The chapter opens with the protagonist, a young man named Xiaotang Huo, who has just finished writing a novel. He's been researching ghost stories, but he's never heard of one before. He tells his master that he feels "scratched" after listening to his story, and that's why he'd like to help him. The protagonist asks his master to take a talisman from his room and stick it on the door frame of his brother's house so that he can come by at midnight to find out what's going on. He doesn't have the money yet, so he'll have to wait until he raises enough money to pay for the trip. He plans to go to the house of the ghost's master and try out the Invisible Cloak, which is a permanent cloak that the ghost wears on its body