Chapter 23

Mission 23 (: 23) is the twenty-third chapter of the SPY x FAMILY manga, written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo. It was released on March 9, 2020.

Summary
Anya Forger asks if it's true that she won't be getting a Stella Star for helping to stop the terrorists. Loid Forger confirms and tells her that they need to keep it a secret for East-West relations, so she can't tell anyone at school about it. Anya decides that since she can't get a Stella Star from the crisis, she'll instead continue with the plan of becoming friends with Damian Desmond. She plans to tell him she got a dog in hopes he'll invite her to his house so he can see whose dog is bigger. Anya enters Classroom 1067 and greets Becky Blackbell. Anya tells Becky that she got a dog, she proceeds to ask some questions about the dog before inviting Anya to a dog playdate.

Believing her plan will work, Anya dashes to the hall to find Damian. She tells him that she got a dog, to which he questions why he should care. Anya, feeling that the world is doomed because her plan failed, drops to her knees in despair. Emile Elman and Ewen Egeburg compliment him for being able to easily take her down, while Damian is confused by everyone’s reaction. Deciding to indulge her, a bashful Damian asks for her dog's name. Anya enthusiastically gets up from her knees and prepares to tell him her dog's name but then realizes she hasn’t given him one yet. She tells him the dog's name is "Dog," and Damian leaves, telling her she is unfit to own a pet.

At lunch in the cafeteria, Anya asks Becky how to name a dog. Becky tells her to just name her dog after something like a flower or food. Anya immediately comes to the name "Peanut," but Becky shoots down the idea because it doesn't fit how her dog looks. Anya imagines her dog and then comes to the name "Furry," and Becky shoots it down again and tells her to let her parents handle the name.

Anya arrives home and gets trampled by Bond Forger, who is excited to see her. Yor Forger comments that he looks happy to see Anya. Loid states that they should take Bond for a walk, and Yor mentions a dog park by the library. Anya tells Loid she wants to walk Bond, but he tells her to wait until she's older, so Bond doesn't end up walking her. Loid explains to her that a dog needs constant discipline and that she has a responsibility to care for him for his whole life.

Loid questions whether Anya has picked out a name yet, and she states she hasn't. He tells her that dogs prefer plosives like "B," "P," and "T" for their name. Yor, mishearing it as "explosives," imagines an assassin job with Bond where he only wants to use C4. When they arrive at the park, Anya enthusiastically wants to play fetch with Bond. She throws her shoe in the hopes that Bond will go after it but ends up having to retrieve it herself. She thinks maybe it's because he doesn't have a name yet, so she goes around the park asking dog owners about their dogs' names to help come up with one. While watching Anya play with Bond, Loid thinks back to his comment about having to take care of the dog for her whole life and realizes that he's not one to talk about such things. Once he completes his mission, he'll abandon the Forger Family and let WISE do everything they can for them.

Loid calls out to Anya, telling her it's time to go. Anya comes over but then realizes that her gloves are missing. Bond sniffs out the gloves and finds them in another dog’s mouth. Anya yells at the dog to give her the gloves back, but the dog just growls at her, seeing it as their ”treasure” now. Bond approaches the dog, scaring it, and it drops the gloves, allowing Bond to pick them up and return them to Anya. Anya imagines a similar scene from Spy Wars where Bondman recovers Princess Honey's stomach warmer from the League of Evil, making her realize the perfect dog name.

When they get home, Anya wraps a bowtie around Bond's neck and tells the family his name will be "Bond." The whole family, including Bond, seems to approve of the name. Anya gets out Bond's food and pours it into a bowl for him. While he eats, she sneaks in a bite of his food but realizes that it doesn't taste very good. She notices that he's fidgeting, so she takes him to his "toilet," where he uses the litter box to poop. Afterwards, the two head to the TV to watch Spy Wars. Loid yells at her, telling her to be ready to study once he's out of the bath. After finishing his bath, Yor eagerly beckons to look around the corner, to which he sees Anya and Bond curled up against each other on the floor asleep. Yor giggles and Loid decides to give her a pass from studying for the night.