Back at the hotel, ruichan tells hina that he has received a package from Natsuo. He asks her why she didn't tell him earlier, and she tells him that she doesn't like the pattern. . He tells her that he's going to get some advice from his ex-cuse, and that she should talk to the police. He also tells her about how the editorial department at shinkosha is buzzing with requests for hanamura's writing. He says that he told her to submit her writing to him, and he thinks that's what she did. He's also thinking about what he'll write for his next book, which will be a "suspense crime drama" story. He wants to talk to families of people who have been "involved in traumatic" and talk about "the psycho-logical side of things." .