Chapter 52

Hero Association staff weigh the danger Garou represents after his recent assaults on their personnel, deciding to post heroes as bodyguards for executives out in public. Garou, meanwhile, sits in a shack lined with photographs of the heroes he hopes to battle. The association's first call goes to King, who begs off by claiming a monster fight while actually absorbed in a video game.

Metal Bat, given no such choice, is assigned to guard the sponsor Narinki and his son Waganma at the Mouse Sushi restaurant in S-City. The boy keeps sampling dishes and returning them despite Metal Bat's protests, and the routine wears on the hero until his sister phones asking for help with her shopping, which he turns down over his assignment. She hangs up in tears, leaving Metal Bat grumbling that he is the one who ought to cry.

A sudden tremor sends him racing back as Junior Centipede and Venus Mantrap burst from the ground and seize Waganma, hunting Narinki for his Hero Association ties. Metal Bat squares up to fight before they can flee. Far off at the C-City Super Stadium, Saitama tries to register.

The Hero Association assigns guards after Garou's attacks, and Garou plans his targets from a hideout. King dodges his assignment while Metal Bat is forced to protect Narinki and Waganma. Junior Centipede and Venus Mantrap abduct Waganma, Metal Bat prepares to fight, and Saitama signs in at the stadium.

Titled "Don't Put It Back!" (Tonari 75 and 76), the chapter opens the Monster Raid Arc in Volume 10 and was adapted in Episode 16. Its bonus page shows Fubuki, Tatsumaki, Genos, and Saitama at the beach and doubles as the second online cover for the next chapter.