In this chapter, we learn that the protagonist's ideal type is dying. He is a food delivery boy who has advanced stomach cancer. He tells us that he used to be a stock trader, but that the stock market has crashed and is in trouble. He has a book by his bed called "Become a Stock God in a minute," which teaches him how to trade stocks, but he is always too engrossed in the book to actually do anything useful. The protagonist tells us how he came to be sick. He had a fever, but did not pay attention to it. Then he had liver cancer, which is very advanced stage. He wants to eat crayfish, garlic, spices, and other delicacies, but the cafeteria won't let him. He asks the protagonist to arrange for two crayfish to be delivered to the hospital, and the protagonist agrees. He then tells us when he first discovered he had stomach cancer, when he thought it was indigestion. When it was discovered that it was advanced stage, he began to vomit blood. The doctor advised him to eat more of the blood-rich foods, which he did. He also bought some blood-revitalizing foods, such as goji berries and pork liver, to help him hold the basin of blood to vomit. He praises the protagonist for encouraging him to live on, even though he knows he will die within two days.