For the dilemma, I also came up with a solution in 11 moves by trial and error, but I didn't feel like thinking any further.
Here's my thought about Shushuk. It says he will kill when the length is 1 cm or less, but it doesn't say he will do it immediately). And if we consider the moment the torture begins not as time zero, but as the moment when they start cutting (after 1 hour), then the orc went into a rage after 4 hours from time zero, and then the answer is B: about 3 millimeters.
To sell my soul