Time. 17 is the day before kun's 30th birthday. Aoba tells everyone that he's going to tell his friends about it in private. He's worried that if he doesn't tell everyone about it, they'll think it's a big secret. He tells everyone to be patient with him because he'll tell them the truth one day. He says that he can't stop playing basketball because his body just locks him into it. They'll fix the problem, he says, but they're not going to be able to have a star player like him play basketball because of his body. They need to have someone like him playing with them all the time.