It's time for the group to go back to the mansion. They're worried that the enemy has other tricks up its sleeve, but they're confident that they'll be able to stop it. They decide to go to the old man's mansion first, since it's safer there. They also decide to stay with hiraoka, since he's still with him. Reluctantly, he agrees to stay and watch out for them. He's also worried about taro and koizumi, so he wants to make sure that they don't get caught in the crossfire. He tells them to be careful, and he'll tell the senior beast to be more careful around them, too. He also wants to know why the elder man is so cautious around other people, since they should be more cautious around him. The senior beast is all, "dude, I was out for a minute, anyone would run off and disappear by now" . The kid's like, "what's that guy doing there? That madman ran away?" , and the senior man is like, dude, that's not a good idea. He says that he can't stand, and that he doesn't want to push himself any further. He wants to just give up on the girl, and says that if he dies he has to fight "til the last" , which is kind of like saying that if you die, you have to keep fighting until the last. This is a guy's pride, he says, and it hurts his whole body to keep going. The old man says that the girl isn't his girlfriend, but the kid points out that