In this chapter, we learn that the protagonist's "ideal type" is dying, and that he and his companion are so connected that they are "so connected" that they can "become sworn brothers" . The protagonist asks his companion if he can eat the kind of food that he has liver cancer, but the protagonist says no, because he has stomach cancer. He then asks the protagonist why he is in the hospital, and the protagonist tells him that he is there for "circumcision" , "turns you're circumspect, your entire family is circumcised," and "has advanced stomach cancer." The protagonist then tells the protagonist to lie down in his room, and he promises to leave him a box of gold-packaged snail noodles for filial piety in the future. After the protagonist lies down, the protagonist instructs him to follow him to the cafeteria the next day, where he will face an "outbound of aunties" and "uncles," and then to the fire exit.