The next day, the Prefectural Council decides to hold a parlia on the subject of "civilian devils" in order to "bring together civilian devils." Hiroyuki and Takeshi are invited to the parlia, but Hiroyuki refuses, saying that the group will try to exclude anyone who wants to try something new. He tells Takeshi that he has been dreaming of these days, and he apologizes to him for keeping him waiting. Hiroyuki asks if everyone wants to come, and Hiroyuki replies that he doesn't usually go to parlias, but that he was "lost in thought" and ended up thinking about this. He asks if they all want to go, and they all agree that they do. He then asks if anyone wants to turn off the monitor when Hiroyuki starts to do something, and everyone agrees that it is not Hiroyuki's job to turn the monitor off. He also asks if Hiroyuki is aware of the fact that he is under police protection, and she says that she is. She tells him that she hates him, and that he looks like he is "under police protection" . She says that he looked like he did not know who to shoot, and then he looked at her and said, "Who to shoot?" . He says that this way, he will owe them. She then asks why Kikuhara is so fixated on the idea of a human devil gaining power and power as a "has ex- devil," and he says that it was because of this idea that he became so close to the chizu