Thinking about it,Murata probably tried taking WC route here, but then preferred a childish power scale route due to his inability to write
Similar to the webcomic I think it would’ve been his words that ultimately shatter Garou.
But he had no plans to get out of this gutter because he couldn't think of how to write it so he undid the whole chapter and in haste went through with easiest option available, Cosmic Garou, biggest, baddest like a fucking 7 year old kid with action figures.