"..."
Bai Ye said nothing.
It was still far too early for Garou to challenge him.
At this stage, Garou was at most on par with the weakest S-Class heroes. His greatest strength was his ability to keep learning and growing in battle.
But... this was precisely the Garou he knew...
Garou clearly knew he was formidable. Otherwise, he would not have been so "polite" as to declare war first; he would have charged straight in and thrown a punch.
Even so, Garou had challenged him without a trace of fear. Perhaps that was the spirit of someone willing to take on the strong...
It was precisely because Garou was that sort of person that he had gone straight to challenging [Watchdog Man] in the original story, only to get thrashed without being able to fight back...
But Garou clearly did not understand Bai Ye's strength well enough, or perhaps he was too confident in his own abilities, if he wanted to challenge Bai Ye already...
Perhaps Garou thought he would not be killed and could keep getting stronger during the fight.
But once the gap in strength grew large enough, killing Garou would be effortless if Bai Ye wanted to.
Whether he wanted to do so, however, was another matter entirely.
"Mr. [Kamui], why are you stopping us? A human who calls himself a monster deserves to be burned to ashes!"
[Blue Flame] wanted to attack Garou again.
"Exactly. That guy already injured [Magic Trick Man]. Are we really just going to let him get away with it?"
[Heavy Tank Loincloth] also could not understand why Bai Ye had stopped them.
"I'm saving you. You're no match for him. Just watch for now. You'll understand soon enough."
Bai Ye offered no further explanation, bluntly telling them that they were