Coming into the fight, there were certain goals that Gary had in his mind. After the humiliating defeat he had suffered, it would be hard for anyone including himself to believe that he would be able to win a fight against Harvor.
However, this wasn’t just an ordinary fight. For one, a prize had been agreed upon, Xin’s life was on the line, and even more than that, there was Jayden’s honor at play here.
To the White Rose, they just wished for Gary to push Harvor, to weaken him as much as possible or to injure him to the point where he would transform and then they would come to help.
They were sure that the Zodiac’s would try to jump in and help and that’s when White Rose would step up as well.
If that was the case, then Gary could have transformed from the beginning, to use all of his power against Harvor, trying his best to injure him, but Gary chose not to.