Number 6 is approached by another Village resident who tells him there is going to be an assassination. Number 6 is having nothing to do with it, believing it is just another of Number 2's schemes. A computer analysis of Number 6's activities gives Number 2 enough information to set up his next attempt to recruit 6 into his latest scheme. As planned, Number 6 is drawn into a plan to assassinate Number 2. The question becomes which Number 2, the retiring one or the incoming one, is to be the target at the ceremony.
—garykmcd