Chapters 5-8 Summary

Chapter 5 jumps ahead in the narrative to a resumption in the play of the game after the Master is hospitalized for a heart condition. He has proposed changes to the agreed rules of the match because of his health, but Otake is opposed to making changes, saying he will forfeit instead. The mood is tense, and Uragami and the Master's wife take him to an inn at the sea to relax between sessions. The Master seems to be in his own world and barely acknowledges his surroundings. The next day, Uragami takes Otake to the same place.

Chapter 6 returns to the time just after the death of the Master. Uragami has offered to take photographs of the Master's face in death for his widow. He is not confident of his photography skills or his camera, and takes great care.

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