At the end of the third day of the festival, the youngest champion, a mere 15 year old named Norio kunato, defeats the twelve-time defending champion, Aka, in a close contest. The gauna that repelled the first two challengers has fielded a new placenta, which is slowly decreasing its repulsion speed. The other four competitors, the shinatose, have won all four of the team competitions. The shinatoses have been given limited access to the laputa, a passageway through which they will be able to see the gauna. They are the only sidonians to have ever seen the giant gauna, and the only ones who have ever fought a gauna