[ Giovanni looks a little taken aback at Taichi's willful disbelief, and a lot put out. ]

Huh? No way, of course I'm not kidding! I busted my butt to get to Captain rank, I'm not gonna lie about - wait. Can they arrest you for stuff you did in another world? Because if so, haha, yep, tooootally kidding.

[ He gives Taichi a conspiratorial wink... with a touch of nervousness, just in case they actually can arrest him. Crap he didn't think this through ]