The narrator tells us that his name is Hiroshi, and that he's been wandering around looking for the homeless man. He's worried that the man might be scared of him, because Hiroshi is selling some sake at the store. The narrator asks Hiroshi if he'd rather have some sake or not, and Hiroshi says he wouldn't want to give it to someone who yells at him about his love life. Hiroshi tells the narrator that he should apologize to him, since he is just a humble liquor-store boy. He says that he doesn't know who Hiroshi's boss is, but he does know that Hiroshi isn't a very good judge of character. He also says that since they're in the business of selling liquor, it's Hiroshi who's making the shou, which Hiroshi has been making for the past few years. He tells Hiroshi to keep it a secret from the other shopkeepers, since things are not going well with them, and they've been slow at replying to him in the past. The shopkeepers are kind of like, "Oh, yeah, we're sorry, but we can't talk about this anymore." The narrator says he'll just leave it to Hiroshi and hama to decide what to do.