In this chapter, the protagonist is working on a story for a magazine called "Hanana." He has until the following weekend to complete the article, but he still needs to do some research before he can submit it. He tells the protagonist that his supervisor, Hasegawa, has already done the research, but the protagonist complains that he has forgotten to book a meeting with the company's "stylist" to discuss the project. The protagonist tells him that he is too busy to worry about his work, and that he should not slack off. He asks the protagonist to take a break from his work to eat a snack, and the protagonist agrees to do so. He says that he did not put together a "bunch of random crap," but that he will look at it with his own two eyes and see if he has done anything wrong. He then asks the narrator to write his name on each piece of paper, so that when the next meeting is called, he will be able to edit it easily.