Norachiyo, the god-slayer, comes to the rescue of lone kitty. He tells her that she is in bad shape, and that he will kill her if she insists on taking his food. She thanks him for his kindness, but says that she does not have any money to repay him. She tells him to go find her master, and to hurry all he wants, but she will never catch up with a god on his paws. She also tells him that he is in a long journey, and he must spend some time earning some scratch. She instructs him to look for his master, but he will never be able to catch up to him on the cat paws. He says that they all want to know what the godslayer can do, and wonders if he thinks he can fool the dama gang. He also says that he would never dream of making a fool of them. He wonders how an upstanding man like Aniki could end up in such a mess. The cat says that Aniki is a hopeless piece of cat, that is, he is afraid of what will happen to him if he is caught in the mess. He asks the cat to use his sword to cut Aniki down.