 Believing neither of them can escape in time given their wounds, Ryuji and Kiryu have a final battle, with Kiryu emerging victorious as Ryuji acknowledges Kiryu's strength and dies in his half-sister's arms.The bomb is revealed to be a fake, set up by Terada as a distraction for Takashima in case he turned traitor, with the bomb's fuse never having been in it in the first place, and Kiryu and Sayama become a couple, returning to Osaka with Haruka.