At a department store preparing dresses for the commander's welcome, Miss Becker tries to buy a showy gown to outshine Mrs. Gibson. A dispute with another customer escalates into insults and a slap when Miss Becker invokes her connection to Mr. Becker of the White Crane Sect. Shop staff threaten torture—demanding enemy hideouts and vowing to chop off hands and legs—then order a killing. Cerea is summoned to fetch Mr. Becker. As the crowd counts down to execute the woman, Mr. Becker appears, halting the assault and leaving everyone awaiting his judgment.