Shimada has a dream of reuniting with his girlfriend and family in his hometown, though this fantasy shows that he never became a professional shogi player. On the second day of the fourth title match, Rei continues to worry that Shimada will incur four consecutive losses before reaching Yamagata. Harunobu is informed by Rei that Shimada did not want to trouble Harunobu since he would make a big fuss over Shimada's health...