The next morning, Huck wakes up to find himself in the middle of a conversation with his father. Huck tells his father that he's going to work hard in the coming days to prepare himself for the upcoming fight with Ching-Li. Huck asks his father if he'll be able to train after he returns from the war, and his father says yes. Huck says that he hasn't trained, but that losing to Ching-Lin bothers him more. He's not sure whether he can make it by winning the next day, but he promises to do so one day. Huck also tells Huck that Ching-Ling doesn't know about his past, and that it's "unacceptable" for him to keep it to himself. Huck wonders why Ching-li and shatang didn't fight after the fight, and Huck says he'd rather have a fight and make amends afterward.