Garou had repeatedly escaped death under the Hero Association heroes' encirclement and pursuit. Even while dragging a severely injured body, he had defeated the professional heroes surrounding him time and again. That showed just how powerful his willpower was!
Even after Saitama had beaten Garou to the brink of death, Garou had still been able to resist Monster King Orochi's assimilating power when Orochi tried to take advantage of his condition.
Meanwhile, Yoru Machi had been relentlessly pursuing them from behind, while Garou's formidable willpower had continued resisting Orochi's assimilation and consumption. That was why Monster King Orochi had ultimately settled for a compromise, making a deal with Garou and temporarily reaching an understanding with him.
Garou was extremely unwilling to accept his defeat against Saitama. He wanted another fight, but his severely injured body simply could not rise again.
So Orochi promised Garou that as long as they merged, his abilities would completely recover and regenerate in a short time, and he would gain even greater power!
Garou had nothing but disdain for power that did not belong to him, yet he was unwilling to collapse here just like that.
Thus, when Orochi promised that they could separate again after helping him deal with Yoru Machi, Garou finally agreed.
Orochi had originally intended to completely devour and assimilate Garou's consciousness. He could sense that Garou had greater potential than Psykos, and if he could consume him, he might become even stronger than Psykos-Orochi!
Unfortunately, after being severely wounded by Yoru Machi several times in succession, Orochi's power at the time was less than a tenth of what it had been. Combined with Garou's unyielding willpower, he simply could not devour Garou then.
Garou wanted to fight Saitama again and continue his plan to hunt down other heroes, while Monster