In this chapter, we learn that Tommo has been fired from his job as a manga artist. He's upset that he's losing his job because someone has taken out a copy of his work and read it. Tommo wants to know what's going on. He thinks that if the editor decides that the artist isn't worth his fee, then the artist will lose his job. He also wants to ask for a reduction in his weekly stipend. He doesn't want to spoil his daughter by asking for less money now. He wants to be able to do what he wants with his time. He wonders if he should have asked for less when he first came to work. He knows that his salary will skyrocket if he asks for less now, but he wants to make sure that the editor knows about it. He tells the editor that he has an offer from a client who wants to work on a video game. The editor wants to hire Tommo to do the artwork for the game, but Tommo is worried that the client will turn him down because he is a fan of Goto. He worries that other artists won't turn down the offer because they're afraid of losing their jobs to someone like him.