Sensei visits Tojo Ramen and has a philosophical conversation with Tsuneyo. She turns out to be hiding a knife behind her back — there is a boring explanation for it, but she makes an attempt to be "quirky". Sensei thinks it's "actually kind of impressive" how bad she is at communicating, unless she's actually very good at acting. She says that she will get better in time, and become "more than just a mysterious noodle-woman". She also says that she isn't as sheltered as he thinks, since she overhears a lot while working in the ramen shop.