Back in Togashi-ri, Aoyama tells his friend that he's the one who's going to be the best player in the world. He's not afraid of death, he says, and they're going to go back to school together and play in the same college. They're both going to get scouted by the pros, and someday, they'll join "real madrid" and start playing in the real world. They don't need to worry about their friends dying, they just need to keep pushing forward. They can't stop pushing forward, because they've got ten more years of their life ahead of them. One last time, they can say, "this is the last time I'm going to die" . They grab each other's hands and run away from the monster in the labyrinth. The monster is a shoot-ing star, and it's their savior.