The narrator tells us that he has been living in the plage for a long time, and he finds little difference between the purgatorial place and the real world. He also tells us about the pacifists who live there, and about the feud between the evil spirits and the ghouls. He says that jiu-tao has a grudge against the ghouls, but that the instinct of race has driven him to do so. The narrator says that he wants to be with him, and that's why he's drawn his lot. He tells the audience that he will play the part of the crescent-nightingale in the first group, the role of Rakshasa in the second group, and the role that the eye of God will play in the third group.