Keiichi finds himself surrounded by a group of Belldandy impersonators; all claiming to be her, although aside from the hair and outfit, they look nothing like her. Keiichi runs away in terror, making his way to a room, and slamming the door shut behind him to keep the various fake Goddesses out. As he stops to catch his breath, Keiichi can’t help but feel useless, as he was unable to protect Belldandy earlier. Just then, the room fills with smoke, and from it emerges Shiho Sakakibara, the exorcist girl who previously appeared in Chapter 57.

Shiho is now under the control of the Mind-Force Field, and has tied an unconscious Sora Hasegawa to a large pole behind her. Shiho is disappointed that Keiichi is the only one left, but attacks him anyway by summoning various evil spirits to rush toward him. Keiichi opens the door behind him to try to get away, only to be greeted by the group of Belldandy imposters that he had escaped from earlier. He tries to slam the door shut again, but the fake Goddesses fling the door open again, entering the room. The “Belldandys” are met immediately by the evil spirits Shiho had summoned. The spirits have a brief private conference with each other, remembering that their “Master” said they would know Belldandy by the mark on her forehead. Since all of the imposters bear the mark on their heads, the spirits attack them. The various fake Goddesses go running in terror, trampling poor Shiho. With Shiho now unconscious, the spirits disappear. Keiichi is alone, and sets about rescuing Hasegawa.

Meanwhile, Urd and Skuld have finally met with each other, after having their individual fun beating up on their personal tormentors (the Chemistry Lab students, and the Wrestling and Video Game Club). The two Goddesses decide to head off to find Belldandy and Keiichi, but they start to head off in opposite directions to look for them. A brief argument ensues over which way they should go. They finally agree to go their own individual paths, only to have both fall down trap doors. The Goddesses agree on a truce, and that they should stick together.

At that same moment, Hasegawa has finally come to, much to Keiichi’s relief. He is at first nervous, since he thinks Sora may be under the same mind control as everyone else. However, Hasegawa shows him the ribbon in her hair, stating she met up with Skuld earlier, so she is not under Sayoko’s power. Just then, Keiichi realizes that since Hasegawa was formerly one of Queen Sayoko’s slaves, she must know her way through the castle.

Hasegawa leads Keiichi through the halls, telling him that Belldandy is now being held captive. They then reach a part of the building that is loaded with dangerous traps. Sora shows Keiichi a complex series of jumps, leaps, and motions that he must mimic in order to get through the hall safely, and not trigger any of the traps. Not sure what he’s doing, Keiichi tries to mimic Hasegawa’s movements, each time nearly springing one of the many laser traps and trap doors. Through plain dumb luck, Keiichi is able to make it to the end of the hall safely.

Meanwhile, Sayoko is watching Keiichi’s progress on a TV monitor, impressed that he has beaten every trap she’s set so far. Mara asks what’s become of Belldandy, and Sayoko states that she has been left with some of her servants to “play with”, and that Mara can visit her if she desires. