Glory of the King's Hand entitles the winner of the finals to claim the three million dollar cash prize, while Glory of the King's Opposite Hand allows the winner to challenge Pegasus for the championship. Joey panics—he doesn't have either one of the cards. Neither does Bandit Keith.

Next, the four finalists each find a golden eyeball floating in their soup. Croquet tells them to open the eye and look inside. They each find a letter inside the eyeball, which is used to determine the matchups for tomorrow's semifinals. Joey's still freaking out over not having an entry card. (In the Japanese, Jounouchi's thinking, please don't let it be Yugi that he has to duel.) It's going to be Joey vs Bandit Keith, and Yugi vs Mai. Joey's all set to trounce Bandit Keith, in payback for trapping the gang in the caves.

Meanwhile, Pegasus sits on a balcony, sipping wine and watching the sunset.

After the meal, the gang's all full and happy. Yugi tells Joey they'd better get to bed, so they'll be rested for the finals, but Joey's despondent, because he doesn't have the card he needs to duel in the finals. Then Yugi gives Joey his Glory of the King's Hand card, saying they each only need one card, and after a bit of hesitation, Joey gratefully accepts it, telling Yugi what a great pal he is. (In the Japanese, Yugi tells Jounouchi that they've already divided the Star Chips, and now one of the cards is Jounouchi's, too. He explains that Jounouchi should have the Glory of the King's Hand card so he can win the prize money for Shizuka's operation, while Yugi keeps the Glory of the King's Opposite Hand in order to challenge Pegasus for his Grandpa's soul.)

As the gang splits up to go to their bedrooms, Bandit Keith is hiding behind a corner, watching.

Everyone goes to their rooms. Yugi looks out the window, thinking of his Grandpa and telling him they'll be going home soon. (In the Japanese, Yugi also tells Kaiba and Mokuba that he'll rescue them.) Mai fine-tunes her deck in preparation for tomorrow's duel. Joey sleeps, dreaming of gigantic doughnuts (in the Japanese, it's Shizuka's name he calls out), and Téa sits on her bed, thinking now that she has a decent bed, she can't sleep.

There's a knock on Téa's door—Tristan and Bakura have come to enlist her help in investigating Pegasus. Tristan is sure Pegasus cheats in all his duels, and thinks if they check out the dueling arena, they'll find evidence of how he does it. Leaving Yugi and Joey to rest for the tournament, the three go on an expedition.

Yugi wakes up, thinking he hears his Grandpa calling, telling him to follow his voice.

Meanwhile, Tristan, Téa, and Bakura inspect the dueling platforms. Téa thinks Pegasus might be a psychic, but Tristan doesn't believe in psychic powers—a psychic once told him he'd find a nice girlfriend, but he hasn't had a date in over a year! Just then, Téa sees a beam of moonlight landing on Tristan's back as he bends over the dueling platform. It seems there's a small hole in the wall, high above the dueling arena. Tristan climbs up and sees a tower across the courtyard. Someone in the tower could be using a telescope to spy on Pegasus's opponents, and relaying the information about their cards to Pegasus by radio. They head over to the tower to look for more evidence.

Yugi runs through the halls of the castle, following his Grandpa's voice.

Tristan, Téa, and Bakura search for a way into the tower, and Tristan finds a rope with grappling hooks on the end.

Mai goes through her deck, reflecting that Yugi already knows all her cards, having seen her duel with Joey. She needs to think up some new strategies.

Bandit Keith thinks it's time to snatch himself an entry card for the tournament.

Yugi's outside in the courtyard now, running, searching for his Grandpa. He finds a soul card on the ground, just like the ones Pegasus had for Mokuba and Kaiba, only with Grandpa's picture on it! He hears Grandpa's voice, warning him to beware of Pegasus, who has great shadow powers. (In the Japanese, Grandpa is saying, "I'm in great pain—rescue me quickly.")

Tristan, Téa, and Bakura are on a ledge high up the tower wall, inching along. Téa slips and nearly falls, but the boys catch her, covering her mouth so the guards don't hear her scream. (Japanese Anzu protests, "Pull me up first before you put your hands on my mouth!")

