
Hacking the elevators, the POG manage to bring Klondike, Whist and Melancholy to a dead end, where they are confronted by Doubt and Pinochle. As Kaito becomes determined to rescue Freecell from his fate, the POG and ex-Orpheus Order members instigate a plan to stop Klondike and destroy the Final Ring. Believing the rings to be dangerous, Solitia fled the Orpheus Order with Freecell, chronicalling the effects the ring had on her in her diary, which she was unable to give to Freecell before she passed away. The first prototype ring was worn by the diary's owner, a woman named Solitia, who is revealed to be Freecell's mother. It details how the Orpheus Order was changed when Klondike decided to have the Orpheus Ring examined in order to make replicas.

Souji returns having been to Crossfield Academy where he retrieved a diary from someone who used to be in the Orpheus Order. As Pinochle mentions he doesn't know the connection between Kaito's promise and the death of Freecell's mother, Kaito decides to become friends with him. As Freecell and Whist tell the others that Pinochle died, Pinochle reveals that he spread bad rumors so that Freecell wouldn't become friends with Kaito and abanadon him, with Cubic deducing that the Ring caused him to believe in his own memory that Kaito did it. As Pinochle realises what he wants is to become true friends with Freecell, his Orpheus Ring breaks, revealed to be another Replica Ring.

As Whist sabotages the puzzle to try and make Pinochle fall, Kaito manages to use his smarts to rescue him. As they reach the top, Kaito refuses to finish Pinochle off, as hurting someone for the sake of a friend is not something that friend would appreciate. As Pinochle tells of how Kaito was supposedly a liar, Kaito simply states he wants to know the truth so he can properly apologise for what he may have done and soon makes a comeback. However, the loser will fall into a furnace. Pinochle challenges Kaito to a puzzle, saying he will tell him everything about what happened between him and Freecell should he win.
