The chapter opens with a description of the master's ability to identify the sounds on his cards. He has 28 cards, but he has another 20 cards that he can recognize after only one syllable. He can hear the sounds of the cards as they are played, and he can identify them by their sounds. The narrator says that he is the only person in the world who can even guess what the sounds are. He says that the master will crush them if they do not have a way to fight back. He also says that if the twins start fighting, it will never stop. He adds that if they fight with each other, it is impossible for them to stop. The master is also trying to get pairs of cards to share the first five syllables, such as Kimi ga and Asaborake. This is a technique that he uses to take cards that are not taken until after the fifth syllable is heard. He thinks that if he got the cards after just the first syllable, he would not be able to afford them, but that is the real one he can't afford to miss.