Summary

Jim stays in the stadium for a few days after the Japanese leave. He watches over Mr. Maxted’s body until he’s certain his soul has left him. Soon looters arrive to take the possessions stored at the stadium. Outside of the stadium, Jim weighs his options and decides the safest thing for him to do would be to return to the Lunghua airfield. On his way back, he sees a young, seemingly confused, kamikaze pilot wandering aimlessly through the fields, muttering to himself. He follows the pilot through the fields, which the pilot allows. The pilot then gives Jim a small mango. Jim hopes that if he proves himself useful to the pilot, he will get more mangos.

Jim sees an American bomber fly overhead. Too weak to run for cover, Jim stays put. But instead of bombs, canisters in parachutes drop to...