In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 497 Red Sand Scorpion
After treating Saitama and Genos to a sumptuous hot pot of beef, Genos once again made a request to Shimizu and Saitama.

He wanted to see just how big the gap was between him and Saitama, and Shimizu, the S-class hero, now that he had been modified and strengthened by Dr. Kusno.

After all, this time, he was only ranked second in Class A by the Hero Association, instead of being directly promoted to Class S.

"Kusno has unlocked the restrictions on your scorching core?"

"It can only reach about 30% at most. Although I have the cryogenic coolant you provided for heat dissipation and the arc reactor as a backup energy source, my body and energy circuit can only withstand this level at present. In the future, the doctor will need to continue to modify my body strength and energy circuit according to the situation to increase the output firepower."

Genos said seriously.

Thirty percent?

That's not bad.

Kusnoko doesn't possess nanotechnology like his own, nor does he have the ability to create magical artifacts. However, by relying solely on the technology he provided, he was able to raise Genos's burst potential to 30% of the scorching core in just a few days, which is already quite remarkable.

With Kusno's technology and the assistance he provided, he will certainly be able to achieve a state of maximum firepower with all restrictions lifted in a shorter time.

More importantly, there has been another breakthrough on Kusno's side.

In the original timeline, Genos's strength truly began to undergo a qualitative change when he transformed from Box Genos into G4 Genos.

During the time of the Box King, his strength was only at the Demon level, at most comparable to the Deep Sea King, and he was even defeated due to carelessness when he was ambushed while protecting the people.

After defeating G4 Machine God and obtaining the G4 core, Genos's strength began to advance by leaps and bounds. In simulated battles, he was able to steadily defeat Deep Sea King and Mosquito Girl. After going through the transitional period of G4, he activated Turbo Mode and was able to go toe-to-toe with Dragon-level monsters like Elder Centipede and Black Sperm.

After being rescued by Saitama in Z-City, Genos was pursued by the G3 Machine God and several lower-level G2 Machine Gods.

Although it is not the next generation G4, the G3 Machine God still has considerable combat power among the Oni-class. Several other G2 Machine Gods have also reached the threshold, which is why the previous Genos was no match for them.

However, with Saitama around, these machine gods were naturally destroyed, and their cores fell into Genos's hands, eventually being handed over to Kuseno for research.

The latter even invited Shimizu to conduct research together, and now a large amount of data is stored on Shimizu's computer.

The core of the G-series machines is inherited from the same source, and the core principles are similar. It can be understood that the people of this world, after reaching the technology level, developed the scorching core in a different way.

It's like two similar but different fruits growing on the same branch of a tree.

A prime example is the atomic bomb.

Atomic bombs also include implosion atomic bombs and gun-type atomic bombs.

However, the differences between the Scorching Core and the G-series God Core will be even greater, among which...
Once the core of the G-series machine is cracked, and combined with the technology provided by Shimizu, both Genos and Shimizu's Black Knight can quickly develop the Scorching Core to its limit in a short time, and theoretically even try to break through a little further.

Fifty percent of the power is enough to raise the destructive power to the peak level of a dragon. If it can reach one hundred percent, it can contend with Psykos, who has fused with Orochi, before the energy is exhausted.

The Monster King Orochi alone was already a being above the level of a Dragon, and after fusing with Psykos, he became even more powerful.

Genos is currently at only 30% of his full power, but with the energy of a scorched core, it's enough to give him the destructive power of an upper-level Dragon-class monster within half a minute.

That's enough time for him to take down most of the ordinary Dragon-level monsters.

Sweet Mask is no longer enough to stop Genos.

Even under normal circumstances, Genos's iron body, powered by the second-generation Arc Reactor and modified to a certain extent, would definitely have surpassed the original Genos in terms of combat power and reached the threshold of Dragon-level.

Although it might be a bit inferior to Sweet Mask,
"There's no need for sparring, Genos. In my opinion, you've already reached the S-class standard. As long as you can get past Sweet Mask, or have a record of defeating a Dragon-level monster on your own, you can be promoted to S-class. You can even reach the upper-middle level of S-class when you increase the output power of the Scorching Core to 30%."

