Part I, Chapter 5, Aomame Summary

Aomame goes to the Akasaka District to a hotel bar for a drink before bed in order to calm her nerves. While drinking, she reads about the South Manchurian Railway's history. Another man comes into a bar and orders a drink. She tries to get the man to talk, but he will not talk at first. He avoids directly questions about his work, and Aomame asks him about the changing service weapons of police officers. The man explains they switched standard weapons two years before, and Aomame is confused, explaining her memory is foggy.

She then suddenly asks about his sexual appetite, and seduces him. After they have sex in his hotel room, Aomame turns on the TV and learns on the news that the person she has just killed has been discovered.

Part I, Chapter 5, Aomame Analysis