The narrator begins this chapter by asking the reader to imagine what it would be like to be a student from the first-class class. He asks the reader if he has seen the transfer student from overseas. The narrator is shocked to learn that the student is from another country and that he is "a total freak" . He wonders if the student's skin, hair, and appearance are "obnoxious" , and wonders why the student can't "pitied" at his fellow students. He imagines a story about the bard and his monster, and imagines that the "transfer student" is actually a human being. He then imagines the story of the "bard" and the "monster" and wonders what the story might be about. He realizes that the story is about a plague, and that the students from 811 are coming to kill him. He resolves to "get up and continue" the story.