Episode 6

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**Three Monsters** (三匹の妖怪! 飛影·蔵馬·剛鬼, *Sanbiki no Yōkai! Hiei Kurama Gōki*?, lit. **The Three Yokai! Hiei, Kurama, and Gouki**) is the sixth episode of the Yu Yu Hakusho anime and the Spirit Detective Saga.

## Summary

Yusuke receives his first real case as Spirit Detective. Three demon thieves have muscled their way into King Yama’s sacred vault, stealing the three Artifacts of Darkness. Yusuke must recover the artifacts and bring the thieves to justice before they unleash dark and deadly powers on the people of Earth.

## Plot Details

Three criminals break into the Great Hall of the Spirit World inside King Enma's castle and defeat the guards. The alarm sounds around the palace as more guards scramble to arrest the three intruders. Two mysterious thieves tell Gouki, the third member of their party to hurry and leave before they're caught.

Elsewhere in the human realm, Atsuko wakes up her son while crying. She had a bad dream that Yusuke was leaving again and apparently has been doing this every day since he returned. Back in school, everyone is both frightened and surprised to see Yusuke. All except for Kuwabara, confirming that nothing has changed. Principal Takanaka tells Yusuke to get to class while Iwamoto watches begrudgingly from a window in the school.

Yusuke cuts gym class and recalls getting a Detective Item last night called a Psychic Spyglass. Using it, Yusuke can see through just about anything. However, using Detective Items require Spirit Energy so Yusuke must learn to use them one by one.

Yusuke attends his next class but he gets framed by Mr. Iwamoto for stealing his classmate's belongings. Iwamoto tries to goad Yusuke into hitting him, but Koenma appears and stops time for all the humans except for Yusuke. Panicked, Koenma tells Yusuke about his first assignment. He informs the newly appointed Spirit Detective that the Artifacts of Darkness have been stolen by three criminals who escaped into the human world.

Yusuke tells Koenma to come back later after he's dealt with Iwamoto. Koenma refuses and advises Yusuke to use the Psychic Spyglass to look into the teacher's pocket, revealing he has all the stolen items. Koenma unfreezes time and Yusuke reveals the truth to the Principal. Iwamoto storms out but Yusuke remains determined to get some payback. Rushing Yusuke along, Koenma tells Yusuke to hit the teacher back with an invisible attack.

Koenma quickly teaches Yusuke to channel his Spirit Energy into his fingertip and fire it using a technique called the Spirit Gun. However, until Yusuke increases his ability to use Spirit Energy, he only has access to one Spirit Gun a day. In a remote warehouse, Koenma debriefs Yusuke on his mission. He must recover the three artifacts of darkness; the Shadow Sword, the Forlorn Hope, and the Orb of Baast. Thankful for Koenma restoring his life, Yusuke agrees to the mission to stop the criminals while they're still on Earth.

Yusuke searches aimlessly uptown until a small child faints and Yusuke notices his soul being sucked out of his body. Fitting the description of the Orb of Baast, Yusuke follows the boy's soul downtown until he finds a man with horns. He uses the Psychic Spyglass to confirm he has the orb. However, Yusuke gets confronted by a group of thugs and loses Gouki's trail while being them up.

Meanwhile, in Koenma's office he learns intel about the trio of criminals: Kurama, Hiei, and Gouki. Botan interrupts the meeting and berates Koenma for sending her protege into the wolves den. Koenma claims he had no choice because King Enma will return in a week from vacation and his fury will know no bounds. Botan understands and returns to the living world to aid Yusuke in his mission.

In the midst of a rainy forest, Hiei practices using the Shadow Sword. He plans to make demons out of a thousand humans and Gouki adds that they'll feed them using the Orb of Baask. They also want to use Kurama's choice, the Forlorn Hope, but Kurama reveals he's dropping out of the alliance. Gouki demands the mirror back but Kurama refuses, Yusuke interrupts the dispute and Kurama leaves after the Spirit Detective introduces himself. Hiei chases after Kurama, leaving only Yusuke and Gouki.

Gouki takes a moment to try and eat a human soul from the Orb, but Yusuke stops the monster with a powerful knee and punch combo that appears to lay him out. Yusuke takes the orb back but Gouki quickly gets back up and transforms into his full on demon state. Gouki overpowers Yusuke, who tries to use the Spirit Gun, but remembers he can't because he used it on Iwamoto. Gouki intimidates Yusuke, who believes he might actually die in this fight.

## Credits

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