Chapter 67

Mission 67 (: 67) is the sixty-seventh chapter of the SPY x FAMILY manga, written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo. It was released in two parts, the first of which was released on August 22, 2022 and the second was released on September 5, 2022.

Part 1
Anya confronts Damian, demanding the cake she believes she was promised. Damian says he never promised her anything, then yells at her for demanding anything after she spilled noodles on him yesterday. Damian wonders if Anya has an ulterior motive but is relieved that she only wants cake instead of asking to meet his father. Hearing his thoughts, Anya then tells Damian that she wants to go to his house with her family. While Damian gets flustered, Becky tells Anya she is being too aggressive, and Ewen says the idea of her family interacting with the Desmonds is laughable. In response, Anya says that Yor has become friends with Melinda.

The kids are shocked to hear this, and Damian demands to know if his mother said anything about him. He thinks that if she learns about any of his dark preschool-era secrets, he is done for. He then thinks about said secrets, from wetting the bed to not sleeping without his favorite plush toy. Anya sees his thoughts and gets amused. She assures Damian that Melinda did not say much about him, and he becomes stoic. Damian turns around in a huff and says Anya's family is no different from the rest, a bunch of flies buzzing around the Desmond name. Anya gets irritated and says she and her family are serious, referring to the mission, but Damian and Becky interpret it as romantically.

At Berlint General Hospital, Loid gets swarmed by affection from the staff and patients. While Loid appears humble about the situation, he thinks about how his efforts to reinforce his cover identity and grow his networks of contacts have been going well. Watching from a corner, Fiona thinks about how perfect Twilight is. She then notices a man watching Loid from a doorway while gritting his teeth. Loid calls Fiona to discuss his new plan: to interact with any patients connected to Melinda. He explains to Fiona that Yor managed to join Melinda’s social circle and how he wants to extract any information from them. Fiona proposes to be his wife to help, but Loid denies her as he needs her for a support role, which disappoints her. Fiona says some patients may be connected to Melinda but believes they will not let Loid see them. Loid assumes it is because of his lack of reputation, but Fiona corrects that their director will not assign him any patients out of personal spite.

Loid is confused, so Fiona explains that the director, Gerald Gorey, looks at Loid with envy, which deepens the more his reputation rises. Gerald built his position through careful networking and values status and reputation. Because of this, he has grown jealous of Loid's rising popularity in the hospital. Loid is aware of this and has taken great pains to get on Gerald's good side. Fiona says all exams for VIP patients are personally assigned by Gerald, meaning Loid will have to deal with him sooner or later. While Fiona exits the office and thinks about how long Twilight spoke to her, Gerald watches from a corner. Believing that Loid is going after Fiona, whom he has feelings for, he vows to make Loid a pariah in the hospital.

Loid arrives half an hour late to a meeting, no thanks to Gerald tampering with his schedule. Aware of Gerald's ploy, Loid plays along and hopes Gerald is satisfied. Gerald imagines the staff looking down on Loid now, but they say he must have been overworking and say it is okay if he took a day off. Gerald is shocked, saying that someone called him a lazy fat cat when he was one minute late. Gerald concocts a new plan by giving Loid coffee filled with powerful laxatives. Loid accepts the drink, planning on making an antidote to lessen its effects. Afterward, Loid's stomach grumbles, and he excuses himself to the bathroom. Loid's young patient sees this and says that seeing him fighting his stomach pains has given him the will to fight. Watching from a corner, Gerald trembles in anger since he thought the patients would be disgusted with Loid. Loid then walks around with toilet paper hanging from his pants, and to Gerald's shock, the staff sees this as a new side of Loid that they seem to like.

Gerald then writes a poorly written letter pretending to be Loid and asks for a meetup with Fiona. He hopes it will get Loid in trouble for infidelity and help him get closer to Fiona. To his surprise, Fiona crumples up the obvious forgery and talks with Loid afterward. She suggests getting rid of Gerald, but Loid says they will keep putting up with him. Frustrated, Gerald makes his last resort move, calling the State Security Service and reporting Loid as a spy.

Part 2
Two men arrive at the hospital and meet with Gerald to confirm the report. Gerald realizes they are from the SSS and shows them Loid, the suspect. He lies that he saw him rummaging through the records room at night and heard rumors of him associating with shady characters. Gerald then takes the officers to Loid's desk, where he planted fake evidence for them to find. The officers look through the file and see all sorts of classified files. They then decide to arrest Loid when he is alone and put him in cuffs. Loid is shocked by this while Gerald gleefully watches from a corner. Loid whispers to the officer who cuffed him, revealed to be Franky, asking him what he is doing as putting him in handcuffs was not part of their plan. An amused Franky says he wanted to see the look on his face and wants to have fun after being asked to intercept Gerald's report and play a part in Twilight's ruse. The second officer, who is Fiona, reminds them that Gerald is watching them, so they continue their little act.

Franky shows Loid the false evidence while Fiona pulls Gerald from his spot and reveals him as Loid's accuser. Gerald frantically says that he assumed Loid's rising popularity was a spy technique, which Franky confirms in his thoughts. Loid explains that, as the new hire, he was just working hard to fit in. Looking at the files, Loid points out that they were typed on a different typewriter than his. Franky says it has the font of an old typewriter, and everyone pinpoints it back to Gerald, the only one in the hospital with that kind of typewriter.

The situation quickly turns on Gerald, who tries to deny that he framed Loid, but Franky pulls out a fake gun and demands his name. After telling them his name, Fiona says Gerald is on the hospital's surveillance list. Franky then proceeds to cite all Gerald's misdeeds, provided by guesses from Fiona and intel from Loid. Fiona decides that the one they should be taking in instead is Gerald, who cries out for her when he gets handcuffed. Before Gerald can be taken away, Loid stops the faux officers. He says Gerald would never sell out his country, is more popular than him, and is a great team leader. With fake tears, Loid says Gerald is the hospital's greatest treasure and asks to be arrested in his place. Gerald is touched by this act, while Franky decides to let them go.

Gerald is brought to tears and is forever grateful to Loid, who offers to help lighten his load with things like the VIP exams. Outside, Fiona and Franky decide not to change out of their costumes, Fiona because Twilight made her the costume, and Franky because he likes how cool he looks. Loid returns home and, with Gerald dealt with, wonders if Plan C can finally get moving. Fearing she will fall behind, Anya begins to anguish over the meaning of "friendship."