Hirohito and tetsu arrive on the ship, and they find that the old man has been crushed. They are eager to take control of the consortium and free the nation from the grip of the "obscurantist" leaders. . They decide to go to the forest to find out what is going on there. They have spotted some foreigners in the forest, but they do not know where they are and why they are not able to follow them back to the ship. They ask Tei-Jong if he has been able to get rid of the jammers, but he is not yet there. He tells them that he will show them the way to get inside the forest.