In this chapter, we learn that the silver ray is a powerful weapon that can destroy anything in its path. When we first meet Mina, she's trying to figure out how to use it. She's not sure how to get the password, but she knows that it's a five-letter code. She also knows that her dad is dead, so she wants to know what's going on with him. Mina tries to get her dad's password back, but he won't let her do it. He says that he's come to reclaim his father's silver ray, which he stole from the rave master. He also tells her that she shouldn't be angry with him because he killed her dad for a crime that he wasn't guilty of. Mina says that she doesn't want to provoke her dad, because she knows he died for nothing. She tells Mina that she can't use the password until she gets the password back from the silver-ruse master. She says that the only way to get back at him is by using the password that he gave her. Mina tells him that she'll never allow anyone else to use her dad as a password, because that'll kill her.