Chapter 126: King Gets Taken Out by a G2
Bang! Flames erupted, and high heat incinerated the lower half of Genos's body. Watching the flames spread, he gritted his teeth and severed his lower body with his own hands.
At this time, he was utterly disheveled. The flames had singed his golden hair and even melted away part of his handsome face, exposing the mechanical parts beneath. His lower half had completely disappeared, and his upper half had lost an arm, rendering him almost powerless in battle.
"Hoo, I was careless. In this situation..." Genos looked at the approaching G2, his cold, resolute face becoming even more determined. "Only by self-destructing can I perish with the enemy." A large light suddenly surged from his chest.
"Oh, Wife's Elder Sister, Wife's Elder Sister, your Master Saitama isn't here, so your godfather me has to step in."
King watched Genos's utter defeat at G2's hands and sighed slightly. In the anime, Genos was often defeated in battle due to his overconfidence, hence he was jokingly called 'Careless Genos', a homophone for 'dàyízi' (wife's elder sister). Overconfidence wasn't a problem for him originally, because in the near future, Genos would take Saitama as his master. From then on, whenever Genos encountered danger, Saitama would surely appear to save the day, acting as both father and mother, meticulously taking care of Genos on the battlefield. So, even if Genos was defeated due to overconfidence, Saitama would always step in to clean up the mess.
Unfortunately, Saitama doesn't know Genos yet. So, it can only be me, King, Saitama's future good buddy and Genos's godfather on the battlefield, who steps in.
Crash! Thunder rumbled in the sky.
Drip, drip. The long-awaited rain pattered down, as if holding a funeral. Heaven and Earth mourned.
"It's over."
The rain had no effect on G2. It raised its hand and aimed at Genos on the ground, its palm emitting a flash of light.
"Hey, your target is me, right?"
At a critical moment, King's faint voice sounded.
G2 looked up at King, and saw King holding an umbrella in his right hand, borrowed from who-knows-where, his left hand slowly rising to aim at it.
Genos, who had originally been prepared to self-destruct, also looked at King. He shouted, "Normal person, hurry up and leave!"
"Run away?" King chuckled. "Although I am a hero by luck, I am a hero nonetheless! If heroes run away, then who will fight?" This line seemed like something Saitama would say to Genos later. "Heh, whatever, I love plagiarizing the most."
"..."
Genos's expression was deeply moved. "If heroes run away, then who will fight?"
King ignored Genos, who had a peculiar expression, and said softly, "Explosion Power..."
In his raised left hand, a milky-white energy sphere gradually gathered.
"..."
"G2, switch attack target. Seize this opportunity to analyze King's physical attributes and threat level."
From a distance, Bofoy, who was remotely controlling G2, saw King step out. His eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered G2 to abandon the dying Genos and shift its attack target to King.
"Whirr, whirr, analyzing target body attributes..."
"Analysis complete. Target's physical attributes are too low to be quantified."
"Threat level confirmed: No threat, no need to evade!"
"..."
Bofoy looked at the data transmitted by G2, almost flipping the table and recalling G2 to remake it. King's physical attributes were too low to be quantified? King's threat level was actually 'no threat'? What a joke!
"Damn it, new model robots always have so many problems, always full of various loopholes and defects!"
He cursed under his breath. After a moment, he felt relieved as he realized that it was precisely because of these problems with the new model that he had specifically sought out King to test the G-type robots, to identify various issues and make improvements.
"Explosion Power..."
Just as he was struggling, King's low voice suddenly came from the computer screen. His whole body trembled, and he stared intently at King's serious face on the screen, exclaiming, "Could it be King's ultimate move — Inferno Unrivaled Blazing Wave Slash?"
His heart pounded. He quickly gave the order, "G2, before you are scrapped, quickly collect data related to King's Inferno Unrivaled Blazing Wave Slash."
