Alicia proves to be more skilled than expected and knocks Mizarisa unconscious. Remembering he is supposed to defeat Alicia without fighting, Hiro gropes her breasts, but due to the realism, she reacts like a real woman and grows angrier. Martin's ghost appears to assist Alicia in killing him so Hiro blurts out a love confession. As his childhood friend, Alicia reveals she is conflicted and runs away. Hiro realizes Alicia is unaware she is a game character and actually believes he is her beloved childhood friend, and while Martin's death was an accident, he ran like a coward rather than grieve with her...