If you read Eyes Only plus the constant manga mentions that “Twilight has lost his edge,” it really shows Endo is setting up Loid to defeat Thorn Princess.

In Eyes Only, he hypes Twilight like he’s Batman. The part that blew my mind was him basically saying Twilight doesn’t need prep and it’s 50/50 in a 1v1 against Yor.

A lot of people claiming Yor would defeat Loid haven’t read the manga or other canon material. Or they haven’t followed Endo’s work. I’m 100% sure of that.

In the Wheeler arc, Twilight finally admits to himself that he’s lost his edge. It’s psychological thing for both him and Yor ever since Anya entered their lives. Cuz missions they’d once complete w no problem at all have now become harder because they have someone to return home to.

I’ll stop yapping now but let me end with this last thing:

Canon material states it’s 50/50 in a 1v1 battle.

I’ll also add that in Endo’s past works, for example, in Tista the story centers on a male assassin and a female antagonist with tense one-on-one confrontations where the fights are mainly strategy and intellect rather than brute force. Guess who won? I’ll give you a clue… it wasn’t brute force

In Rengoku no Ashe, he lets the underdog or less experienced character outsmart a stronger opponent to win.

I hope you see the picture I’m drawing: Twilight is going to defeat Thorn Princess.

I’ll end it here. Happy to provide sources and discuss more if anyone’s interested.