The chapter opens with a description of Hiroshi's meeting with Mina. Mina tells him that he is doing an interview and that he has to change the subject. He tells her that Mina studied under him under the first George Aihara, and that she is good at her job and good looking too. Mina asks him if he has heard that his father's final manuscript has been found in the place of his mistress, and he says that he had. Mina says that she had heard that her father had been spending time with his mistress before he died, and Mina asks if they are going to stand on the same side of the street. Mina replies that they are not going to, and she asks him to come out and meet her out side. He says that ranmaru was nothing special, but that he must have been with her for a while. Mina wonders if his mistress might have hated him, but she says that from talking to her she seemed like a character out of the novel. She says that her editor had mentioned that Mina was his mistress. Mina thinks that this must mean that her old man was a real player in the game. Mina then asks her to give her the journal, which she has not yet bought, and says that if she can pass her test, she will give it to her. Mina agrees to give the journal to her, and they make a bet that if Mina can pass the test, they will give each other a kiss. Mina admits that she does not trust in her father, but says that it is probably her fault that her sister turned out the way she did.