Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Mo-yeon removes the bullet from Agus while refusing to let him take Fatima away. The sick children receive treatment, but the military orders Shi-jin to stop pursuing Agus because a larger operation is under way. Fatima still distrusts the protection offered to her. After stealing medicine to fund an escape, she falls into another dangerous encounter. Shi-jin and Mo-yeon track her down, and Mo-yeon drives into the warehouse to help them flee. Their quieter moments include eating with night-vision goggles when the power fails. A parcel from women the soldiers once met also leaves both men struggling to explain a photograph.
Dae-young continues considering the future General Yoon has demanded, without telling Myung-joo the full condition. Chi-hoon tries to speak honestly with the survivor, but the man is not ready to forgive him. Manager Jin's swallowed diamonds lead to another crisis when the soldiers retrieve him from Agus and bring him for treatment. Mo-yeon and Myung-joo operate, then realize that his blood may have exposed them to the deadly M3 infection. They isolate themselves and send samples for testing. When Dae-young rushes inside to embrace Myung-joo, she understands that she is the doctor whose test came back positive. Shi-jin waits nearby as Dae-young breaks the quarantine barrier.