The chapter opens with a discussion of the new uniforms that are now on display at the club. The manager of the club, a woman named Yuriko Aizu, tells the group that she used to be a manager at a fitness club and that the club's sales are not great. She wants to make the club more of a "continuous challenge and improvement" club. She suggests that the first step would be to buy new equipment and then change the layout of the gym. She also suggests that they offer new services, such as a "body type genetics test" to help people understand their own body types. The test will back up their data, and then the club can offer a more effective exercise program and nutritional advice. She says that she was skeptical at first, but that she lost weight and gained more muscle. She adds that she would like to buy more classes and services, and that she will leave the rest of the group to the manager, who seems to be "the achiever type" . She looks sharp and observant, she says, and she seems to have a great deal of personal life. She asks the manager if she is married, and the manager says that they are not, and they have a date for dinner. She then asks how the new workplace is going, and he says that he wonders about it.