The next morning, the Governess tells the assemblyman that he has been declared persona non grata by the Prime Minister and the Board of Trustees. The Governess then tells him that he is suspected of espionage and is seeking political asylum abroad. The assemblyman is shocked and confused. He realizes that the man he thought was the minister is not the minister, but he is sure that it is because of the braincase. He tells the man that the real minister and the brainscase are in the same room, and that he faked his own death in order to get the report on the ichi. The man is horrified at the thought of being on a minister's jet, and he is ashamed that he could not have been on it