In this chapter, the narrator is drunk and about to tell everyone about his "merciful sex" with Tachibana, when he suddenly realizes that he's in love with her. He's so happy that he wants to slap her and tell her that he loves her too. He wants her to know that he likes her too, so he slaps her and tells her to slap him and tell him that she loves him too. The director of the plan-ning section of the company interrupts the scene and tells the narrator that he has come to talk to him about the sales. He asks if they can eat together, and the director tells him that he is busy, but that he will prepare him a gift.