The episode opens with a woman named Hope deciding to leave her mother, believing she has been a burden and vowing to grow stronger and return to protect her. After leaving home, she trains abroad and becomes a notorious assassin known as the top operative of the Shadow Gang. Meanwhile, another scene reveals a woman searching desperately for her missing daughter, Rebecca Lynch, who was kidnapped 15 years ago and has since become traumatized and unstable. The searcher encounters someone who offers information on Rebecca's whereabouts, but only if she eats a cake entirely—a strange and frustrating demand that leaves her desperate and uncertain.