"Oh, it wasn't for me, it was to make other people laugh." It always took the new people by surprise. "And to prove I'd do what he said, so they'd know that if he told me to kill them right there, I'd do it."

He's spent some time thinking about it, especially recently.

The explanation gets a tilt of his head. ... Huh. "Well, good thing they picked someone who's not shitty at it. I know at least one person who probably would have loved to get his hands on it, and I don't mean anyone in the yakuza." If Eko'd had access to that kind of power, even Otoha probably wouldn't have been able to stop him.

Also... "Oh. Wait. Sanzo's your title, not your family name."