Rei is torn between winning the match and putting Matsunaga out of retirement after being a professional shogi player for forty years or throwing the match and demoting himself down a class. During the match in the shogi hall, Rei is unable to determine Matsunaga's strategy, yet Rei calls Matsunaga's bluff of a trap and still manages to win. Afterwards, Rei treats Matsunaga to some grilled eel, in which Matsunaga confesses that Masachika had no personality while Kyōko was a true femme fatale...