Garou woke inside the Monster Association, beaten up and bruised, and lay there a while before he stumbled outside to find a whole carnival of monsters.
Every one of them was going ham on the same target. It was Narinki's private squad, already caught, already surrounded. On top of being utterly weak, they were cowards, crying for their lives. With all of the monsters gathered around them, their roars echoed out and they screamed, wanting to be fed.
Impatient, one of them launched at the group, only to be sliced in half like a literal PB&J sandwich by Royal Ripper, who then instantly started screaming out his own feelings on how he wanted to torture each and every one of those soldiers personally. Yet, just like the monster before him, he was interrupted by Do-S, the lovely lady herself, who was adamant about making them her dirty little whipped slaves.
Nevertheless, Garou, who had been sneaking around at the edge of all this, was soon spotted and brought into the spotlight. Standing there, he finally saw the dreaded Demon Orochi, the massive, and when you say massive you mean it, because this thing was literally the size of a few buildings. Both Orochi and his slimy number one, Gyoro-Gyoro, offered him a place in the Monster Association, even going as far as to offer him a spot among the strongest tier of monsters inside it.
However, to be given this opportunity, he had to bring back the head of a hero to prove his loyalty first. Taking all of this in, Garou decided to head out to do more hero hunting. And as he walked away, Gyoro-Gyoro sent both Royal Ripper and Bug God to tail him.
Outside and in the city, the general masses had completely and utterly lost it. A cult of monster worshippers was already making the rounds, grabbing poor men who tried to retaliate against them as an offering for the monsters. Feeling a bit of pity for these idiots giving up so quickly, Garou brushed past them and headed into a diner, where he ordered the massive supersized set meal complete with thick steak and extra rice. Then, as the waitress went to leave, he ordered everything else on the meat menu.
Unknown to Garou, the bald man himself, Saitama, was feasting at the same place, and was currently losing his mind having realized that he had left his wallet at home. As the bald hero oozed sweat and wondered how he was going to pay for the meal, the voluptuous queen herself, Fubuki, sat down before him, blabbering as per usual.
Seeing the perfect moment to enact his plan, Saitama slid his plate over to Fubuki. And as she munched down on the chips, she noticed his devious smile. While she sat there thinking to herself that he must be happy to work for her, a shriek of panic rang out, calling after a dine-and-dasher who had just sprinted off without paying.
Of course, playing the hero to save his own behind in the situation, Saitama also rushed off, plastering the bill onto Fubuki in the process. Fubuki, at this moment, was still super adamant that Saitama actually wanted to join her little old group, and obviously he didn't.
Nevertheless, after Garou had scrambled out of the restaurant and made his way down the road, he noticed a group of young bullies picking on the same Tareo kid from earlier on. Having gone over and dispelled the bullies, the kid started pouring out his sympathy, recounting how Garou was actually a good guy being attacked unfairly by all of the heroes around him. Annoyed, because he obviously thought of himself as a monster at this point, Garou considered going demon mode and flicking the kid away just to prove it.
However, the bald king, who had been chasing him all the way from the restaurant, finally caught up and arrived. Yet it wasn't exactly what you'd think. Due to the fact that Saitama also had no money and needed to ditch the diner himself, he hilariously let Garou off on the thievery just this once and forgave him for it. All without Garou ever turning his way, revealing who he actually was to Saitama.
As the caped baldy then went to leave, a now annoyed Garou turned and made the dire mistake of fully confronting him.
Garou, at this point in things, didn't actually have a clue who Saitama was, which was evident by the fact that Tareo, who was with him, pointed out that the man wasn't even inside the hero directory. Now walking towards Saitama, who hadn't even turned around yet, Garou thought on how it wasn't the worst that the Monster Association had looked down on him. But now here was some no-name snotty brat taking pity on him for being too poor to pay for his meals.
Reaffirming to himself that he wasn't with the Monster Association, but would take their offer either way, he proceeded to walk up on Saitama, ready to blow him down with one strike. Grabbing the bald man's shoulder, the ever-evolving Garou moved to take Saitama out with one quick rage-filled strike.
However, before he even had time to react, Saitama instinctively threw a backhand, under the premise that he couldn't fight, as he was a wanted man and couldn't be seen with him.
Waking up in a panic, Tareo asked him if he was okay, while telling him that the bald man had been freaking out over the fact that he may have just murdered a random stranger, before he quickly ran off.