yes, i'm sure he did work for rr! maybe this storm whatever was the reason he quit n ran away? he still had his right arm and no missing teeth! this incident might be when he lost them. and we know rr has been looking for him for a year already.
honestly, never thought the gargoyle would have another form. but that would be cool. there's def a lot of mystery about it.
revising this. sorry, i think i'm stupid.
after re-reading the official tl of ch 14, i think the scene may not be outside of fog land as the area inside fog land near the wall is already desert-like too. but it's not clear tbh. so it could be outside or inside the wall.
WHAT IS CLEAR THO 182 is def trying to get away and there's helicopters and rr trying to get him. maybe this was him trying to run from fog land and failed. hence, the sttuborn way he told dante that "no one can get away from fog land."

second time reading n just realized the desert scene is outside fog land. the scene where rambutan n lychee ran out of the wall is also full of desert. then in the scene here, there's no grey-blue like scenery like in fog land. so, they can get out?! 182, rr, and the other two white-haired(must be fogland babies like 182) despite having fog addiction? could the reason they can get out relate to the fact 182 looks like he can communicate with the gargoyle–that prevents escapees?? maybe some of them communicate with the gargoyle so they can get in n out?? also, does this mean 182 tried to escape one time? i need the next ch asap