In this chapter, G.p., the protagonist of the novel, attempts to celebrate the fact that he has won a prize at the new shinko store. He wonders how he will be able to promote himself when he goes to his first job interview, and he compares himself to a wrestler who shows off his injuries by shaving his head. The protagonist, however, is not a wrestler; he is a self-promoter, a person who wants to sell himself to others.