 Teru reaches the school meets Ako and Nimura, but Nimura pulls a gun on him and says he is taking Ako for himself.He holds Teru at gunpoint, and Teru opines that without fear — either by being numbed to it, or just never needing it — life is lessened.Unnerved, Nimura declares that he saw the graves where the victims of the disaster were collected, and among whom were Teru's whole family.