The narrator tells us that he's not going to lose. He's going to find an "erotic novelist" in the village of Toryo-Towa, in the Towa district of Wassamu. He doesn't want to see any of the local people, because they're all "squirrels" . The narrator gives us a little tour of the village, which he describes as a "mountain village" with a "kind of mountain village" vibe. He tells us about the treats they brought for the turtles, and he compares the turtles to "turtle sitters" because they don't get to eat as much as the turtles do. He also tells us how to feed the turtles. The turtles come in two packs, but he only uses one, so he only feeds one at a time. He says that if you leave the turtles alone, they'll "eat half of everything" , and if you give the turtles some sea slug, "they'll eat all of it." The narrator then shows us a simplified version of what he looks for in a "man," and he says that he used to look for guys who looked like they were "a little sloppy" as long as he was cute about it. He compares the girl at the train station to a "tough rival," and says that she looks like a "looker," and that she's perfect for him. He wants to know if she'll marry him, because he can't wait to "show a little sincerity, will ya?" . He goes on to say that he watches the yakuza every day, and that he can figure out the "dude who looks like" he came from, chiba prefecture. He asks the narrator if he wants to spend some time alone with her at night, and the narrator says yes, he'd like to do so. He exits, and we find out that the narrator has come to "gather material" for a book, not for the "woogie woogie radio" that he heard on the train. He was there to gather "resi dence," or material for a manuscript, so that he