I obviously hadn't had much to drink, yet I was already drunk as a dog—Sagaru Yamazaki.
"Captain Sogo, I think I'm tired..." Lost in self-deception, Yamazaki gave up thinking and confessed what was in his heart.
Sogo Doma: "..."
Had something happened to this idiot Yamazaki?
"Do you mean you're tired of taking care of the gorilla, Yamazaki?" Better ask without giving anything away first.
"Captain! Could you please stop mentioning the gorilla? I've got psychological trauma from gorillas now..."
"So it really was because you were tired of taking care of the gorilla?" Sogo Doma pinched his chin, completely ignoring Yamazaki's trauma.
"That's not it!" Sagaru Yamazaki loudly objected.
"Then what is it?" Sogo Doma was puzzled.
"Captain, do you know? Whether it's you, the vice commander, or Boss Kondo, all of you are people I admire. I've always longed to become someone like you..." Sagaru Yamazaki began reminiscing.
"Hold it!" Sogo Doma caught the key point, then smiled with utmost kindness. "Yamazaki, did you get something wrong? Why are you putting me together with that bastard Hijikata and the gorilla?"
"That really sounds like something you'd say, Captain. Is this the Captain Sogo I have in my heart? Captain Sogo is Captain Sogo—neither humble nor great, yet living in this world with such a distinct personality. It's so admirable..."
Sogo Doma: "..."
What had he just heard? A hallucination? He had just praised Yamazaki for growing so much, but it turned out this idiot thought everything happening now was a hallucination!?
Should he punch this idiot awake first, or hear what else he had to say? Should he record it? This was solid black history—evidence for a public execution...
"No matter how much time passes, I still remember my first meeting with Captain. Back then, Captain was so