This chapter's epigraph comes from the opening lines of the novel, "The Iron Maiden" . It's a quote from the novel's opening lines, in which the protagonist, a young man named "Clack-Clack" , asks the protagonist to take his tower and "swish" it. The protagonist, who has transformed himself into an iron man , tells the young man that he can't beat him because he's still a human. He says that he needs external aids to gain true power, such as armor, weapons, and so on. The young man responds that he doesn't need external aids, but he does need true power. He points out that what the protagonist is using is not an external aid, but a true power that comes from hard work and continuous self-improvement. This is the kind of power that the protagonist needs to be a real person, not just a fighting machine. He asks if this young man is proud to be fighting, and the protagonist replies that it's "good to be young" for him to be able to talk after his attack. He then points out how the protagonist's tower is the cover for the ring that he'll use to get out of the tower. He explains that the tower code is set by the young woman, and she's the one who's going to remove the ring first. This means that the floor numbers in the tower correspond to the six sides of the room where the protagonist will need to remove his tower code. He's so confident that he wants to use the iron maiden's power to cut the young lady into pieces. He uses the ring to create a mechanical device that will allow him to control whooshing the young girl. He also uses the mechanical device to break free from the iron man'