As the topic gets more serious, Watari takes out a strange looking machine and places a honey cake on top of it. Not soon after the others make some more comments, Watari thrusts the machine in front of Tsuzuki and Tatsumi. The cake is now cut into smaller and equal pieces. {Watari: I'm every housewife and ladies' supporter! It can cut anything into equal pieces. Introducing super cutter - Jason-kun! Siblings won't be fighting over uneven distribution of food again!} Everyone is speechless for awhile, then Tatsumi breaks the silence by remarking how Watari has really weird design sense/style

That doesn't stop them from enjoying the final product, so soon everyone is eating the cake. Tsuzuki looks very blissed after he finishes his cake, so Tatsumi decides to give him his share, too. Tsuzuki is overjoyed, of course, but Konoe interrupts and demands Tsuzuki return to Nagasaki right after he is done with the food. Apparently the higher ups are not very happy with Tsuzuki's progress. Tsuzuki retorts they won't think it's so easy if they had been the one doing the job. Angered, Konoe reprimands Tsuzuki, saying how a "salary thief" has no right to complain. To save himself from getting into more trouble, Tsuzuki immediately declares he will go back right away and fix everything. Hisoka just stands up and starts to walk out the room. When Tsuzuki asks him where he's going, Hisoka replies, "we have free time until 3 p.m." Then he proceeds to walk out the door.

After leaving the meeting room, Hisoka wanders to the library, where he meets the two GuShoShin. The younger GuShoShin, whom he is already familiar with, introduces him to the elder GuShoShin. Hisoka is surprised the two are twins.

Meanwhile, Tsuzuki is back on earth eating desserts while he waits for Hisoka. The two waitresses nearby feel really sorry for him since he looks like a very nice person but obvious his "date" has stood him up. At first Tsuzuki is really pissed, but the apple pie IS really good and soon he returns to his good mood. As he goes to pay the bills, however, the waitress tells him the total is 4,500 yen. Tsuzuki has a flashback of Tatsumi telling him there would be no unnecessary spendings... [Remember, Tatsumi limits Tsuzuki to only 3,000 yen per day.] Defeated, Tsuzuki asks the waitress to write him an invoice. Suddenly there is a scream outside, so Tsuzuki rushes out of the store without taking the invoice with him. The waitress is not very pleased.

The scream turns out to be from a worried mother whose little girl has fainted. After checking to make sure there are no fang marks on the little girl's neck, a relieved Tsuzuki tells the mother to call an ambulance. Muraki appears and asks to treat the girl. Tsuzuki learns that Muraki is a doctor. Muraki suggests them all move to a building with shades, since the little girl has fainted due to sun-stroke. Tsuzuki and Muraki share a very interesting moment when they shake hands. After the little girl and the mother leave, Tsuzuki comments how human beings have amazing vitality. Muraki doesn't agree. {Muraki: human beings grow weak when confronted with their fear. I'm a doctor, and I've learned that even medicine has its limits. Don't you want the perfect body and immortality?} All this is said while Muraki advances on Tsuzuki, who looks very helpless and nervous. At last, Muraki moves away, but he soon turns around and takes off his glasses. [This is the first time his artificial right eye is shown.] {Muraki: Tsuzuki-san, be careful you don't lose something/someone important to you.} After Muraki's departure, Tsuzuki wonders about the enigma that is Muraki.

Deciding to ask the younger GuShoShin to be his temporary partner since Hisoka is nowhere to be found, Tsuzuki returns to Enma Cho and goes straight to the library. The GuShoShin brothers inform him Hisoka is there. Meanwhile, Hisoka is walking towards the Classified Documents Room. He has lied to the GuShoShin brothers earlier, saying that Tsuzuki has sent him there to do research. Before he reaches the room, he has a brief flashback and almost collapses. He manages to get to the door, but Tsuzuki shows up and stops him from opening the door. Tsuzuki is angry at Hisoka both for not showing up at their meeting earlier and also for lying about his intentions to enter the Classified Documents Room. He starts to shake Hisoka, who knocks him away and burns his hand. Tsuzuki asks if Hisoka really dislikes him that much. Hisoka backs into the corner and sits down with his back against the wall. He looks very vulnerable and younger than his age like that. Tsuzuki realizes something is wrong and asks if Hisoka's okay. Hisoka tells him that because he is an empath, he sometimes synchronizes with others against his wishes, especially when they touch. Earlier, Tsuzuki's anger goes directly into his hear/soul, and it is too painful for him to bear it. Tsuzuki decides that is understandable, but since Shinigami work in pairs, their partnership will not work out unless Hisoka trusts him. With that, he leaves. [Zoom in on Hisoka's face. XD]

Tsuzuki decides to sneak inside the building disguised as a hotel staff.

