In this chapter, the narrator tells us that Kta has been losing her "popularity" lately, and that he is worried that the zoo will soon run out of food. He is also worried about the safety of the zoo's guards, who are supposed to be on guard duty at the Sawachika . The narrator is surprised to learn that the guards have gone after the young Miss Rently and Tsukamoto, and he is also surprised that they are in an "omiai" , which is a kind of prison, because he is not there to guard them.