Once the thick smoke cleared, a thin, white-haired figure in tattered clothes lay motionless in the Yamcha pose at the bottom of the enormous crater left by the explosion.
The energy released by the earlier blast had left countless horrific marks on his body. Had he been an ordinary person, finding even scattered pieces of his body would have been a stroke of luck!
Breathing a sigh of relief, "Homeless Emperor" slowly descended to the bottom of the crater and clicked his tongue. "He took an explosion like that head-on, and his corpse is still intact... This kid really does live up to being someone Lord 'God' chose!"
Just then, he frowned. He had the distinct feeling that as he descended, the fingers of Garou's "corpse," sprawled at the bottom of the crater, had twitched slightly!
"Undying Will (SSR)": Effect 1, "Monster Immortality"-Garou's body and mind were highly unified. Even after suffering fatal injuries, he could rapidly heal and recover like a monster, but required an intake of energy from external sources.
"It's probably just muscle spasms caused by residual bioelectricity in the corpse... Huh!!!"
Just as "Homeless Emperor" offered what he considered a perfectly sound explanation, Garou's corpse, which had been resting so peacefully a moment before, suddenly sprang up!
With all the skin on his body burned away, the white-haired youth looked like a devilishly muscular man with exposed muscle fibers. His eyes blazed red as he hurled a punch at "Homeless Emperor"!!
"Die, you bastard!"
"Pwaaaagh-"
This time, caught completely off guard, "Homeless Emperor" exposed just how abysmal his combat awareness really was. Before he could create an illusion or use Force Field Defense, Garou leaped in front of him with a last burst of strength, like a dying man's final rally, and punched him