The narrator tells us that he's been drifting along in the hot sun. He's hungry, and his heart is broken. He asks if he can go out in the ocean on the little boat that's floating in the water. The narrator says that he doesn't know where he lives, but it's two hours away. He says that his broken heart has brought him all the way to this point, and he thinks that this will be his last chance to get into the Todai Academy. He tells the narrator that if he dies here, he won't be able to apply for Todai again. He also says that if they don't get out of the situation, they'll have nothing to eat for the rest of their lives. He wants to know if they're going to apply again next year, and the narrator says he'll do so. He then asks if there's anything he can do to make up for the fact that they've already failed three times. He adds that he just wants to forget about his empty stomach. Oh, sorry. They're in trouble, he says, because he dropped his wallet on the beach. They need to get water, he asks, because two girls have invited him to join them for a swim. He can't go in his underpants right now, so he asks the girls to join him. The girls are wearing swimsuits, and they seem to be having a lot of fun. They invite him in, but he'd rather not go in underpants. He goes in to ask for water, but the girls refuse to let him go in their underpants, and then he asks if they know what's going on between him and the girls. They tell him that they know, but that he shouldn't