Since the mech was already active at a low power state, it quickly activated all of its other systems.
At the same time, the neural interface that was custom-developed for the C-Man established a connection to Vincent's powerful mind and will for the first time.
The expert pilot entered nirvana as he had finally returned home for the first time since he advanced to his current rank!
At the same time, the C-Man joyously welcomed back its battle partner after spending a long time as a broken and neglected custom mech before its life-changing upgrade.
Both of them had missed each other so much that they immediately and spontaneously harmonized with each other. A burst of radiant gold corona exploded from the impressive-looking frame as their jubilation produced a considerable degree of true resonance!
In fact, the two were so happy to bond with each other again that Venerable Vincent's resonance strength quickly rose beyond his expected level.
"What?" Ves looked shocked. "His resonance strength has already reached 5.34 laveres?"
This was more than what was typical for a relatively new expert pilot who had yet to practice with an expert mech before this point.
However, after recalling that Venerable Vincent and the previous iteration of the current mech had both achieved the legendary state of Unity of Man and Machine, then maybe this reaction should not be a surprise.
All of this indicated that Vincent was truly piloting the right mech at the moment!
Once the expert pilot regained his composure, he grinned as he could feel how much power he possessed.
This was a far cry from all of the other mechs he had piloted in the past!
"Let's go, buddy."
The C-Man finally took its first step. It moved slowly at first, and Vincent wasn't in a hurry to test its speed.
The ground rumbled as the powerful expert mech stepped outside of the mech hangar and stepped out into the open.
As the light of the local star shone down on the C-Man, its gleaming white-and-gold surface already received a lot of compliments from the audience!
As Vincent basked in the attention that he must be receiving, he soon recognized a shortcoming.
"My C-Man looks good, but it can look even better."
He activated a new command that wasn't present in any of his previous mechs. The front torso of his expert mech started to ripple as the TESMAS became active all of a sudden. The previous definition of the muscle cuirass became murky as its shape started to shift and change.
"What is that idiot doing now? Why is he deviating from the plan?" Ves asked as he watched what was going on from a control room. His eyes soon widened in horrified realization. "Wait, don't tell me…?!"
The C-Man already looked masculine from the onset. Gloriana had done a good job at interpreting and realizing Vincent's wishes.
However, as a woman and someone who did not have the highest opinion of boys, there were certain… limits of what she could tolerate as a mech designer.
Vincent did not share Gloriana's aesthetic tastes. His own tastes were substantially different.
Normally, mech pilots such as himself were helpless to do anything about it, but this was a different situation.
Since TESMAS made up the exterior of the C-Man, that meant that Vincent could change it to suit whatever shape he wanted!
As such, he worked together with the C-Man to make the expert mech look manlier.
Its existing muscle definition became thicker and more exaggerated. Though Vincent still applied at least some restraint, there was no doubt that the abs and pectorals looked even larger than life than before!
Yet these were not the areas that Vincent was concerned about. What he truly paid attention to was a prominent component that sat lower than the other areas that were being changed.
As more and more people tuned into the broadcast, they gained a clear view of the C-Man expanding the size and girth of its codpiece!
"What is he doing?! Didn't we tell him to control his impulses?!"
Ves and numerous other Larkinsons became increasingly more horrified as Vincent erased the original design of the C-Man's codpiece.
Much like its predecessor, Gloriana designed a subtle and artful V-shaped codpiece that did not look overly masculine.
Though Vincent did not dislike its design, he felt it did not do his manhood justice.
"I need more room."
This was why he took control of the TESMAS in order to apply his own design that he had come up with a long time ago back when he was trying to pass the time.
The V-shaped codpiece that resembled a belt more than anything turned into a more pronounced and vertical T-shaped codpiece that began to adopt increasingly more exaggerated proportions!
Although it did not look obscene due to the fact it looked like a mechanical component that could be found on any mech, the audience had no doubts about the actual meaning of this dramatic redesign!
"This is the true power of TESMAS!" Vincent exulted as he applied his own vision of his expert mech.