Hiyakawa can't understand what Mikado is feeling. And for his part, while Mikado recognizes how deviant Hiyakawa is, he just can't cut ties with him.
In the middle of all this, Mikado is as good as kidnapped by Sakaki and taken to Erika in a car. Erika asks a bewildered Mikado for help with her homework, as though the situation were quite normal. As Erika works on her homework, she tells Mikado about the mysterious man who employs her and about how her powers awakened.
also save me, who had 
always wanted to be saved.
إنقاذ نفسي، التي لطالما
أرادت أن تُنقذ
Mir selbst zu helfen, der immer wollte,
dass man ihm hilft …
es como si yo mismo recibiera
la ayuda que siempre quise.
es como si yo mismo recibiera
la ayuda que siempre quise.
c’est une façon de m’aider moi-même,
et j’attends ça depuis toujours.
aiuti anche noi stessi, le persone che
abbiamo sempre voluto aiutare.
também me salvaria.
E eu sempre quis ser salvo.
то спасёшь и самого себя —
 того, кто всегда жаждал спасения.