The old captain finished his ghost ship story.
Zhao Si and the others found it rather ordinary. Instead of frightening them, it piqued their curiosity.
Hopefully, they would get a chance to encounter one.
Zhao Si then told a fantastical story about a ninja with an immortal body.
"Wolf entered the cave and saw a huge white ape with its back to him." Zhao Si lowered his voice, describing it slowly and softly. "He crept closer, planning to stab it first..."
He abruptly raised his voice. "Suddenly!"
"Ah!"
The sudden increase in volume startled Helena so badly that she shrank into Malenia's arms.
Malenia gave Zhao Si a light smack. "Stop scaring people."
Zhao Si smiled and continued, "The white ape turned and stood up, holding its own head in its left hand and swinging a great blade in its right as it lunged at Wolf."
"Holding its head?" Malenia's eyes were full of curiosity.
"Yes."
Zhao Si imitated the legendary Guardian Ape, grabbing his hair with his left hand and swinging his empty right hand, putting on a ferocious display.
But rather than frightening, it was a little funny.
Helena giggled at his antics, Malenia smiled, Melina covered her eyes, unable to watch, and Ranni glanced sideways.
Wolf was a ninja's name. Some also called him Sekiro.
His left arm had been severed at the elbow, costing him his forearm and hand.
With the help of the Sculptor, Orangutan, he had been fitted with a unique prosthetic ninja implement-the Prosthetic Tool.
It used artificial bones modeled after human bones as its framework.
Equipped with various mechanisms, it could accommodate other ninja tools and possessed strength beyond an ordinary flesh-and-blood arm.
Scars of every size marked it, and blood and grease still clung to it, but it was thoroughly maintained.