With Kato now dead, Hajime analyses the clues and returns to the church where the very much alive Shiina is preparing to burn down the building. Hajime explains how Shiina faked his hanging, and that he feels guilty for betraying his friend Ebisawa. He feared that if he did not participate in the bullying, Morimura and Shiina would have bullied him instead. He prepares to commit suicide, but Yuri convinces him to stay alive and rejoin his best friend Ebisawa when he eventually recovers.