Shimizu crossed her legs, used a toothpick to put the freshly cut fruit into her mouth, and mumbled something to Genos.

At most, it's upper-middle S-class; it definitely won't go any higher.

Blast and Tornado go without saying, but Superalloy Darkshine and Flashy Flash are at least gatekeepers of the Dragon Rank. One is the number one in S-rank defense, and the other is the number one in S-rank speed. Genos definitely can't get past them.

The other one is oneself.

Among the remaining people, whether it's Drive Knight, who can easily capture the Dragon-level monster Meow Meow, or Bang and Atomic Samurai, who are Dragon-level in terms of overall strength and can fight against Dragon-level monsters under certain circumstances, even if Genos turns the power of the Scorching Core up to 30%, he may not be able to suppress them. At most, they will be evenly matched.

The S-level upper-middle rating should be quite in line with Thirty Seconds' strength level.

As for defeating Genos, all eight of the aforementioned heroes could definitely win, at least lasting for thirty seconds. The remaining S-class heroes, such as Zombieman and Pig God, would likely have no problem either.

Overall, Genos's true level is probably only mid-S-class, at least enough to easily bully the bottom-ranked Sexy Prisoner and Tank Top Master.

"Then, Mr. Black Flash, how do you assess your own strength? And Saitama? With his strength, is he capable of competing for the title of S-class strongest?"

Genos continued bluntly.

"As for me... my combat power should be around third or even fifth among the current S-class. I feel like I'm roughly third. If it's Tatsumaki, I could probably protect myself even if I couldn't beat her. Blast, who has been missing for a year, is hard to say. As for the rest... Flashy Flash and Superalloy Darkshine should be on par with me, but probably a little weaker. Atomic Samurai and Mr. Bang are a master of swordsmanship and a master of martial arts, one with strong enough attack power and the other good at dealing with humanoid opponents. They should also have the ability to threaten me."

Shimizu, holding a toothpick in his right hand and his chin in his left, estimated for himself.

They could probably barely squeeze into the top three.

Under normal circumstances, he can be evenly matched with the Asura Rhinoceros Beetle, which is considered to be the combat power of a high-level dragon. Once he unleashes his scorching core at 70% power, even peak dragon-level beings, unless they are defensive beings like Elder Centipede who will miss even when he explodes, will be able to threaten him.

Although there is a cooldown, three minutes is enough for him to stall with his spatial abilities. Apart from Tornado and Blast, no one should be able to beat him reliably.

I should be able to escape from the tornado, but Blast is a spatial specialist, and his strength must have reached the threshold of godhood. His mastery of space is probably even greater than mine.

Although Superalloy Darkshine has strong defense, it may not be able to withstand the attack of a scorched core with 70% power. At worst, I can suppress and seal it with sealing techniques. The same applies to dealing with Zombieman. In terms of speed, I can rely on my spatial abilities to be on par with Flashy Flash, who is fast, but whose attack power has not reached the peak level of a dragon.

Similarly, unless Atomic Samurai's atomic slash becomes powerful enough to cut through space, or Bang's fist becomes powerful enough to break through the void, they cannot truly threaten him.

However, these individuals have all reached near-perfect levels in their respective fields. I can defeat them, but killing them would be troublesome and might even come at a considerable cost.

Apart from that, the only possible exception is metal baseball bats.

The more severe the injury, the stronger the momentum, and the higher the metal bat's fighting power—including its ability to withstand blows. When the injury is severe enough, its ability to withstand blows is also incredibly strong, comparable to having invincible health.

In theory, there's no upper limit to the power of a baseball bat. Even if there were, when the bat is at low health, it could still reach a level above that of a dragon.

So if you want to beat the bat, you have to beat him before he gets going.

Under normal circumstances, Bat is only at the level of a regular Demon. Just use your ultimate skill as soon as you come in and don't give him a chance to stack up Bloodrage.

"Just listen to these words here and get a general idea of ​​what they mean. Try not to spread them around, otherwise those arrogant S-class heroes will come looking for trouble with me every day."

