[ Listening to his answer made sense. It's hard to imagine Ishida going out with someone, but he does feel that if he ended up with someone, they would be happy together. ]

I suppose I'm not too surprised to hear that. If you can talk like that, then you can make someone happy.

[ Sharing a serious conversation like this with his rival is a little embarrassing, but despite that, he has a surprising amount of trust towards him. In reality, it's because they are rivals is why he trusts him so much. ]

... Thanks, Ishida. I truly appreciate it. Honestly, this city doesn't feel safe with all the recent events that's happening. So should there be a time where I can't be there for Mio, you're the person that I trust the most to take care of her.

[ Not that anything bad is going to happen to him or anything! Nope. ]