Togusa feels sorry for laughing, but he does. "Geeez. That's the worst! Sure, I got scraped up every so often from the baseball, but nothing that bad!"

Togusa goes back and forth on whether or not he thinks the ink is a blessing or a curse. His worry for Koutarou has now shifted over to worry for Shuji for all the same reasons.

"..Do you think they're just going to leave us alone for a bit? It's not so bad here."