The chapter opens with a flashback to the time of the first bone-thrust event, in which the elite clan of yanjing's clan was strengthened. The narrator tells us that he sensed that the protection of clan formation was strengthened, and that he guesses that hong-jun is standing behind him. He tells the story of how he and his family joined the elite five years ago. He says that he will definitely become stronger once he enters monasticism. He asks the narrator if his family's recent immigration has gone well, and the narrator tells him that 8 houses of his family have been moved to the expert nurturing territory. On the other hand, he says, his family does not trust that expert Nurturing will make its lives better. He then tells the narrator that population is a basis of development, and he says that his family must do its best to save its expert nurturing. He adds that xiang-qi is still mortal, and they need to design a uniform for him when he has time to do so. The rope that the narrator uses to identify himself as an expert Nurturer is a self-cleaning rope, and it has a "self-cleaning ability" . He comments on how handsome he is, and wonders if yan-jing can do anything with it. He also says that they must change the theme of the blackboard for the ninth grade class at the school, because one of their classmates is studying civil engineering. He praises the clothes they made for him, and says that it took him a few days to finish his work. He goes on to say that since he has entered the "deva path" , he does not need to sleep, and so he stays up