'That damned bastard.' 

I murmured casually while recalling that moment. In the end, that bastard did not talk about the deal he made with me.

"By the way, this guy's holding up really well. He received training before."

"I've never done training before though? I'm just a normal person."

I answered what I thought was an obvious fact to me, but Torture Expert, Kaa snorted.

"Kekeke. Are you gonna say such nonsense which can't even fool a child? You're not even budging from this amount of torture, and you're not even affected by mind control or confession drugs, and you are telling me you're a normal person?"

"But it's true, so what am I supposed to do?"

Kaa, the monster with a crocodile's head, muttered under his breath as his undeveloped facial muscles twitched. His expression stiffened as he bared his fangs. Seeing that eight of his arms were shaking, he was probably furious at my behavior.

"...Are you acting out like this because you are too trusting of the Captain's orders to not hurt your body?"

"Why should I believe his words? It's not like he's that trustworthy either. It's just that you being afraid of an old man and pretending to be docile is not even worth a laugh."

"You... bastard!"

Kwaaatatak!

For a moment, Kaa couldn't contain his anger and struck my shoulder. Just like grinding sorghum straws, my shoulder easily crushed...