In this chapter, we learn that Hirohito's father was killed during the "Great purge" six years earlier. The chapter opens with Hirohio's son, Siddhartha, speaking to his father, who is still alive. He tells his father that he has come to find out what happened to him, and he asks his father to forgive him for his sins. Hiroshio replies that he forgives him only because he has forgiven his father. He then tells his son that he will not forgive him if he does not forgive his father