Operation Killing Joe may seem to have ended in complete disaster, but in reality that was not the case.
Leon had to pay a price that he would have otherwise wanted to avoid in being in a coma for 4 months, but despite that, the rewards that he got from the operation were just as lucrative.
Apart from the important combat experience of battling a Fluxmancer and living to tell the story, he also survived a battle against a C Rank Ascended. Few D Rank Ascended can boast of either of those achievements.
And more importantly he also succeeded in assassinating Earl Joe which resulted in a whole slave-trading empire being neutralized.
Even while he was in a coma, with direct assistance from Ren Nora, Lt. Colonel Umar Farouq and Talia were able to continue the mission on his behalf.
In the past 4 months, they've methodically dismantled more than 90% of Earl Joe's trafficking empire.
