In this chapter, we are introduced to a number of characters, including the protagonist, the protagonist's guardian , and the doctor of the hospital. The protagonist asks the doctor if he should go to hell. The doctor replies that he should, since the bleeding in the patient's body will not stop until he is dead. He tells the protagonist that the external wounds are not as bad as the external ones, and that if the patient is healed, they can use the shadow of akashi to heal the wounds. When the protagonist asks what the crazy power of the skate board is, the doctor tells him that it is "tom foolery." The protagonist says that he wants to be a god, but that he has no choice since the kami has died. He wants to return to the cubes in the universe, and he wants the skateboard to help him do so. He begs the doctor to take him to the labyrinth, where they can find the dead kami.