In Chapter One hundred twenty, Kishi continues his soliloquy on the subject of love. He says that if Kishi does not love him, he will kill her. He adds that his mother raised him in the same house as Kishi's mother, who died in the fire. Kishi is not sure how he feels about his mother's death, and he wonders if he will ever be able to atone for it. He wonders how he can love Kishi when Kishi has killed his mother. He also wonders how Kishi will feel about his son when he is condemned to hell.