The narrator explains that he knows who hired the hitmen, and he knows that they destroyed the evidence that would have allowed them to contact the fugitives. He says that he is willing to do whatever he can to help, even if it means risking his own life. He tells the narrator that bonds are "a mix of love, hate, and entanglement" and that some people know how to "untie them." He says, "some are capane . . as incredible as Heaven's will." The narrator says that even if he were like the narrator, he would not be able to give up. He wants to spend his birthday with her, but their bonds are tied. He asks her to pretend to help him with his parents' case, but she says that she can do whatever she wants to him.