Shalu's Snake-Tailed Worm had to be a Sin Demon. That meant it met Angel's experimental requirements.
He questioned Shalu in detail about his battle with the Snake-Tailed Worm inside the Heart House.
Angel overlooked no detail, because Shalu's experience could serve as a reference for Toby.
Only after Shalu had recounted what happened inside several times over did Angel finally stop.
Shalu's account let Angel breathe a slight sigh of relief. What he feared most was that after Toby entered the Heart House and encountered the Extreme Grudge Intent, he would be defeated for lack of strength, and his core consciousness would be damaged by the Extreme Grudge Intent.
But according to Shalu, when he fought the Snake-Tailed Worm in the Stone Pillar Colosseum, he had ultimately died a miserable death in its jaws. He had thought himself utterly dead, only to open his eyes and discover that everything he had experienced before had been nothing more than a dream.
Being killed by the Snake-Tailed Worm had merely kicked Shalu out of the Heart House; his core consciousness had not been injured. Then when Toby faced the Extreme Grudge Intent in the Heart House, he should be all right as well.
Once he had confirmed that the Heart House would not damage one's consciousness, Angel turned his attention to another matter.
"You said earlier that you lasted five minutes under the Snake-Tailed Worm's attacks?"
"Yes. To be precise, I spent the first three minutes running away. I only fought the mon... the Snake-Tailed Worm during the last two minutes, but it was too strong. It subdued me almost in the blink of an eye," Shalu explained.
"Three minutes running, two minutes fighting?" Frod pondered for a moment. "That seems a little off."
Angel nodded as well. "The Snake-Tailed Worm should