Mae's temper seemed to want to flare up again, but a firm hand continued to grip her hips. Ryu continued to look at Mae's aunt without much of an expression. He didn't seem to care about her words in the slightest.
Ryu only really had two modes. The first was his ruthless. Whenever he heard disrespect, he couldn't be bothered to go back and forth, he would simply attack directly. Most of the time, he didn't have to deal with the chatter of others because they would honestly be dead before they could say much.
The second mode was one that he had honed in his first life, and that was dressing down his enemies with his words. The more powerful he became, the less he seemed to use this ability, and he honestly didn't care for it very much. That was because it reminded him of weakness. Why would you waste words on a person you could directly deal with?