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| - Altena explains to Kirika her purpose in life as an asassin, while Chloe explains to her the lifestyle in the Manor as an assassin. The following day, Borne and Marennes, the two leading priestess among the group of Les Soldats priestesses, arrive. They are summoned to the Manor by Altena for the Noir revival ritual. Kirika and Chloe train in a sword fight, and Kirika manages to break Chloe's sword. After they take a bath, Chloe shows Kirika the fork that was given to her, calling it her "most precious treasure". Afterward, Altena hands Kirika her gun, however Kirika is reminded of her past, devastating her. She points the gun at Altena, and Altena tells her that Les Soldats are sinners living together in search of peace, which calms her down.
- The Lady Altena of Les Soldats sends Chloe on a mission to kill General Reimann, a retired German general, who used to work for Les Soldats. Well aware of her intentions, General Reimann takes Chloe on a mountain hike. There, they are ambushed by an assault team intent on killing General Reimann. Chloe disposes of them. Later, General Reimann tells her of his life, how he and his rival went so far as to kill each others' families. Afterwards, Chloe completes her assignment, then seeks out General Reimann's rival and kills him as well. Finally, she returns to the "Manor", where she lives with Altena, and tells her of her encounter with Kirika.
- Having seen Mireille's face, Silvana travels to Sicily, as does Noir. Mireille visits the coast where she first met Silvana. The Intoccabile appears, gives Mireille the kiss of death, and tells her that she will be waiting for her at an ancient temple, with the contract. There, Kirika fights Paolo and Dominic, struggling with her right arm, that was injured during their last encounter. Her left arm is injured as well, making it hard for her to hold a gun. Still, she manages to kill both of her opponents. Mireille faces Silvana, who charges at her with her large dagger. Kirika arrives just in time to half the blade with a shot before it pierces her partner. Mireille and the Intoccabile run for each others' dropped weapons. Silvana, gun in hand, trembles and Mireille stabs her, ending the fight.
- Noir kills a leading member of the Cosa Nostra. To deal with Noir, the Lady Silvana Greone, the "Intoccabile", is recalled from her exile on Corsica. From the man who hired Noir, she receives an old piece of paper, a contract, that Noir demanded as payment. Using it as bait, she sets up a trap at a cottage in a forest, where she awaits Noir with three of Sicily's best killers, known as The Three Mafia Saints. While Kirika fights two of them, Paolo and Dominic, outside, Mireille enters the cottage, where she kills the third one, Francesco, but is unable to fight Silvana, who she fears ever since they first met during childhood. Noir retreats, their goal unreached.
- After returning home from the death of Mireille's uncle, she and Kirika arrive discovering that their apartment has been invaded. They find an unusual contract signed by Les Soldats. Confused, they arrive later in Taiwan as assigned by Les Soldats to complete a mission. There, they are to eliminate a traitor who killed a member of Les Soldats. When they arrive, they encounter Shaoli, the "Cold-Blooded Killer", a Taiwanese assassin sent by a former organization that once worked with Les Soldats, known as the "Triads". Chloe arrives to help complete the mission for Noir.
- Mireille gets a haircut and her secret source, Paulette, tells her that an old enemy, named Christian Galle, has returned to take Mireille on. Meanwhile, Kirika meets Milosh Havel, a former Czechoslovakian soldier who served in the Foreign Legion, and is now retired as a carefree painter. Milosh tells Kirika that we will reenlist in the Foreign Legion. As Kirika sees him off, Galle pursues her, killing Milosh in the process. In response, Kirika, with the help of Mireille, finds Galle's hideout and assassinates him.
- After assassinating a revolutionary leader in the Middle East, Mireille is burdened with a wounded Kirika, slowing her down. Pursued by revolutionary forces and about to miss the rendezvous with their escape helicopter, Mireille considers killing her partner, but decides against it, as Kirika is her only lead to Les Soldats. When the revolutionaries catch up with them and take Kirika prisoner, Mireille goes a step further by risking her life to break Kirika out of the revolutionaries' installation.
