In this chapter, we learn that the protagonist is getting used to the idea of "spinning in the air" . He asks if one needs to spin when traveling. He's heard the saying that one can enter a state of invincibleness by spinning and defending against hidden weapons, but he doesn't think it's true. He thinks that it only makes one a bigger target, and that's why he's skeptical. He also thinks that some martial artists use a spinning weapon to defend against a hidden weapon, but they don't use it as much as he does. The protagonist then tells us that he has been following the protagonist from land to land, and now he is back on the island. He says that he is the number one agent of the sect, and he even shaved his head to hide among the villagers, but no one noticed him at all. He tells the gang that they are on a mission to rescue a saintess, but that they haven't even gone north. He then says that everyone in the martial arts world is doing weird things, like playing cat-s cradle. He wants to defeat them all.