Yugi picks up his Grandpa's soul card, and asks him how Pegasus can be so powerful. Every soul he traps in the Shadow Realm adds to his strength, Grandpa explains. (In the Japanese, Yugi asks how he can rescue his Grandpa, but Grandpa only repeats that he's in pain, and Yugi must rescue him soon.) Then the card slips out of Yugi's grasp and floats away, landing on one of three tall monoliths across the courtyard. (In the Japanese, these are crosses, not monoliths.)

Yugi runs after it, and sees that Kaiba and Mokuba's cards are on the other two monoliths. He hears Kaiba and Mokuba plead with him to save them.

Tristan throws the rope up to the tower window, telling Téa to go first, so that if she slips and falls, one of them can catch her.

Cut from the US version is a bit where Anzu protests that she can't go first! Honda asks why, and she calls him an idiot, pulling at her short skirt. Honda still doesn't get it, so Bakura has to whisper in his ear. The boys have to go first, Anzu insists, but Honda won't hear of it—so what will they do?

The three captured souls tell Yugi that Pegasus wants the Millennium Puzzle. (This is where, in the Japanese version, Grandpa tells Yugi that Pegasus is more powerful than he can imagine.)

Téa, Tristan and Bakura climb up to the tower window. Also cut from the US version: the solution to Anzu's dilemma is that Honda and Bakura are wearing blindfolds as they climb, so they can't see up Anzu's skirt. Frightened Bakura points out that even if Anzu does fall, they won't be able to see her to catch her, so Honda tells him to just climb faster.

Grandpa tells Yugi that he must learn to control the power of the Millennium Puzzle in order to defeat Pegasus. If he doesn't, Pegasus will unleash Armageddon on the entire world!

The three intrepid explorers reach the tower, but don't find a telescope or any other evidence of Pegasus's cheating. Bakura finds a painting of a woman—the same one whose picture hangs in the dining hall, alongside a portrait of an Egyptian man. She must be important to Pegasus, Téa says, although no one's seen her in the castle. Do you suppose she's Pegasus's wife?

Just then, Pegasus himself enters the room. Tristan accuses him of using this room to cheat in his duels, but Pegasus brushes him off, saying they're the ones who've broken into his private sanctuary. Then he uses his Millennium Eye to make the room go wonky and send them off to who-knows-where.

They come to in a secret cavern with Egyptian carvings on the walls, hearing chanting. They find a roomful of robed men, with the same painting of a woman on the far wall. Two of the robed figures appear to be dueling with huge stone tablets instead of cards. The one with the Blue Eyes White Dragon on his tablet wins, and the other figure disappears in a flash of blue light. The three cry out in astonishment, and the robed figures converge on them. The winner of the duel pulls off his cowl, revealing himself to be Pegasus!

The monoliths are consumed in blue flames, while the three soul prisoners call out to Yugi to help them. Yugi awakens in his bed, wondering if it was all a dream. (In the Japanese version, instead of seeing Yugi wake up, we see a church in the foreground, and hear church bells toll, with a column of blue flame in the background.)

Pegasus informs the gang that the other duelist has been sent to the Shadow Realm. This is how the Shadow Games were played thousands of years ago, he says, and every soul he sends to the Shadow Realm increases his power. He plans to capture their souls, too—but suddenly, Bakura's Millennium Ring activates, and the spirit of the Ring takes over, telling them all that they won't remember any of this.

(In the Japanese version, here is where we see Yugi wake up, wondering if it was all a dream.)

Next thing we know, Tristan and Téa are waking up in their own beds, wondering if their experience was all a dream, while Dark Bakura sits in his room, muttering that Pegasus's Millennium Eye will soon be his.

Bandit Keith sneaks into Joey's room and steals the Glory of the King's Hand card from Joey's jacket pocket.

Mai is finally satisfied with her strategy for her duel with Yugi.

And Yugi watches the sun come up through the window of his room, certain that his Grandpa was trying to send him a message from the Shadow Realm. He must learn the secret of the Millennium Puzzle soon.