Back in the village, Hiro and his ladies-in-waiting try to figure out what's going on. Hiro tells them that he's been on his way to find a boy, when suddenly a masked man appears on the street. He's not sure what the masked man is doing there, but he does know that it's Hiro's job to track down the missing girl. He asks one of the ladies to come with him so he can look for her. The ladies are shocked to hear that Hiro is a serial killer, and they all agree that he should have died a long time ago. Hiro says that his leg has healed, but that his research is still incomplete. He thinks that the only thing that matters is his heart, and that's what makes him a human. He doesn't think that a real monster is any better than a human being.