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.
Why is it like you were never 
here in the first place?
لمَ أصبحت كأنّك لم
تكن موجوداً في المقام الأوّل؟
Warum kommt es mir jetzt so vor,
als wärst du niemals da gewesen?
¿Por qué haces como si nunca
hubieras estado aquí?
¿Por qué haces como si nunca
hubieras estado aquí?
Pourquoi j’ai l’impression
que non ?
E allora perché inizia a sembrare come se tu 
non ci fossi mai stato sin dall'inizio?!
Por que parece que nunca esteve?
Почему мне кажется,
будто тебя никогда здесь не было?