Recaps

News reports blamed Park Gukchang for Silver Peak Biotechnology’s destruction and announced the collapse of its empire, while people harmed by the consortium learned they were finally free of it. The chapter ended with Polaris turning her thoughts toward Stryker and the agency’s allies preparing to welcome Director Zhou and his team home.

• The news reported that Silver Peak’s research bases had been destroyed, its assets frozen, and its subsidiaries had lost over 235 billion dollars in market value; Sing Sing objected when Park Gukchang was named as the criminal leader.
• Marcus told Leo that Silver Peak had been wiped out, and the two celebrated that nobody could lock bomb collars on them again.
• Riptide told Anton that Silver Peak was gone and invited him to climb the Great Wall, while Anton worried about what would happen next.
• Soft Serve Amy told Polaris that Director Zhou and his team had destroyed Silver Peak’s underground nerve center, and Polaris thought that only Stryker remained before heading to the cafeteria with Amy.
• Lao Mo and Sand Rat Miguel celebrated Silver Peak’s downfall, while Geggebu and Baobao planned to catch free-range chickens to make Director Zhou and his team a nourishing meal.

Sing Sing dressed himself as a battle-worn grandmaster for Snowbird’s call, only to be startled by Sasquatch, who described Alpha Flight’s deadly assault on Silver Peak’s Calgary bunker. Snowbird appeared on the call, and Sing Sing asked whether anyone had been captured and whether Logan and Silver Fox had joined her.

• Sing Sing put on a red robe and aviator sunglasses and answered Snowbird’s video call, but Sasquatch’s face filled the screen and startled him.
• Sasquatch told Sing Sing that Alpha Flight had fought three hunter mechs, laser-cannon corridors, and twenty-three Weapon X berserk subjects in Silver Peak’s Calgary bunker.
• Sasquatch said Snowbird had frozen the tunnel to save James and the team from being overwhelmed.
• Snowbird took the phone and spoke with Sing Sing, who asked if Alpha Flight had captured anyone alive and whether Logan and Silver Fox had met up with her.

Snowbird and Silver Fox reported that Alpha Flight and Logan had intercepted Silver Peak’s fleeing convoy and recovered vital data after the supervisor killed himself. With Calgary quarantined and Silver Peak’s network dismantled, Snowbird thanked Sing Sing and agreed to visit Beijing.

• Snowbird showed Sing Sing that Logan and Silver Fox had helped her team, and Silver Fox explained that they had intercepted three armored vehicles fleeing Calgary.
• Logan described tearing open one vehicle, while Sasquatch said the bald supervisor had bitten through a poison capsule and died before they could question him.
• Snowbird froze the case’s electronic lock to stop its self-destruct device, preserving three hard drives, and the team copied forty percent of the server’s outgoing data for the 749 Bureau.
• Sing Sing praised Daken’s border work and teased Logan about his son’s growing commitment to the 749 Bureau.
• Snowbird told Sing Sing that Calgary’s quarantine and cleanup would take months, thanked the 749 Bureau for its cooperation, and agreed to visit Beijing.

On his first day of paid leave, Sing Sing enjoyed his courtyard until Saeko Busujima arrived to check his injuries and tried to examine him. Their struggle was interrupted by Polaris, who entered the courtyard in a fury and aimed floating tools at Sing Sing.

• Sing Sing relaxed in his courtyard, celebrating his injury benefits and paid leave.
• Saeko Busujima arrived with food and explained that A Le had arranged her bureau pass.
• Saeko Busujima insisted on inspecting Sing Sing's injuries, and he tried to stop her from removing his bathrobe.
• Sing Sing and Saeko Busujima grappled in the rocking chair, disturbing objects with his alarmed reaction.
• Polaris entered with food and ginseng, glared at them, and directed a floating spade and watering can at Sing Sing.

Sing Sing tried to explain Saeko Busujima’s presence to Lorna, but the two women’s argument escalated into a clash of magnetic power and sword intent. As they prepared to fight in his courtyard, Sing Sing faked a sudden collapse to stop them.

• Sing Sing dodged Saeko Busujima’s hand and secured his bathrobe before greeting Lorna, who had returned to Beijing and thrown a shovel past his head.
• Lorna accused Sing Sing and Saeko of disguising an intimate encounter as official work, while Saeko defended her care for her master and challenged Lorna’s manners.
• Lorna listed her scientific credentials and accused Saeko of using foreign gifts to corrupt Sing Sing, prompting Saeko to take up her wooden sword.
• Lorna unleashed an electromagnetic storm as Saeko’s sword intent filled the courtyard, threatening to destroy Sing Sing’s home.
• Sing Sing secretly struck his own acupoints, sprayed blood from his mouth, and collapsed while crying that he could not go on.