With King's ultimate move unleashed, G2 couldn't escape the fate of being scrapped. While still active, it quickly glowed and heated up, squeezing out its remaining value.
"Whirr, whirr, collecting energy data..."
"Energy Blast!"
King's unexpectedly named move, 'Energy Blast!', was not 'Inferno Unrivaled Blazing Wave Slash'.
Bofoy was stunned. G2 was still faithfully carrying out the order.
"Energy collection complete. Data analysis: The enemy's energy is a form of wavelength energy..."
The data transmission came to an abrupt halt. The screen in front of him likewise went dark with a hiss. "The milky-white energy blast that flew over at the end was Blazing Heat (Did I hear wrong? King shouted 'Explosion Power!')… an Energy Blast?"
Bofoy fell into deep thought. Was the Inferno Cannon a smaller-scale version of the Inferno Unrivaled Blazing Wave Slash?
He thought for a while, but found no conclusion. He then shifted his thoughts back to improving the G-type robots. "First, the data analyzer needs an upgrade. A data analyzer that defines King as 'no threat' is utterly useless!"
"Second, the defense needs to be strengthened. It couldn't even withstand King's *nerfed* ultimate move for a single hit. What's the point of using you?"
"Finally, the firepower needs to be increased. It takes half a day to defeat even a small nameless monster. What's the point of using you?"
"..."
This robot's defense is simply abnormal, surprisingly unharmed.
After King released a small 'Explosion Power Energy Blast', he found that the energy blast only left a few faint marks on G2's chest. Under the washing of the rain, those faint marks quickly disappeared.
His heart jumped. He stared warily at G2, guarding against G2's attack. However, after waiting for a long time, the expected G2 attack did not come. Instead, all the lights on G2's body suddenly extinguished, as if the power had been cut off.
The entire robot suddenly became motionless, as if its power source had been cut off, entering a shutdown state.
"Huh? What's going on? Why did this robot stop moving? Is it trying to lure me over?"
He looked at the wooden-like robot in confusion, finding himself in a dilemma.
Meanwhile, Genos, who was behind G2, saw the 'normal person' and G2 briefly exchange blows, then fall into a long standoff. His heart was impatient. He looked at G2's back, which was so close he could touch it, and gritted his teeth. With his only remaining right arm, he slammed the ground, launching himself into the air and pouncing directly towards G2.
"Machine Fist!"
His only right arm delivered three or four consecutive punches within a brief moment, striking G2's body.
Crash! To his astonishment, the previously unmoving G2, after being attacked by him, its heavy body trembled slightly, and then it suddenly crashed down, splashing a large wave of water.
"Huh? Huh?"
Genos was full of questions. G2, which had beaten him until he was almost powerless to retaliate, just fell like this?
Splash! He also fell to the ground, staring at the motionless G2. After a moment, he finally confirmed that G2 had indeed lost the ability to fight.
"Congratulations on defeating the monster." King, seeing that G2 was truly no longer a threat, breathed a sigh of relief. He walked up and glanced at the miserable Genos, then curiously tapped G2 a few times. (This was Genos, Saitama's future disciple and the S-class hero known as 'Wife's Elder Sister'.)
Genos frowned. "I didn't destroy the monster." He was very clear about his own strength. When he was intact, he couldn't even overcome G2, let alone after he was crippled. How could he possibly take down the formidable G2 in just a few hits?
He carefully sized up King, whose appearance was unclear in the darkness. "You are the hero who destroyed the monster." There were only two people here. Since it wasn't him who destroyed G2, it must undoubtedly be the 'normal person' in front of him. "Normal person? I've been fighting for so long and haven't caused G2 even a tiny bit of damage, but he just lightly raised an arm and G2 was destroyed. Hah, it seems I misunderstood. Compared to him, I seem like the normal person! Damn it, I'm so unwilling to be this weak!"
He clenched his fists, and an eager desire to become stronger, a competitive spirit, surged within him.
(end of chapter)