Advanced Studies Summary

Tiger and Bond wander through the Outer Shrine of Ise, the biggest temple of Shintoism. People are saying their prayers to the sun goddess, and Tiger instructs Bond to do the same as to not draw attention to himself. He does so, although uncomfortably, as it seems different to him.

Tiger asks Bond afterward what he saw around him. He says he saw many attractive girls that were too young for him. Tiger tells him that a day ago, he would have been singled out as a foreigner. Tiger puts Bond through a series of tests, all of which he passes. They travel to Kyoto where Tiger's training school is located. There, they watch the training commence and witness firsthand an accident. One man who was training to climb a two-hundred foot wall lost his footing. He fell into the moat...