Ash, Max, Ibe, and Abraham are taken back to New York by Golzine's men, and imprisoned in his mansion. To demonstrate the effects of Banana Fish for representatives from the United States government, Shorter is injected with the drug by Abraham, and ordered to kill Eiji. Shorter attacks Eiji in a frenzy, though in a moment of lucidity, he is able to beg Ash to kill him. Ash is given a gun with one bullet by Arthur, which he uses to shoot and kill Shorter.