This chapter opens with a warning from the navy that a "danger torpedo" should not be extended. This is a reference to the flame-throwing devices that are used by the navy to destroy enemy ships. The warning also refers to the fact that this is the first time that a man has ever experienced defeat. The narrator tells us that this man has grown so strong that he assumed the name "Nike" from the "goddess of victory" . He had never experienced defeat before, and this is why he is so afraid of it. He asks the narrator to show him the true nature of the "power" that gave him this power. He tells the narrator that he will report this to Sora Takeuchi and get her to rub his head for being a good boy even if he knew that it would not mean anything to him. He says that it is already too late for him, and that he has already given everything he has to take care of Sora. He also says that he is putting aside whether or not he can kill Sora or what happened to him was a form of "karma" , a "form of karma in a way." The narrator points out that both Sora and nike are bound by "bonds tighter" than any other person. If he had not been a tool for Sora, the fragments of their old sleeping forest could have been scattered again and again, and he would have to risk his life for his companions.