Shimizu reminded Genos.

Most S-class heroes are proud and unwilling to admit defeat. Although he is not afraid of other heroes, he is also afraid of trouble.

"What about Saitama-sensei?"

Genos continued to ask.

Shimizu's gaze slowly shifted to Saitama, who was eating watermelon with gusto and muttering about two watermelon seeds.

"Your Saitama teacher is as strong as you imagine a person can be."

……

……

Naruto World.

Sand Hidden Village.

The once massive village nestled in the desert now looks completely different.

Not only has its area expanded several times, but overall it looks like a large-scale, scientifically planned technological city.

Although there are tall buildings, there is also greenery everywhere. It doesn't have that cyberpunk or industrial city feel. Instead, it looks full of the beauty of harmony between man and nature.

With the Arc Reactor, a clean energy source, Sunagakure Village no longer needs to burn coal or charcoal, greatly reducing environmental pollution.

Although there is other chemical pollution, Sunagakure Village has made efforts to clean it up and has moved all the factories that can be relocated outside of Sunagakure Village.

Having lived in the desert year after year and endured the hardships brought by the harsh environment, Sunagakure places great importance on this aspect.

Behind the inner city of Sunagakure, a site originally planned to be built as an ANBU training base was temporarily transferred to the puppet army a few months ago, and they moved in on the same day.

The reason for choosing this place is twofold: firstly, it is large enough, and secondly, as a training base for the secret service, its security level is already high enough, requiring only a slight upgrade to its security to make it usable.

With such high specifications, its uses are naturally extraordinary.

Two enormous puppet frames stood tall beneath a sealing barrier that isolated sight and senses. Puppet masters from Sunagakure walked along the constructed corridors and platforms, meticulously refining and filling in the details.

Further away, a gigantic scorpion-shaped puppet, nearly 200 meters tall and over 800 meters long, lay quietly beneath the empty building dome.

"Is War Puppet Number One completed?"

Shimizu, dressed in a Wind Shadow Robe, watched the enormous puppet accompanied by Scorpion.

"Ha, you call yourself the current Fengying, yet you don't even have a proper understanding of the progress of the village's most crucial task right now."

Sasori, dressed in a Sand Village Jonin vest, looked at Shimizu and sneered, seemingly mocking him.

In recent months, Shimizu has been obsessed with breaking his weightlifting limiter and has indeed neglected the affairs of Sunagakure.

He dumped everything on the Third Kazekage and Chiyo.

If we only consider diligence in handling government affairs, then his hands-off approach makes him arguably the most incompetent Kazekage in the history of Sunagakure.

none of them.

However, if we consider his contributions to Sunagakure and his prestige within the village, he is undoubtedly the greatest. Even if the First and Second Kazekage were resurrected, and the Third Kazekage were added together, they still couldn't compare to him.

As a result, Qing Shuiping has to be very careful about his words and actions in public occasions, or he has to use a transformation technique to disguise his identity in order to experience the life of a normal person.

"Ahem, I've been busy, by the way, does this puppet have a name?"

Shimizu Tactics coughed twice and changed the subject.

"I call it the Red Sand Scorpion."

Scorpion looked up at the enormous puppet scorpion, made entirely of metal and gleaming under the lights, and said with a hint of pride in his anticipation.

This is Sasori's name, which is now being used on his puppet—red hair, from Sunagakure, so naturally it's called Sasori of the Red Sand.

Shimizu asked again:

"What about the other two? When will they be ready?"

Scorpion spoke:

"Grandma's is called White Sand Scorpion, and Uncle's is called Black Sand Scorpion. With my experience in building this one, and the overall framework already in place, it should be completed in about two months."

"Two months should be enough time to readjust the construction plan, stuff some things in, and make some minor modifications to your Red Sand Scorpion."

Scorpion instinctively frowned, then quickly realized that Shimizu had something new again, so he said:

"What new technology have you come up with?"

Shimizu smiled slightly and took out a spherical object made of silver-black metal.

Pyrothermal nucleus.

(End of this chapter)