In this chapter, we learn that the young man's name is Nemo, and that Nemo's father is a priest. Nemo explains that he was born with a black tattoo on his arm, which gave him demonic powers. He has since become jealous, greedy, and selfish, and he has even committed acts of self-deception. Nemo tells us that the tattoo is not a curse, but merely a tool for human beings to use against one another. He explains that the black tattoo was born to make people hurt, but that it depends on human thoughts and actions. Nemo admits that he is not miserable, because the tattoo gave him the power to free himself from his past, his mother, and his future. He says that because of the tattoo, he lost all of his mother's possessions, his future, and