This chapter opens with a soliloquy by Hiroshige, who has just returned from the battle in which he lost seven of his seven spears to Urushido. He tells the audience that he is sure that the man in question is suffering from defeat. He asks the audience to imagine him suffering in the dirt, and to imagine that he cries out in pain. The audience laughs at the idea of killing the man so quickly, and the narrator tells us that he wants to hear the man's cries of pain. He also says that he plans to torture the man to death before he can tell them where the women are hiding. The narrator then tells us what he thinks the best thing to do would be to cast the man into the snow. He wonders if the man will be able to break the bonds he has with the women, and if he will find a way to do so.