Summary

Jipunlang soldiers yell about Asian rights while killing people on the island. It is unclear how many men the Co-Prosperity Sphere killed during the great inspection, but it was in the thousands. Brutality increased after nuclear bombs hit Japan. After four years of Jipunglang rule, they declared defeat and the Ang Mohs came back into power.

Ah Boon acts as the man of the house, and he has become sullen again. The islands and the fish begin to act erratically, and Ah Boon and his uncle start to find deformed fish in the sea. Ah Boon blames himself for Pa’s death because he could have warned his mother before his father left, but he did not. Uncle feels guilty as well because he is the one who convinced Pa to go. Uncle and Ah Boon hide Teacher...