In her room, Claire was currently sleeping peacefully after a long day slaying Aragami and doing after mission reports for all the recent missions. It had been a few days since they found Shio and had been tasked to find materials for custom clothes for Shio so she doesn't try to escape again by busting through the wall. She'd hoped all her hard work paid off, but all she had to do was wait and see. Claire slowly opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling for a few seconds before getting up. Getting out of her sleepwear and into her usual clothes. She reached up and touched the bandage on her cheek, she grabbed the corner of it before ripping it off with a slight sting from the bandage and she lightly touched the area and felt a slight indent. "I should have a mirror somewhere," Claire said as she started to dig around her room looking for a hand mirror and eventually she found one what she was looking for and she looked at her reflection to see a small scar on her cheek. "Oh, it must have been from that Aragami." She dropped the mirror on her bed as she heard knocking coming from her door. "I wonder who that could be?" Claire walked over to the door to see who it was and she pushed the button to open the door only to see an irritated Alisa.

"Where were you?"

"I was just resting. Why? Did I miss something?"

"Yes, you have! Licca finished Shio's clothing hours ago!"

"Really? How did it look? Did Shio like it?"

"It was really cute. She seemed to like it too."

"Oh? I'm glad my efforts to get the materials were successful! I didn't think Licca would be good at making clothes. I guess she's good at anything related to Aragami."

"Ah, when did you get that?" Alisa said.

"Get what?"

"This..." Alisa reached up and touched the scar on her cheek.

"Oh, that. It must have been during our... mission. An Aragami tried to sneak attack me as I was rushing to help Sakuya."

"Try to be a little more careful next time."

"I will." Before they could continue, a beeping came from Claire's terminal. "Hang on a sec. You can come in if you like." Claire said.

"I got to go now." Claire nodded as she made her way over to the terminal and wondered what it could be. She hit a few buttons to see that is was a call from the operator and answered it quickly since it was probably important.

"Claire? I'm sorry to bother you while you were resting, but the Director has arrived and wishes to see you."

"Okay, Hibari. I'll make my way over there."

Once Claire had arrived at the Director's office, she found him staring at a painting of a shipwreck. She decided to speak up and let him know she was here. "You wished to see me, Director?"

"Ah, yes. I've been hearing much of your accomplishments whilst I travelled through Europe."

"I didn't think I did anything special."

"I am proud to see that you have been living up to my expectations. As Director of the Far East Branch, I extend my gracious thanks. I hope you forgive my lack of formality, but I'm pressed for time, so I'll get right to it. I summoned you here to continue our conversation from before I left. Concerning special missions and tasks. These operations will be varied in nature, their objectives will run the gamut, but they will share one rule. They are to be performed under my direct supervision. You will report to no one but me."

"He's trusting me to go on such missions? I wonder why I only report to him? I better not speak about this to anyone?" Claire thought.

"Needless to say, this applies to any material and rewards you may receive during the mission as well. Every one of these missions operates under a strict standard of confidentiality. Due to their sensitive nature, they will be performed most often alone. Only rarely will you require a team."

"By myself? These missions are going to be harder than the standard mission. I hope I can make it through them."

"In return for your service, I'll gladly provide you with an approximate monetary value of the rare items that you collect and return. I know you. You are a strong and resourceful God Eater, strong enough to accomplish anything you intend to. I would not trust you otherwise. Each mission I ask is a direct mark of my faith. Lindow... he served me well in the same capacity. He was an extraordinary warrior and a good man. Losing him was a devastating blow, not just his allies, but to me as well. But I was fortunate to find you. A God Eater with the potential to be as strong, perhaps stronger, than he."

"Stronger than Lindow?" Claire repeated.

"Yes, I believe you'll accomplish that. I will depend on your assistance and your discretion. Thank you." The Director concluded his meeting and went to his desk while Claire turned to leave. As she left the Director's office, she noticed Soma leaning against the wall.

"Soma?"

"So... He finally summoned you too."

"What do you mean? Oh, wait-" Claire wondered what he meant, but she was interrupted by Soma.

"I'll only say this once. Don't trust him. He pulls string you can't even imagine."

"What do you mean by that?" Before Claire could question him, he stood up and left the hallway. "Why shouldn't I trust the Director? I don't get it..." Claire arrived at the lobby and she looked around the somewhat active lobby before she went over to Hibari's workplace.

"Claire... I see that you're approved for the special missions. The Director already issued one to you. Just... be careful. Okay?"

"I will," Claire said reassuringly. "Now... what do we have here? An Ouroboros? And it's by myself? This is going to be tough." Claire decided to prepare as much as she could before heading out on this mission so she acquired the appropriate items before heading down to the God Arc storage bay. Once she went in the elevator and hit the button where the God Arc storage by is located. Once the elevator stopped she travelled down the long hallway until she bumped into Alisa.

"Claire? Where are you off to?"

"I'm... off to a mission."

"What sort of mission?"

"Just a standard Aragami extermination mission." Claire somewhat lied to her as she was serious about what the mission she was assigned to entailed too. "I'm just about to go see Licca."

"Okay. Just... try to be safe out there." Alisa said as she started to worry yet again.

"I will." With that she watched Alisa continue down the hallway before Claire decided to go to where she was headed by bumping into Alisa. Once she arrived at the God Arc storage bay, she found Licca working a God Arc.

"Licca!" Claire called, Licca stopped what she was doing and turned towards the voice she smiled once she noticed it was Claire. "Hey, Claire! What do you need?"

"I'm about to head out on a mission, and I would like it if you gave my God Arc once over before I head out."

"Sure! No problem!"

"Also, I'd like it if you can work on this after I come back," Claire said as she pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Licca.

"Yeah, of course. I should be done with your God Arc by the time you leave for your mission."

"Okay, thanks!"

Claire had arrived at the mission area, and it didn't take that long to find the Aragami she was supposed to kill. She could see it from the drop-off point and that only made her nervous. She stared at the extremely large Aragami, it was bigger than she had realized. "I'm supposed to fight that thing? I can't believe Lindow fought this by himself too." Claire said as she prepared herself for an extremely tough battle.