In this chapter, we learn that Bill is a merchant who has been attacked by "beast spirits" who discovered that he was a machine. The spirits stole everything from him before they pushed him into the river while he was on his journey. He is now injured and unable to move. He tells the reader that he is the one who is calling the shots. He asks if he can bring him food to eat. This gun is for protection. He says that he will hide it in a place where no one will know about it. This might be the only chance he has to know about his own race. This is something he should judge for himself. He promises to come back the next day. He wants to know if you will support him in his quest for revenge. He has killed many machines in order to do this, but he now cares more about the lives of the people in his village. He does not want to have another fight with you in this lifetime. His master will lose, he says, if the village chief does not support him.