The next morning, the cadets discuss whether or not they should be sent to the Minami house. They decide that they should go up to the roof and look out over the city. They also decide to go to the ocean, but they can't see it from here, so they're not sure if it's military or not. They're happy that they'll be able to see the ocean again, though, because they've lost some of their memories of it. The narrator tells the cadets that some of the ministry's internal affairs officials had argued that they shouldn't be sent into the city because they don't have the money to defend themselves, but the imperial diet decided to protect all of its citizens. The cadets wonder if they should have been sent to Minami's house, too, because it sounds like they were able to make it there safely. They wonder if there's some kind of political intrigue going on behind the scenes.