I doubt Alan got possessed or brainwashed. I think he saw some vision or something like that that makes him think that he is doing the right thing. Definitelly interesting development
Probably has something to do with the organization after the kid. Maybe a future vision where she is evil but being protected by the other party members. So Alan is nipping it in the bud now.
That plot twist hits like a silent express train running at 200 miles an hour filled with modified Sherman tanks and held by quantum glue with a dose of fresh orange juice and Nutella sand witch.
Actually, absolutely no one can spoil you here, because Dario wasn't even in this arc in the LN.
That mean him not being friend with Douglas again, not even one hint about his past, no encounter with Sun and obviously he never returned in his old town with Deus-ex Allan here.
oooh nice development,
I was hoping it would steer the focus away from child grooming because that is just fking sick.
Please don't go back to slice of life pedobait edition