The Emperor Engine's God-like Skill System

"Ah."

King responded, and a joyful smile immediately appeared on the little girl's face.

For a child, it would be an incredibly joyful thing for a superhero to accept a gift from them.

Looking at the girl in front of him, King's expression didn't change much, but it gradually softened.

After becoming a hero, King's mindset also changed subtly.

Although increasing his reputation remains his primary motivation, King has also unconsciously become more like a hero, no longer simply fighting off monsters, but sometimes also considering the safety of other citizens.

This is also why he chose to come to Z City to stop the meteorite.

When he was powerless, he was forced to get involved in the attacks by monsters, and he was powerless to do anything as he watched other innocent citizens suffer.

But now that King has power, he can change things.

When King first joined the Hero Association, he only wanted to use the position to make money and support his family. He didn't really care about the duties of a hero. All his actions were just to increase his reputation and get bonuses.

The current King has changed slightly.

After accepting the little girl's gift, King and the others left the city and headed straight for their home in the deserted Saitama.

......

Before we knew it, it was afternoon.

King, Saitama, and the others had finished their hot pot meal. Although Saitama said he disagreed, he still tacitly allowed the others to come to his house as guests.

"There's no news of any strange people appearing this afternoon. Shall we play some video games to kill time?"

Saitama took out two controllers and asked.

"Ah."

As a hardcore gamer, King naturally wouldn't refuse such an offer.

"Video games?"

Bang became somewhat curious. He was over eighty years old and lived a carefree life, without even having internet access in his dojo. He didn't know much about the lives of young people and had hardly ever touched anything electronic.

Moreover, he never expected that King, who looked so serious and imposing, would actually play video games.

"Mr. King, you play video games too?"

Bangu asked curiously.

"This is the teacher's way of self-cultivation."

Before King could speak, Genos, who was standing to the side, had already spoken up.

“Video games allow Teacher King to challenge various enemies without using his powers.”

"While adding constraints to oneself, one can also take this opportunity to improve one's combat skills and battle strategies."

"I owe all of this to Teacher King. I didn't know that video games could be used in this way!"

Hearing Genos's words, Bang nodded as if he suddenly understood:

"I see. As expected of Mr. King, he even thought of this kind of training method."

"Ah?"

Saitama, standing to the side, looked at King with a face full of doubt and disbelief. The latter had no chance to explain now and could only nod reluctantly.

"Then I must also study hard."

As Bangu spoke, he sat down beside the two men, ready to watch the battle intently.

"Let's begin."

Saitama didn't say anything more, his expression turning serious.

"I lost to you last time, but this time I'm going to get my revenge!"

......

A few minutes later, Saitama's eyes became empty and desperate, as if his soul had been ripped out.

In the game, Saitama is no match for King, who can easily defeat Saitama at full health with just two fingers.

"Damn it!"

Saitama reluctantly placed the controller on the ground; he had never imagined that King's skill in the gaming field would be so terrifying.

It could even be said that it is far more powerful than his own power in the real world.

"As expected of Mr. King!"

Bang, standing nearby, couldn't help but praise him. Although he didn't understand the game very well, he knew that King had won, and won by an absolute advantage.

According to Genos's previous statement, King completely outclasses Saitama in terms of skill and strategy.

"Looks like I'll have to buy some video game discs when I get back. It's time to learn more about the world of young people."

Bang thought to himself.

"Teacher King."

Just then, Genos seemed to have thought of something, and his expression gradually became serious.

"what happened?"

"During this period, I have been cultivating and upgrading my physical equipment, but I still feel that my improvement is limited and the gap between me and you, teacher, has not decreased at all."

Genos said, glancing at the controller beside him.

"Saitama-sensei, I want to become stronger, but I feel like I've hit a bottleneck."

"Just like you taught me, I memorized all the combo moves, and in real life, I have developed many new moves because of this."

"But I never know when to use them."

For Genos, the 'combat knowledge' that King taught him was like having memorized all the knowledge points before an exam in school, but lacking enough test-taking experience, he wouldn't know which concept to use to solve the problem during the exam.

King, who was standing to the side, was slightly taken aback.

Are you alright?

I only taught you how to control the characters and perform combos in the game, right?

Is it actually used in the real world?

For a moment, King didn't know how to respond.

Just then, Saitama, who was standing nearby, seemed to have thought of something and said:

"Why don't you just have King teach you step by step?"

"By the way, Genos, aren't you a robot?"

"Can you get King to control your actions?"

As Saitama spoke, he placed two fingers on his forehead, making it look like an antenna.

"I see! As expected of Saitama-sensei!"

Upon hearing Saitama's words, Genos's eyes lit up.

Since I can't master all the knowledge that King teaches, why not just let King control my actions himself?

Afterwards, he can use his mechanical body to record the commands King uses to control him.

In a sense, this can also be considered as gaining King's combat experience.

"Ok?"

Although King's face showed no change in expression, he was completely bewildered inside.

What are these two guys talking about?

"Teacher King, are you free?!"

Just as King was in a daze, Genos suddenly turned his head and looked at him seriously.

"I should be free today."

"If possible, please, teacher, accompany me to Dr. Kusno's base!"

Genos said somewhat impatiently.

"Kusno?"

King recalled that Genos had mentioned this person before. It seemed to be the scientist who transformed Genos into his current form, and was like a father figure to Genos.

He opened the system menu. His reputation points had been increasing quite well recently. His act of shattering the meteorite and saving Z City had increased his reputation points by another ten million, bringing it to over eighty million. He was about to reach one hundred million points again.

King will soon be able to unlock his third skill.

The first is the template for the sin of pride, the second is divine illusion...

What will the third skill be?

King couldn't help but become curious. He wished it were a skill that could strengthen his physique or grant him self-healing abilities.

The power of the sin of pride can only be used during the day, and without the boost from the power of the sin of pride, the strength and frequency of the skill that God's Vision can use are very limited.

Furthermore, while acquiring the power of the Sin of Pride, King also realized that it possessed a hidden ability.

That is, one can further enhance one's power by burning one's life force, and even forcibly gain the power of one minute of noon at times other than noon.

However, the price of burning one's life force is far too high. If used, his body would collapse rapidly in a short time, so King has never used this move.

It would be great if the third skill could reduce or eliminate the negative effects of the other two skills.

King put aside his inner thoughts; the third skill was something for the future, and he didn't need to think about such things for the time being.

Since I now have enough reputation points, it's not a problem to waste a few hours.

"Row."

Kin nodded.

"Shall we leave now?"

"Then I shall take my leave."

Bang, standing to the side, also spoke with a smile.