In room #1403, Muraki is observing Tsuzuki through the windows. Maria, kneeling next to a table and the remains of a shattered glass, grabs a broken piece and tries to kill herself with it. Before she succeeds, however, Muraki turns around and stops her. He is impressed Maria can fight his spell long enough to try something so foolish. When Maria pleads with him to let her go, he turns her back into a mindless puppet. Or as he calls her, "my doll".

By the time Tsuzuki arrives at the room, it is again empty and in a mess. He runs back outside, worried that he may be too late to stop Maria from claiming another victim. Then he sees Maria walking into a narrowed alley.

Later that night, Tsuzuki is sleeping on a bench in a park. A cleaning lady tries to wake him up so he won't get a cold staying there, but Tsuzuki is too deeply asleep to hear her. After the lady leaves, Maria shows up with white hair and red eyes. Muraki is controlling her. {Muraki: Kill him! Kill him for me!} Just before her teeth descend upon Tsuzuki's neck, Tsuzuki opens his eyes and jumps away. He has set himself up as bait to capture Maria. He starts to call up a binding spell, but Muraki interferes again and Tsuzuki is bound instead. Now he is helpless in bondage while Maria starts to bite him... {Muraki: I win this round, Tsuzuki-san.}

Elsewhere, Hisoka senses Tsuzuki is in trouble and comes to his aid. He passes a church and notices the abnormality about it. He goes in, finds the source of the binding spell, and fires a couple of gun shots to destroy it. Tsuzuki is now freed and immediately casts the binding spell on Maria. Hisoka rushes toward Tsuzuki. Muraki, standing atop the church building, notes Hisoka's appearance with interest and leaves the scene.

Tsuzuki gets a scolding right away for his "stupidity". {Hisoka: Kono baka! Don't do something so dangerous!} Tsuzuki thanks him instead, and Hisoka blushes and turns away. Maria confesses that she has wished to be in good relation with her stepmother, but the woman only sees her as an object to be used for making money. Discouraged, she has decided to end it all by killing herself. However, she has woken up only to see a man on a night of the red moon (tm). This man has been asked by her stepmother to resurrect her so the stepmother can continue to make money off her. Tsuzuki comforts her when she blames herself for the death of so many people. She says she will go with them to wherever they are taking her, but she has one last wish...

When Maria goes back to the hotel, Maria's stepmother is in a fury. She slaps Maria and reprimands her for being late. Maria tells her that she will not sing for her anymore. Dismayed by Maria's defiant tone, the stepmother tries to slap her again. Tsuzuki and Hisoka show up and stop her.

Maria's last wish is to sing for herself and not for her stepmother. She sings "Amethyst Remembrance" during the Nagasaki Song Festival. Tsuzuki's binding spells can temporarily remove her from whoever's been controlling her. He also restores her body to the condition it has been before her death for the time being. While listening to the song, Tsuzuki teases Hisoka. He wants to go for a drink, but he will only offer Hisoka "juice". {Tsuzuki: I don't want to carry you to bed anymore.} [Ano, Tsuzuki, do you realize what you just said? You've just broken the hearts of all Tsuzuki x Hisoka fans out there. ;_;]

Hisoka turns to look the other way and notices Muraki standing not too far away. He has another flashback, but this one is more vivid and he can clearly see Muraki has a part in it. As Muraki walks away, Hisoka follows.

The two of them face off at a clearing. Muraki comments that he is surprised to see Hisoka again. Puzzled, Hisoka asks if they know each other. Muraki is satisfied that his spell is still working, since Hisoka does not recognize him. He says he never would have guessed Hisoka would come back as a Shinigami. Stunned, Hisoka doesn't know what to say. All of a sudden, Hisoka's eyes lose their brightness and he collapses. [VERY weird way of falling down.] Muraki catches him and clasps his hand over Hisoka's. Looking into Hisoka's lifeless eyes, Muraki smirks.

Tsuzuki calls out Hisoka's name and rushes toward the clearing. He steps on something in the darkness and turns to see what it is. As the clouds clear and the red moon comes out of hiding, he realizes it's a puddle of blood. Suddenly, he remembers Muraki's words from before: "be careful you don't lose someone important to you..."

In the Classified Documents Room, GuShoShin calls up a file from the computer on Hisoka. The real cause of Kurosaki Hisoka's death is....!?