While Josen and Saitama chatted and shot the breeze, Genos had already finished deploying the external equipment for his current maximum-firepower configuration in the sky!
The energy nodes on the massive cannon platform built around him lit up one by one. Amid the whirring of machinery, the pitch-black muzzle swung around, locking firmly onto Elder Centipede, who was fiercely battling King.
Like Iron Man's Arc Reactor over in the other franchise, Genos's energy core used miniature nuclear technology with an enormous power output.
Little Genos's signature routine... no, his ultimate move was "self-destruction."
Releasing all his energy in an instant produced power comparable to a tactical nuclear bombardment. Any monster whose defenses fell short would absolutely be dragged down with him.
Fortunately, Genos had met Saitama and Josen early on. So far, this last-resort ultimate move had only served as a strategic deterrent, never actually being used.
Under normal circumstances, the energy core's continuous supply could sustain intense combat for a long time, but when feeding that power into the massive cannon...
It could only support one shot!
The explosive energy output would send Genos into a red-hot overload state. If he drew heavily on his energy to fight again in that state, the risk of his core self-destructing would increase without limit, making him a walking time bomb!
Thus, he had only one chance to fire. Success was the only option; failure was not!
Bearing such immense pressure, Genos entered a state of unprecedented mental focus!
A long stream of real-time calculations flashed through his eyes. As he increased his energy output, he called out loudly, "Mr. King! Please be careful! I'm preparing to attack!!"
Having mastered Mantra, King had long since noticed Genos's movements behind him. That floating cannon in particular looked so cool that it gave him