Mission 27 (
Summary[]
While the Eden Academy students head home after completing their midterm exams, two professors and a guard wheel the midterms down the hall to the vault in two boxes. They chat about how it seems the students had performed poorly before locking the tests in the vault. Up on the roof, Loid believes that Anya has failed her exams. He decides to infiltrate Eden under the disguise of Physics professor, Mr. Viehmann, to alter her test answers to get a passing score. However, Loid is not the only one trying to get into Eden Academy's vault, as a spy by the name of "Daybreak," a self-proclaimed rival of Twilight's, is also on the school grounds. He was hired for this job as his first real mission and shows a lack of concern when carrying it out.
Daybreak hides from security guards
Daybreak moves towards North Hall, where the vault is, but almost gets caught by some security guards. However, he hides by holding himself horizontally high off the ground on a signpost. The two guards leave, and Daybreak continues onto the building but finds that the door is locked. Instead of trying to pick the lock like Twilight was planning to do, Daybreak blatantly breaks a window on the door and unlocks it from the inside, making Twilight wonder if he is a burglar instead. Twilight then plants a soccer ball by the door to make it look like an accident caused by the soccer team.
Loid gives Daybreak a fake I.D.
Daybreak heads into the building but finds out that the vault is guarded by a security guard. Daybreak tries to pretend to be an Information Sciences professor, but he has no I.D. prepared to prove his identity. Loid swoops in to save Daybreak and gives him the fake I.D. of Mr. Brown, an Information Sciences professor. Daybreak happily seizes this opportunity and, lying that he is really a new teacher, takes the document. In this short moment, Loid pays attention to the unlucky spy's outstretched hand and is shocked to discover that this self-taught enough to write the details about his mission.
Loid remembers the Desmond brothers
After handing the security guard both of their fake I.D.s, they gain access to the vault and head in. Daybreak cheerfully thanks a new acquaintance, while Loid, completely disappointed in Daybreak's intelligence, remains silent throughout their way. Remembering the notes he read on Daybreak's hand, Twilight identifies among them the two student registration numbers that belong to the Desmond brothers. As Daybreak tries to enter the vault, Loid begins to suspect the identity of his client. Unaware of his new acquaintance's thoughts, Daybreak, having miswritten the vault passcode, gives up trying to get into the vault on his own. He pretends to need to go to the bathroom and lets "Mr. Viehmann" enter the passcode in his stead. Loid dejectedly assumes that they built Operation Strix around a man who was sloppy enough to hire someone like Daybreak.
Daybreak attacks Loid
When Loid enters the passcode, Daybreak immediately knocks him to the ground. Believing that Loid is unconscious, Daybreak heads over to the box with the midterms inside. He struggles a bit with the locks at first but eventually gets inside. After that, he alters Damian and Demetrius's test scores and then decides that he wants to gain exposure by signing his name on the tests. Loid, surprised by this, jumps up, shouting about how spies are supposed to not leave a trace. Loid, realizing he had revealed his consciousness, tries to cover it up by saying he saw nothing. However, Daybreak, wanting to gain exposure, insists that Loid tell everyone about him without telling anyone about what he did.
Daybreak proceeds to roll out of the vault, and Loid checks the brothers' tests. He sees that Daybreak changed their answers to give them failing scores and realizes that his client could be one of Donovan's business or political rivals. Knowing that he needs their success for his mission, Loid reverts the brothers' test answers back to the way they were and comes to the conclusion that both of the Desmonds are exceptional students, but the older one especially distinguished himself because he got only one question wrong. Remembering the stark contrast with this boy, Loid decides to check out Anya's tests and is surprised by what he sees.
Damian proud of his results
Five days later, the midterm scores are posted in the Quad. Damian, Ewen, and Emile look for his placement and find that he got 11th in the class. Not only that, but Damian also placed in the top 2 for History with a score of 94, earning him a Stella Star. Becky finds herself next at 46th place and then looks for where Anya placed. However, having read Loid's mind, Anya already knows that she did not fail despite not doing very well on the tests. Becky ends up finding Anya placed at 213th out of 228 students. Damian, trying not to laugh, consoles her by stating she did not fail in any of the subjects before leaving, however, he and his gang leave in shock, seeing that Anya is completely satisfied with her results.
Daybreak gets a call
At her home, Anya is amazed that Loid does not consider her results to be a reason to be proud, deciding that he will need to be stricter about her final exams. He also thinks Anya's results are impressive by her standards, which makes the girl very happy. However, her grin quickly disappears when Loid promises her tonight's study session. Meanwhile, Daybreak gets a call saying that he failed his mission, and he ends up getting fired.
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Trivia[]
- Damian's older brother, Demetrius, appears in Loid's imagination thus partially showing off his physical appearance for the first time.
- Damian is 11th in the class and one of the top two in History with a score of 94. He also earns his first Stella Star.
- Becky is 46th in the class.
- Anya is 213th in the class.
- Daybreak is in some way based on Katsutoshi Imai from Hiroyuki Nishimori's Kyō Kara Ore Wa!!.[2]
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