The narrator asks the protagonist if he's disappointed that he didn't win the first time around. The protagonist says that he is, and that his new work is even better than his old one. The narrator then asks if the villain in the novel is the same one who stole the title from him in the first place, and the protagonist says yes. He also says that the protagonist's notebook is the best notebook he has ever used, because it has all the latest and greatest technology, and he can write with it all day long. He asks if anyone can explain what's going on, but the narrator can't answer. He says that his on-the-work isn't as good as the novel's, but that he'll be the one to quit the contest. He's the one who used the script, he says, and it was someone else who stole it. He tells the protagonist that he should have gone to the police after signing the contract, because he did all the wrong things.