Asakusa's special fire force, led by captain hibachi, approaches the seventh pillar of the Toranodan Empire. The two men stare down at each other, and the narrator tells us that they are both "little babies" who have grown up. The narrator says that the two men could "explode at any second" and that they could "exceed unbridled destruction" if they met. He says that he had doubts about the man's intentions, but that he is now convinced that the man is the old boss, the demon infernal, who taught the men every thing they know. He explains that the demon is the one who taught them everything they know, and he is the man who loves asakusa the most. He tells the narrator that he noticed the man was showing up in his dreams, but he did not think that he would return to life like a monster. He is still a yellow-bellied coward, he says, and that is why he had to return from hell. He shows the man his "iai chops" , which are just like the "real old boss" . He asks the man if he cares if he is real or not, but the man replies that he does not care, because he has forgotten what a "real nichirin" looks like