Aoi breaks out of her home using everything she's learned about the digital systems controlling it. She meets Rei at the town's edge, but the boundary is not what they expect — there's a massive, invisible barrier. Rei hesitates, revealing she's always known about the boundary but never had the courage to cross it. They're interrupted by a group of enforcers from the town, who capture Rei. Aoi is left standing at the edge of the town, unsure if the barrier is real or in her mind. She makes the decision to run.