Mission 84 (
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Winston escapes from WISE agents
Surrounded by WISE agents, Winston answers Fiona's demand to surrender the stolen files. As an agent approaches him to tie him up, he offers the Westalis agents to take his bag and let him go. Fiona, knowing the files are not on the bag, orders the agent to check him completely, finding the files in his jacket. After obtaining the files, Fiona refuses to release Winston, aware that he has memorized their contents. However, in that instant, he jumps up, moves his arms back in front, and uses his binds to put the agent in a chokehold, taking him hostage.
Winston tells Fiona to drop the gun and threatens to kill the agent, but Fiona responds that they were all prepared to die when they came to Ostania. As the Agent disguised as Gascoigne arrives on the scene, Winston throws the hostage at Fiona, takes his knife to free himself, then escapes by jumping down the fence to the level below and into a nearby sewage pipe. Fiona chases after Winston. Thinking of Loid and remembering the words she told Winston earlier, Fiona tells herself she is ready to give up her life for this mission. She imagines herself dying in Loid's arms in a noble sacrifice but quickly throws that idea away after imagining him being consoled by Yor, and concludes that she must live on if she wants to be with Loid.
Fiona finds an unconscious Twilight
Meanwhile, in the sewers, an exhausted Loid (still disguised as Yuri Briar) makes haste to a safe zone. He then hears the approaching footsteps of someone being pursued. The noise suddenly stops, and to Loid's surprise, Winston emerges from behind, launching an attack. Not being in the best condition to fight, Loid attempts to deceive Winston by maintaining his guise as Yuri, but Winston sees through the facade after hearing Loid's similar footsteps earlier. After realizing he has encountered Twilight, Winston decides to unmask him, leading to a fierce confrontation between the two.
Hearing the struggle, Fiona rushes towards the fight and is astonished to find Winston with a beaten and unconscious "Yuri Briar." Fiona refuses to believe this is Twilight, but Winston's taunts make her realize it is him. Before Winston can remove Loid's mask, Fiona, overcome with complete rage, stops him with an intimidating stamp of her foot.
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Trivia[]
- Loid and Winston meet for the first time since they worked together as WISE agents.
- On the bottom-right panel of page 8, Fiona's ponytail is not colored black. This is corrected in Volume 12.
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