In this chapter, we learn that the victim of the stabbing has survived, and that the suspect is still on the loose. The narrator is overcome with emotion at the news of his brother's death. He tells us that if he were a better brother, he would not have been so cruel to his sister. He says that his mother was right to strike him, and he tells her not to be so harsh. He also tells her that he has been selected to participate in a program that will allow him to "experience power beyond his imagination" . This program will give him the ability to "have all the power he wants ! . . join the game ! and have all power you want." The narrator, however, is not so sure about the program. He assumes that it is an app, but he realizes that the voice on the other end of the phone is that of the class president, who he does not like at all. He wonders why he can still hear her voice after he has hung up, and wonders if she is talking to him. He asks her to return his comic book, which he lent her, and she says that she will try another one. She tells him that her phone was busy when she was with someone and that he may have some clues if he calls her number.