[Yusuke flies over trees.]
Yusuke Voiceover: Stupid Kuwabara. Finding my wedding ring is going to be like finding a needle in a stupid haystack! But it’s better than being blackmailed.
[Yusuke spots Foliage Fortress and notices activity in the area. He descends into the forest. Landing in snow, he peers around a tree to see what is happening. Spirit World soldiers patrol around the fortress.]
Yusuke Voiceover: Well, well. It looks like we’ve got the goon squad cleaning things up still.
[A gun touches the back of Yusuke’s head.]
Soldier 1: This area is off limits. Go home, boy.
[Yusuke raises his hands.]
Yusuke: Sorry. I lost something a while back and came to look for it. You guys wouldn’t have a gold ring in your lost and found here, would you?
[The soldier lowers the gun and raises his opposite hand, palm glowing.]
Soldier 1: So you’ve been here before. Then how about you stay here…forever!
[As the Soldier releases his energy blast, Yusuke crouches, turns, and upper cuts the soldier’s arm, sending the blast just over Yusuke’s head. A branch falls on the soldier’s head, knocking him out.]
Yusuke Voiceover: After all the times I’ve saved the world, they’re still trying to off me?
[Yusuke’s head turns at the sound of other soldiers approaching. He flies up into the canopy. Other soldiers arrive at the scene.]
Soldier 2: What happened here?
Soldier 3: I’d say an ambush, but there are no other footprints.
Soldier 2: Someone better tell the chief.
Soldier 3: Why bother? This guy probably wanted an excuse to slack off.
[Balancing on a tree branch, Yusuke peers down.]
Yusuke Voiceover: Stupid tools as always. Now how do I get in?
* * *
[Ayame is leading Kurama down a dimly-lit hallway in Spirit World. They stop in front of a human-sized, iron door.]
Ayame: Koenma appreciates you coming. He is waiting inside
[The door opens. Kurama enters a small, black room. One light hangs over a table; and Koenma sits on the far side. Kurama sits in the chair opposite him.]
Kurama: A Room of Concealment?
Koenma: I have been too open in my past actions.
Kurama: I wonder where your actions will lead. A case’s after-effects, such as the orb’s function, is not the sort of information you usually tell detectives. You let Kaisei know that fact on purpose to rouse our interest, but you did not say why you wanted to see us.
Koenma: To avoid eavesdroppers. However, this room is safe from detection or recordation.
Kurama: Then I have questions I want answered first. Spirit World knows about the cloning, don’t they? Who made them? What was their true objective?
Koenma: Personally, I know nothing about where the clones came from or why they did what they did. But if you hear me out, I wager you can discover that for yourself. [takes a breath] Kurama, I need your skills [pause] as a thief.
* * *
[Mukuro’s fortress sits in a forest. Mr. BigNose points to the source of what he smells. Hiei and some other demons jump down to investigate. An SDF Guy lurks in the trees. When a demon gets close, he reaches out and shocks the demon. The other demons turn as the one falls to the ground.]
Demon 1: Hey! Over there!
[Being spotted, the SDF Guy starts running away while the band of demons pursues him through the forest. One demon appears in front of the SDF Guy and grabs him.]
Demon 2: Gotcha!
[The SDF Guy grabs the demon’s torso, shocking him into unconsciousness as well. The SDF Guy sighs with a smirk. Before he resumes running, Hiei’s hilt hits him in the back of his neck. His eyes blank out as he falls to the ground. Hiei stands over the SDF Guy while the other demons catch up.]
Hiei: Well, what do we have here? It seems to be a Spirit World lackey. There are no Demon World laws protecting them. How fortunate. It looks like I get to have some fun today after all.
* * *
[Yusuke observes the soldiers around the fortress. After two soldiers cross, he flies across the clearing to the fortress. Landing a third of the way up, Yusuke focuses his energy into his fist.]
Yusuke Voiceover: Hopefully I’ll find that ring so I can get out of here.
[Yusuke punches the wall then releases a muffled shotgun. The section of wall crumbles, leaving a small hole. Yusuke crawls through. In the clearing below, a soldier looks up to see rubble flowing down the side of the fortress.]
* * *
[Koenma and Kurama still sit at the table in discussion.]
Kurama: You also wanted to know more about Rose, didn’t you? Well, hearing “Sensui” provokes her. “The Sensui Case” renews her urge to kill the others. Why would that be? Is there more about that case that you haven’t told us?
Koenma: That is what I want you to find out. I think perhaps Sensui noticed things that were wrong before he disappeared. Believe it or not, my access to Spirit World’s files is limited, but in what I do have access to, I have found inconsistencies.
Kurama: So you would like me to further investigate these inconsistencies.
Koenma: I’m wondering if Sensui stumbled across classified information before he left. Not even I know the location of such confidential materials, but I’m confident that with your past experience, you will be able to find it and retrieve the needed information. But you must be careful; I already sent Fubuki to research those records. I presume she failed.
Kurama: Kaisei said she had not been herself as of late.
Koenma: I’ve seen him express that, which almost regrettably furthers my theory.
Kurama: Which is?
Koenma: [hesitant to say out loud] A scandal in Sprit World.
* * *
[From the SDF Guy’s perspective, he wakes up and a room comes into focus. He finds himself strapped to a table. Hiei looms over him.]
Hiei: Relax. You won’t be going anywhere soon.
SDF Guy: [gulps] You better let me go or…
Hiei: Or you’ll what?
[Hiei punches the SDF Guy. The SDF Guy remains silent.]
Hiei: Now do tell, what are you doing in Demon World?
[The SDF Guy defiantly keeps his mouth closed. Hiei punches his face again.]
Hiei: Answer!
SDF Guy: I-I don’t know. I must have gotten here by accident.
Hiei: Wrong answer!
[Hiei punches the SDF Guy again.]
Hiei: Now tell the truth!
SDF Guy: Make me!
[Hiei gives the SDF Guy three more punches. The SDF Guy glares at Hiei and spits into his eye. Hiei rubs his eye.]
Hiei: [growls] You shouldn’t have done that.
[From the SDF Guy’s perspective, Hiei swings a fist right to his face and blacks out with the sound of a smack.]
