a secret ploy where if you ordered without pickles, you could eat a hot, freshly made hamburger that wasn’t pre-made. There was also an option to order fries without salt. The salt was served separately!

A staff member from a certain burger shop said:

”If you ask for freshly fried fries, we can still serve them to you.”

So, if you ask politely, you can still get freshly fried fries today!

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