The chapter opens with ten-year-old Tenma telling her parents that she has forgotten all about them. She's worried that they're going to find out that she's been studying hard for the entrance exam to the university. They're worried that she doesn't have the gumption to do so. Tenma asks her tutor, hanai, to give her some advice on what to study for the exam. He tells her that she should write down what she'd like to do with her life. He also tells her to write down her future plans. He says that he's sure she'll be rich when she grows up, and he wants her to give him a list of what she wants to do. He asks her what her goal is, and she tells him that it's to become a public official. She also tells him to ask her tutor to help her with some of her homework. He's so good at math that he should be able to tutor her. She tells him she should be like him, because she was made a fool by hanai. She then asks him if he wants to be like her. He replies that he does, and that he can succeed when he tries. He then tells her she should ask her to tutor him a little bit, because he is so good with math. She says that she can't do it, but that she needs to. She asks him what he is trying to do as a politician. He responds that he is just trying to be a big, public official, but she says that's nonsense. She adds that she already tried to get into the university by herself, and now that she knows how to do math, she can do