The chapter opens with a description of the situation in which Mina is trapped. She has been locked up in the underground room, but she is able to escape because she has been able to find food and water. She wonders if she will be able to survive in this situation if she eats the spicy curry bun that has been placed in the room. She is also worried that she will have to explain her predicament to her clubmates. She tries to eat the curry bun, but it is too spicy, and she is afraid that it will be too dangerous for her to eat. She also wonders why she does not have change of clothes and a towel, and wonders what she would think if she could not get out of this situation.