This chapter opens with a flashback to the beginning of the previous chapter. It's the middle of the chapter, and it's been a while since we've seen the protagonist. He's in the midst of a fight, and he's about to admit defeat when the protagonist asks him to step back. The protagonist doesn't know what to say, but he does know that he has already broken through the first tier of the fighting system and is now in the second tier. He says that if the protagonist makes him step back, he will admit defeat, and then he'll slap the protagonist three times. This is the first time the protagonist has ever said anything like this, and the protagonist is totally floored. He thinks that the protagonist needs to slap him three times before he can admit defeat. He wants to know why the protagonist can't just step back and admit defeat? The protagonist says that he didn't have enough strength to kill the protagonist in the first fight, but now that he can slap him, he can use his full strength to beat him. He also says that this is his first time ever saying anything like that, and that he hasn't even learned how to do this yet. He asks the protagonist if he'd rather be a noob or a master of the system. The dude says that the host has