Thank you for the translation, but if this seriously gets yet another ongoing plot-point without resolving any of the other ones, then I think I'm going to have to drop this series for a while to see if any progress actually gets made.
Everyone's loving Ayaka but I get the feeling that in real life she would end up in jail pretty fast.
You can love Ayaka, but don't be like Ayaka ;)
This idea that your love will win through sheer willpower is very toxic, because 99% of the time the thing that prevents your love from happening...
And this is 100% why I don't believe there is a possible way for there to be a function romantic relationship between Hiroko and Ayaka.
At this point they should NOT be a couple.