This chapter opens with the voice of a bear in the middle of a conversation in a Hong Kong chat room. The bear asks the host if the game is still going on, and the host replies that it is, and that the prey is still in his sights. When the bear asks what he is looking for, the host says that he wants to meet his friend, a second-year student, who has just returned from a trip to Europe. The host tells the bear that he has arranged for the two of them to go to a restaurant together, and he thanks the man for his help in dressing up for the occasion