Chapter 41 opens with a discussion between the two young men, who have come to collect the black plaques. The young men are worried that the thieves will tell them that they lied to get the black plaque, and they decide that they need to get it before the thieves do. They decide to go to the rooms of yongun and hwarin, and the young men find that they have no black plaques in their rooms. The men decide that it would be better if they put the two women in the closet, and when they hear that mumyeong is asking them to release his "pressure points," they decide to do so.