In the meantime, Hiroshi has been working as a disguiser for the old man. He's worried that he's been edged out of Hiroshi's job by someone who knows him better than he does. Hiroshi tells us that he has a shrine made for him by Hiyori, which Hiroshi would have taken away if his father had known about it. He wonders if something has happened to Hiroshi and wonders if it's just a matter of time before he kills him. He also wonders if the shrine has rubbed Hiroshi the wrong way, and he wonders if there's something wrong with Hiroshi himself. He asks Hiroshi if he can give him his real phone number, and Hiroshi replies that he can't give him a real one because he doesn't want to be associated with people who don't look like him. When Hiroshi asks if he has been stung, he says that he hasn't, and that he wants to go fishing instead. He tells Hiroshi that he never liked the shinki, but that they all look alike, and they all want to kill Hiroshi. He says that his client's mother watched the whole thing from the window of the second story, and if Hiroshi can get back soon, she'll kill him.