"Very good. Just what I'd expect from King."
Bai Ye nodded in satisfaction. "Although ending the spar early wasn't ideal, I've gotten a rough idea of how well you two work together."
That made things much simpler.
Genos just needed to keep boosting his stats and leave the controls entirely to King.
As long as the gap between Genos's stats and Vaccine Man's wasn't too large, Genos could thrash Vaccine Man in all sorts of ways with King controlling him.
The one problem was that Genos couldn't simply pile on stats without thinking.
That required both constant advances in Dr. Kuseno's research capabilities and time for Genos to adapt.
That was also why Genos always discovered some shortcoming after a crushing defeat, which Dr. Kuseno would then address by upgrading the relevant components.
"King, what shortcomings do you think Genos needs to improve?"
Bai Ye posed the question to King.
"I think his main shortcoming is... destructive power. Although his speed, and especially his defense, are even more lacking by comparison, having only the Incineration Cannon limits his options."
King analyzed it with a serious expression. "In a matchup against a powerful opponent like this, no amount of melee options would help. Close combat leaves too little room for error. You can only wear the opponent down by constantly kiting them, so he could consider equipping more ranged weapons."
"That makes sense. I'll pass that on to Dr. Kuseno when I get back, along with the matter of the 'game controller'..."
Genos readily accepted his advice.
As long as it made him stronger-strong enough to defeat the rampaging cyborg that had destroyed several cities back then-he could accept even handing control of his body to someone else.
"The controller is another important point. I'm not very familiar with controllers that