A faint golden Spiritual Light glowed at the feet of the man in white clothes. He chuckled as he watched the man in black clothes, who looked utterly pathetic, ensnared by his Superpower.
"In a fight to the death, there's no such thing as 'despicable.' As long as you survive, any method is fair game… If you ask me, it's your own fault for being too naive. You actually believed what I said. You deserve to die."
The man in white's awakened Superpower allowed him to control vines, but it required some time after activation to subvert the surrounding vegetation and bring it under his command.
This process of subverting the vines wasn't instantaneous; it required at least half a minute. That was why he'd said what he did to the man in black clothes earlier—to stall for time.
