December 31st. Nakata, the dorm manager, was spending a lonely New Year's Eve after being unilaterally served with divorce papers at the end of the year. All the students living in the dorm had gone back to their hometowns, leaving him alone. It was a very lonely end of the year. He somehow managed to keep his shoulders hunched over as he did the annual end-of-year cleaning when he heard a noise from the entrance. He went to investigate and found Aisai looking a little dejected. A plane ticket...