"Is that all you've got?" A mauled man asks another who seems to be doing their best to cause them pain and suffering to no avail. Although Buster didn't remember his name before becoming a slave as a child, his birth-given name was 'Raikou.'
A handmade Oni born and forged in a chaotic environment that eventually grew up to become the ultimate killing machine was now becoming the unbreakable, unwilling torn in the Emperor's side. "Shut up! Do you think acting tough will make me second-guess myself!? I'll break you soon enough!"
The Emperor's torture soon resumed against the old man, who refused to give him any information about Annabel and his plans to get her across the border. Waterboarding is an outright effective torture mechanic used by many governments of the modern day and so much more widely used in this world. Still, Buster didn't hesitate to tolerate it for hours on end without breaking a sweat.
"Are you going to talk now!?" The Emperor asks Buster after holding him under water for two minutes straight, only giving him mere seconds to catch his breath, followed by another dunk in the water by force since Buster had grown weak from the constant mistreatment and lack of food.
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"Just tell me her abilities and weaknesses already! You're delaying the inevitable!" The Emperor aggressively tries to waterboard Buster for hours on end another day. Still, Buster doesn't break character and just keeps laughing his torture off, which seems to challenge the fragile ego of the iron ruler.
"Ahaha! AHAHA! If I talk, I die; if I don't, I die. Why would I give an asshole like you the satisfaction of watching my spirit decay? AUUUGH! AUUUGH!" The Emperor angrily and irrationally just starts punching Buster over and over after finally losing it against the old man who didn't give him a single inch over the past several days.
In the end, the Emperor surrenders for the day after hurting his fists from the many punches. He delivers Buster's old decaying body that would be partially healed so he wouldn't die, but not enough for him to get too comfortable, just enough to keep him alive.
"Goddamn, that annoying old prick! Who the hell does he think he is!? He thinks he is better than me! No one is better than me! UGGHH!" The Emperor soon starts hitting the wall like a little kid throwing a tamper tantrum while Buster finally has time to breathe and think of his predicament, trying to make peace with himself alone in that cold dungeon.