It's been a while since we've heard from the monk, but he's back. He tells us that the white film on the houses isn't a big deal, since it's not dangerous to the body. He also says that the monk is rebuilding the houses one by one, and that they'll have to wait until the identity of the man is revealed before they can do anything about it. He's feeling a little bit better, though, because iddy is doing her best to ignore him. He says that he doesn't have a lot of time to rest, since they've got to rebuild the walls of the city soon, and iddy can't communicate with anyone. They've already started tearing down the walls, so they're going to have to rebuild them soon too. Ooh, the festival's coming up, and the monks are planning to build the walls during the festival. They don't want to hide the walls from the people, but they do want to protect the monk from the crowd. The monk asks if they could make the festival last a week instead of three days, so that they can protect him from the crowds. The monks agree, and then they start talking about the upcoming martial arts tournament, which is coming up in two months' time. The next entrants are the wild boar of Renril and the master of the katsuyama Kenpo, who's about to kill the monk. They all look at the rope that's tied to the wall, wondering what's going