The chapter opens with a flashback to a conversation between the protagonist and the protagonist's wife. The protagonist tells his wife that he wants to be a captain of the school's volley ball team, but the coach has told him that he can't do so if he doesn't get new members. He says that if he had gone to practice instead of becoming a phantom member, he would have made the team. The coach tells him that the only chance for the club is the "club orientation," in which the captain tries to convince the other members that he is the true leader of the club. The captain tells the protagonist that the club's only chance is for him to become a member of the soccer team, in which he will be disguised as the protagonist. The conversation continues, with the protagonist saying that he's going to join the swim team, where he'll be able to lose weight.