This chapter opens with a flashback to the night before, when Hirokazu was at the gym with his friend, Kitagawa. The two men had been practicing together at night, and even though they were naked, they had touched each other's arms. As they were about to go to sleep, the two men saw each other, and the men began to laugh at the sight of the two of them together. As the scene opens, the scene is set in the middle of the night, during which the men are practicing their martial arts.