Yusuke attacks Suzaku with another series of socks and manages to make him drop the Flute. But the Beast hits him with a punch and grabs the Flute back before it touches the ground. Yusuke doesn't give up and charges once more, but Suzaku uses two fingers to apply another lightning shock on the boy's body.

Through the mirror Yusuke sees Iwamoto running after Keiko and Botan with a scissors. Muruge again asks Suzaku to hold the Flute while he fights; again the beast refuses, and prepares his next strike.

Iwamoto tears Keiko's sleeve with a scissors swing, but fails to hurt her. Botan catches her hand and pulls her to a storage room and locks the door. The zombies try to bring the door down.

Suzaku uses the Ankoku Youroujin technique to multiply his body in six more copies. He claims that all seven are the real Suzaku.

At Reikai, Koenma and George watch in dismay as Yusuke is cowardly outnumbered. The Prince of Reikai wonders where the other three Tantei are.

Hiei, Kurama and Kuwabara are still fighting the Youshoku Ningen outside the tower. More and more of those mindless creatures keep coming, keeping them from reaching the tower entrance.

Suzaku attacks with the Rikukoku Ankoku Raikouha: all seven Suzakus form bows and arrows from the lightning energy. Energizing both fists, Yusuke deflects all the arrows but one, which hits him in the left shoulder. Suzaku says the arrows are strong enough to shatter a diamond, but still Yusuke gets back on his feet and demands that the Beast return the Flute.

Weak and tired, Yusuke is held by two Suzakus and offered the chance to become a Beast, if he can forget Keiko. Yusuke promises to kill him, but screams in pain as those two Suzakus release their lightning energy in his body.

Keiko whispers Yusuke's name as she and Botan see the door wielding to the zombies' strength.

When they enter, however, the girls aren't there, but Iwamoto sees the tip of Keiko's yellow kerchief stuck between a locker's double doors. Guessing that the girls are hiding inside, he and the other zombies destroy the locker with stick blows.

Yusuke watches the scene through the mirror and cries, while six Suzakus torture him with the lightning rays. The seventh narrates Keiko's death for him.

At Reikai, George laments Yusuke's situation: "He's a very strong Tantei, but still human. He wasn't ready for this mission. If he fails to destroy the Flute, all humankind will be infected by the insects." That worries Koenma, but not as much as George's next prediction: "Koenma-sama, what are you going to do when King Enma comes back? If Suzaku isn't defeated, your punishment will be a lot worse than a hundred spanks this time." Now Koenma really freaks out.

The other three Tantei are still fighting the Youshoku Ningen outside the tower. Realizing the pointlessness of the combat, Kuwabara summons his Reiken and uses it as vault pole to reach the same window Yusuke went in through. He doesn't make it and collides with the wall just beneath the window. He manages to hold himself to the bricks though; Hiei and Kurama finally get to the tower entrance and climb the spiral stairs up - probably stopping to save Kuwabara from falling. But another group of Youshoku Ningen blocks their way. The three Tantei have no option but restarting the combat.

Up in Suzaku's chamber, Yusuke is still under torture. In tears, he hears Genkai's voice in his mind: "Idiot! Are you giving up?" Yusuke is worried about Keiko, but the voice warns him that she isn't dead yet.

Through the mirror he sees as the zombies finish destroying the locker, which reveals to be empty - only the kerchief was there. As the zombies gasp in surprise, Botan and Keiko get out from their hiding behind a curtain and attack them from the rear with broomsticks.

Suzaku is furious by this new development, and Yusuke's contented smirk only enrages him more. The seventh copy joins the other six in torturing the human boy, who again hears Genkai's voice: "Idiot! You're suffering because you want to. Why are you doing this? Remember the training. Are you going to give up for so little? The real battle starts when your strength is about to end."

He remembers what Genkai taught him when he became her successor: the secret to focus the last of his ki in a single thought. As Suzaku prepares a final blow, Yusuke also remembers his mother's tears in his funeral, his teammates' efforts against the other three Beasts, and Keiko. Focusing on these memories, he concentrates enough power in his body to deflect the attack and knock all Suzakus down.

As the seven get on their feet, Yusuke promises, "Suzaku, the fight starts now!"