In this chapter, the narrator tells us that basketball is the "most popular extracurricular activity" at his school, a public high school in the 5th district of the city. He explains that he joined the school's basketball club so that he could "attract girls of course" . He also explains that the school has a lot of students who are interested in sports and music, but he is still far behind them in his abilities. The narrator then tells us about a young man named Arjun, who is preparing to present a "spectacular show" at the school. Arjun explains that they are playing three-on-three in order to win the tournament. He says that he thinks the rules are "ridiculing three on three" because it is the chieftain they are talking to. The school has no other choice, he says, but to "find one more person."