This chapter begins with a flashback to the beginning of the previous chapter, in which a young man named Mouroi is fighting with his back against the wall. Mouroi's kick is followed by a counter-punch, and Mouroi backs down. This is the first time Mouroi has been in a fight where he has been backpedaling, and it is a sign that he is not a very good fighter. The flashback shows that Mouroi was once a good fighter, but that he has fallen on hard times since graduating from high school, and that he does not have a lot of money or fame to show for it