In this chapter, we learn that the valve on the hot water pipe has been wrenched open, and the villagers are worried about what will happen to their village if the pipe is not repaired. Soku Tohoka, the elder of the village, begs the mahinute not to go near the village anymore, as he is worried about the safety of his village. The elder tells him that Tashiku Hoka was his grand father, who died many years ago, and that he is grateful for the years of protection he has given to the village. He asks if he can threaten him with a spear, but the elder replies that this is a "semi-mega structure" that has no effect on his brain. He tells the elder that the "partially regular frame" of his brain is out of control, as she went "strange lately" and was "out of control" when he passed her by. He says that he has stopped developing his brain, which is twenty times more powerful than his own. He thinks that the emperor is too powerful to deal with the "absence" of etherow, who pointed his "ebtg" at the emperor on the bridge.