This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between Hiroshi and his assistant . Hiroshi tells his assistant that the reason for Hiro's divorce was because his ex-wife was unable to keep up with her husband's hobbies. She ended up having an affair with him, and he had no choice but to divorce her. The scene ends with Hiroshi's assistant, okayoshi, trying to get Hiroshi to touch her, but Hiroshi refuses. .