In this chapter, we learn that Chiyomatsup has been serving as the leader of the serpent hill gang for three years. Now, he is in charge of the Hebiyama gang. He tells the gang that they will never trespass on his land again. He also tells them that they should not provoke the brother-in-law of the gang, who has been coming to the bridge almost every day since he took over as the bodyguard for the gang. The gang decides to ambush him and kill him. They also decide to drink a drink once a while, and the gang asks the old man if he worries about them. The old man replies that he doesn't worry about them at all, since he's not interested in women. He says that he isn't interested in men either, but he does care about his sister. He wonders what happened to the twig that held ronin, and he wonders if he still has a grudge against him. He decides to kill him without mercy. He has a younger brother, tagosaku, who is seven years older than him. When he was born, he was in a small town, and his family moved to Irukano six years ago.