I’M Really Helpless In Tokyo

"Araki Sosuke, you are already a social person who is working (not yet found). It's time to say goodbye to the game hall."

Holding the wallet tightly, restraining the desire in his heart, Sosuke Araki did not dare to look at the game hall again, turned and walked towards the original destination.

With the rise of numerous otaku cultures in recent years, the original basic functions of the autumn leaves have gradually been forgotten.

This is an electrical street.

Akihabara, which was rebuilt after the Tokyo air raid, was originally a serious electrical street with electrical appliances sales as its main business.

It wasn't until the economic crisis in the 1990s and the decline in electrical appliance sales that this street had to undergo the arduous transformation of digital products-home culture.

A decent electrical street has slowly grown into a "coquettish bitch"-like house circle.

Stepping into an unknown middle-aged store hidden deep in the alley, Zongsuke Araki walked around.

It is not so much a "shop" as it is a "warehouse on the first floor".

In the same space as the basement, densely packed shelves are stacked with various commodities.

You can see second-hand home appliances of various ages, styles, and clearly marked prices.

There are even many tables, chairs and benches.

In Japan, due to the high cost of moving and discarding large garbage and home appliances, many people choose to sell dilapidated home appliances and furniture to such second-hand stores at low prices or even for free.

After collecting, repairing, and cleaning the Zhonggu store, the new and old conditions are identified and sold at a higher price.

Poor students and renters are regular customers of such shops.

Here, even if it is a double-door luxury refrigerator with an original price of more than 100,000 yen, there is often a chance to buy it at RMB 30,000 or 40,000.

But the shortcomings, in addition to the quality cannot be guaranteed, these second-hand home appliances may have "psychologically defective items."

After all, you never know the TV you bought back, how many hosts of all kinds have been, how many different liquids have been sprayed, how many popular late-night shows and DVDs have been played...

You can't imagine the N-hand bed, how many vicissitudes of life of men and women, and how many dying old people are entrusted by Chunchun...

"Welcome, please feel free to buy."

An old man poked his head out from the back of the shelf and greeted Araki Sosuke feebly.

"Oh! There is still this kind of big-head TV set with Brown tube, and it only costs 1,000 yuan? Can it really be turned on?"

Sosuke Araki shook it around in admiration and found a lot of antique appliances.

"Boss, my newly rented apartment is so empty that it explodes. Are there any discounts?"

"For discounts... there are new bundles sold in the corner inside."

The old man raised his eyelids and pointed to the deepest shelf.

Araki Sosuke put his hands in his pockets and quickly walked to the place where the other party directed him.

"This 90% new double-door refrigerator, 60-inch large color TV, DVD projector, microwave oven and washing machine are only 100,000 yen together?"

Sosuke Araki quickly figured it out inwardly. According to the prices of similar products on the outer shelves, the sum of these items would cost at least 200,000 yen or more.

It's equivalent to a 50% discount.

"Hey, boss, such a cheap price, won't it explode when it is turned on... Or is it something that is stolen from unknown sources. The police will knock on the door within a few days after buying it?"

"Ha ha ha ha... How is it possible? It's not because the store has been messed up recently... No, this is the limited promotion of "House Housewarming" in order to withdraw funds from the store... Besides, not every customer does it. Can buy so many home appliances at once."

The old man smiled exaggeratedly, denying his presumption.

"That's right..."

Hearing the word "limited", Sosuke Araki no longer hesitated.

Japan’s "limited products" are diverse, divided into period-limited, regional-limited, quantity-limited, season-limited, etc...

Although it is clearly known that this is only a sales promotion for merchants, the reason behind the rise of limited products in Japan is because the quality, content or discounts of these products are indeed "unique and unexpired" to a certain extent.

He cut the price with his boss for a while, and after the other party agreed to give a half-year warranty service, he decisively decided to take down this set of home appliances.

After all, this price is too tempting.

Originally, his budget was only planning to buy a TV set, a DVD player and a refrigerator.

Now you can buy an extra microwave oven and washing machine with dryer, which can also save a lot of money in coin-operated laundry.

Drying clothes is not allowed in most parts of Japan's urban areas, and clothes have to be washed and dried in laundry shops on weekdays.

"I really found a treasure..."

After paying for the purchase and registering the delivery address, Sosuke Araki happily walked out of the dull basement, breathing the fresh air happily.

He was shy in his pocket. He originally thought it would take a long time to pick and choose, but he didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

"In this case, the remaining time and money must be used to celebrate!"

Taking a look at the phone, Sosuke Araki walked into the SEGA game hall humming a small song.

...

"The key to victory is now..."

Mochizuki Ayano, a petite figure, stood in front of a large machine with sharp eyes. After careful operation, she took a deep breath and carefully pressed a huge red button that was like launching a nuclear weapon.

In front of her, across a layer of glass, a huge mechanical arm immediately grabbed it downward, and slightly moved the paper box that was on the two metal rods.

"Damn it, just a little bit..."

Mochizuki Ayano took out a pale yellow coin purse, found it was empty, sighed, and walked to the coin exchange machine in the corner.

Yes, she was not operating a dangerous machine.

Although she is the head of the Ninth Special Operations Division directly under the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, in her spare time, she is actually just a 16-year-old girl.

Even though it is her talent, she stays up late, works overtime, and witnesses all kinds of supernatural tragedies. If there is no channel to release the pressure, I am afraid that whoever sits in this position for three months will only end up in a mental hospital.

And her way to release the pressure is...clip the claw machine.

Japan’s "claw machine culture" is quite developed. Not only are there various ways of grasping, the products that can be grasped are also diverse, and they are frequently updated.

From the beginning of various dolls, to animation-related scenery figures, wallets, towels, snacks, and recently even vegetables and fruits, instant curry, lobster, and claw machine customized instant noodles can be sandwiched...

Just now Mochizuki Aya is holding a box of blue-haired maid figures from "A Life in a Ghost World from Zero".

And it's also "April Specially Limited Maid Outfit Detachable Edition".

Use the claws to repeatedly push the square carton on the two metal rods until it falls from the gap between the metal rods, and then it is considered successful.

Of course, a large number of netizens have already thoroughly analyzed this type of machine on 2CH.

After repeated calculations, according to the best method, it takes at least 4 times to push the scene down under the condition of perfect paw angle and output.

Just as Mochizuki Ayano returned after changing the change, there was a burst of cheerful music in the store.

This is the sound that only sounds when someone successfully catches a prize.

The ominous premonition made her quicken her pace immediately.

Sure enough, in front of her original machine, a tall man with a golden airplane head was smiling and pulling out the box from under the machine and putting it into the pocket that the clerk handed over respectfully.

"Yeah, I was lucky today. I picked up a leak that someone caught to the last click... It's a pity that person, obviously he was almost the last one."

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