Chapter 58

Part 1 opens with Bond latching onto Franky's padded arm at the park, where Loid is drilling the dog on subduing targets without killing them. Bond lets go too soon and earns a scolding; Loid judges him too gentle for attack work and pivots to scent detection, but the plan visibly deflates the dog. Franky guesses the drills are dredging up Bond's traumatic Project Apple days and urges Loid to make training enjoyable before heading off. Loid opts for a simple walk instead.

On the street, Bond's precognition kicks in. He foresees a boy's ice cream hitting the pavement and intervenes, only to cause the very spill he predicted, forcing Loid to buy the crying child a triple scoop. A second vision shows an old man about to be clipped by a bicycle; Bond drags him clear by the coat and gets yelled at by both the man and Loid for biting strangers. Chastened, and picturing an angry Loid returning him to the pound, Bond ignores the next vision that comes.

Then a darker image arrives: an apartment in flames and a woman screaming for someone named Daisy. Bond tracks the building by smell, barks down Loid's resistance, and upon arriving at the fire chews through his leash and plunges inside, Loid right behind him. Loid kicks away burning debris about to crush the dog and discovers Bond has already scooped up a stranded pug wearing a collar tagged 'Daisy.' A collapse of flaming rubble then seals their exit, and Bond starts to panic.

In Part 2, Loid plots a route to the north fire escape, but Bond nudges him back an instant before the floor ahead gives way. Crediting the dog's nose rather than any foresight, Loid improvises an air supply from a plastic bag, stows Daisy in a backpack, and leaps with Bond from a second-floor window. Once safe, they douse Bond's smoldering fur with water, revealing a comically skinny frame beneath, and Loid struggles not to laugh. Bond suddenly catches a scent and bolts. Around a corner, a man in black is savoring the spectacle of the fire and Miss Bennett's despair. Bond clamps onto his leg, and when the panicking man pulls a knife, accelerants and incendiary devices spill from his bag. Recognizing the serial arsonist plaguing the district, Loid pins and binds him for the police. While Miss Bennett tearfully reunites with Daisy, Loid slips away from the attention, praises Bond, apologizes for the harsh training, and reminds him that his family would worry if he got hurt. Bond nuzzles him affectionately as Loid plans a dog park trip for the next day.

Bond's training stalls. His gentle temperament rules out attack work, and Franky identifies the Project Apple trauma souring the sessions.

Foresight misfires, then saves lives. Two botched interventions teach Bond to hesitate, but his vision of the fire leads him and Loid to rescue the pug Daisy from a burning building.

The floor collapse near-miss. Bond's warning spares Loid from falling through, though Loid attributes the save to canine smell rather than precognition.

The arsonist is caught. Bond sniffs out the firebug admiring his own handiwork, and Loid trusses him up for the authorities.

Loid softens. He tells Bond to look after himself for the family's sake, marking real warmth beneath the mission-first exterior.

Mission 58 was published in two installments, Part 1 on December 27, 2021 at 18 pages and Part 2 on January 10, 2022 at 17 pages; the Volume 9 printing merges them into a single chapter, the first in the series to be split this way. It opens the Loid's Past Arc and was adapted in Episode 37 of the anime. Loid and Bond front both part covers, with Daisy joining them on Part 2.

Tatsuya Endo shared a draft version of the chapter on his Twitter account around the release.