- Noir is hired to kill a corrupt policeman, as well as Judge D'Estaing, a corrupt court official. However, as they arrive to kill the policeman, they find him dead already. The first half of their payment arrives and the underworld seems to believe that Noir is responsible. A young woman named Chloe awaits the corrupt Judge D'Estaing in his workroom. She admits killing the policeman and warns him that Noir will take his life. When Kirika and Mireille face him in a library at night, they are suddenly surrounded by policemen. Chloe appears and the three of them fight and kill the policemen. Afterwards, Chloe kills Judge D'Estaing and introduces herself as the "True Noir". Mireille and Kirika point their guns at Chloe, but she proves faster than Mireille and holds a knife to her throat. She challenges Kirika to try and see who is faster. By not acting, Kirika declines and Chloe leaves the room.
- Mireille and Kirika are in a country called Ulgia to kill a group of people who make business out of destabilizing countries. While observing one of their targets, they witness the arrival of his daughter, the fifteen year-old Rosaly, who has come uninvited to see her father on her upcoming birthday. When the group receives an anonymous tip as to the whereabouts of Noir, they call in a favor and the Ulgian military dispatches a number of soldiers to their location. The soldiers surround Mireille and Kirika in their house at the sea, but the assassins manage to kill the soldiers and proceed with their assignment. After killing her father, Kirika encounters Rosaly in the streets.
- Mireille and Kirika are seen target-practicing in their usual underground sewers. Recalling what Chloe told Mireille, Mireille, confused and traumatized, forces Kirika to get out of her sight, calling Kirika a disturbing enigma. Kirika leaves, obviously distressed about Mireille's words and her own mysterious past. Kirika is summoned by one of Les Soldats' messengers, telling her about "Le Grand Retour", an event planned by Altena which will revolutionize the Soldats and change its present form. However, the messenger says that he disagrees with this plan. He tells her about the poem from the book of Les Sodays mentioned before, link to her pass and her identity, which could be found in a company building. Kirika heads over to the building, only to find it invaded. She finds a dead businessman holding a few copied pages of the book, contacting the messenger in disappointment. The messenger then tells her to meet him in the evening in the town square to retrieve the copy of the book. Chloe later encounters her, telling her that Mireille will be in danger in the same place at the same time. Kirika eventually chooses to save Mireille, instead of getting the copies, which surprises Mireille.
- While the pilgrimage for Kirika is finished, Mireille tries to return to her usual routine as an assassin. She is confronted by Remy Breffort, a council member of Les Soldats, who try to convince her to join Les Soldats. He tells her to join to be a part of Noir, thereby killing either Kirika or Chloe. She later finds Breffort in a company building, where he explains that joining Les Soldats will increase the power and wealth of the Bouquet family. Back at her apartment, Mireille finds a letter writeen by Kirika, saying her last regards. She meets with Breffort, telling him that she will go to the Manor to join the Les Soldats for her own wishes. She realizes why her parents went against Les Soldats, knowing that she won't make the same mistake for joining. Breffort sees Mireille off as she prepares to travel to the Manor. Meanwhile, Kirika, already at the Manor, encounters Altena welcoming her.
- Chloe returns to the Manor. They enjoy a supper together, and later Altena reads from the Langumal Manuscript to Chloe as a bedtime story. Altena then gives her a mission to explain everything to Mireille and Kirika. Meanwhile, Les Soldats opposing Altena's plan of Le Grand Retour decide to prevent Chloe from contacting the girls by killing them. The council members of Les Soldats infiltrate Mireille and Kirika's apartment and pursue then on the rooftops. After Mireille and Kirika defeat them, Chloe appears to bring Kirika back to theManor. Kirika hands over her gun to Chloe, and, in turn, Chloe shoots Kirika.
- Claude Feyder, Mireille's uncle, shows up. Mireille is quite happy to see him again, as her uncle is the only one of her family that she has left. In flashbacks, it is shown how Feyder had escaped from Corsica with Mireille when she was younger and had raised her after the murder of her parents. At his mansion, Feyder reveals to Mireille than he is working for Les Soldats, and that he is assigned to kill Kirika. He then asks Mireille to bring Kirika to his mansion to carry out his assignment. Mireille returns to the mansion with Kirika. Mireille finds Feyder and shoots him, while Kirika encounters two other men working for Les Soldats and kills them cleverly. Mireille and Kirika depart from the mansion, making their way back to the apartment.
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