I thought it was already a thing that he already asked for help but...Yeah I guess we need to signify that he he's been doing this all alone and rarely asks for help. And now I guess he should be asking for help cause he has people on his side now.
It seems that Mizusawa both called the police and the Hobo after them at the same time. it makes sense how they appeared there. Its wierd tho that the Hobo does not look any different than his future counterpart.
Other than that they seem suspiciously naive about the incident. Like knowing about the other hooded guy, they could again suspect our MC here to be working with Noda here. Especially knowing he went to talk to Noda alone and that Noda got bodied and a forest fire happened. from the outside, its hard to think our MC here is the Victim. But I guess friends that he has here have unwavering faith. Guess they are immune to being fooled twice.