Upon recovering from his headache, Polgas decides to explore Mount Arayat. He first calls the Thunderdog and instructs the computerized Porsche 959 to synthesize an antidote for counteracting the effects of the magic mushrooms. As he went on his way, he became aware of three persons who were following him. Deploying Gary, his fleabot, Polgas intentionally falls into their trap in order to maintain his cover as an innocent hiker. It turns out that the three guys who set the trap were out to catch the werewolf for the bounty. Polgas escapes and climbs a tree to evade the werewolf bounty hunters. Polgas decides that in order to locate the mushroom farm, he had to go towards the south-south east side of the mountain where there was little sunlight and a plentiful source of compost and fertilizer.