In this chapter, the unnamed narrator tells us that a fire broke out at a movie theater a few days before, and a food delivery man and an anonymous man rushed through the fire to save many lives. The narrator is now reading a book at the local bookstore when he hears the news of the fire at the theater. The unnamed narrator has come to the bookstore to read after work, and he tells the narrator that he is not reading in order to be educated, but to read "just a pure book" . Mr. Yu sent him a message, telling him that he had a deadline and that he should hurry up and be his "idol" , or lover. The anonymous man sent him ten spicy strips, and the unnamed man sent a hundred of them. The two men decide to go out to grab a meal together, but they are unable to order food from the store because the store kitchen is "nasty" to watch.