Hirokazu rises and tells Mizutani that they're not going to get rid of him. He's still in love with her, he says, and he can't bear to see her run away. He also tells her that he's going to go back to the brothel, where he'll be safe from the special police. He says that he had to deal with the police for a long time, and that he thought he'd be able to use him as a pawn to spy on his son, who's been in trouble. He asks if he was just trying to make her cry, and she says that she was trying to avoid confronting her own feelings. She tells him to stop worrying about her, because she's too busy to worry about her son. She also tells him that he should quit school for a while, and then she'll come back and tell him what's up. He tells her to be careful, because they've still got a long way to go before they can get to the airport. She says that if she doesn't stop worrying, he can just run off. She asks him to leave the school, but he says he needs to stay strong for his son. He wants to make sure that his son grows up to be a future heir to his family.