The chapter opens with a flashback to the murder of the manager of a bar in Paris. It is revealed that the murderer was a member of the devil bar, and that the victim was a woman who refused to move when she saw the man's blood on the bar's floor. She then took a gun and killed the second victim. The flashback is interrupted by the arrival of the riot police, who have arrived at the scene of the crime. The narrator asks the police why they do not arrest the leader of the squad, Hiroshi Marufuji, for his role in the murder. The police officer replies that he has not yet been informed of Marufuji's involvement in the plot, but that he is aware of the fact that the squad leader has falsified his work history in order to appear to be a reliable and trustworthy source of information for the police.