Now that he's in high school, the narrator is forced to participate in extra-curricular activities at his school. He decides to join the school's "magic club" , which is supposed to be a fun activity for the students to do together. The narrator decides to check out the club's new member, a girl who has just vomited. The girl is so cute that the narrator decides he'll go home early and play a little game with her. He's going to find out what's wrong with her, and then he can tell that she's really sick. He tells her to chill out while he gets ready to perform his magic trick. First, he introduces his "trusted partner" . She's a liar, and he needs a thousand yen from the audience to pay for it. First off, he tells her that the girl is a "brazen liar" and that he needs to cut the girl's bill in half . Then he shows her the rope trick, which she does with great skill. She keeps getting tighter and tighter, and the narrator realizes that this is actually more impressive than he thought it would be.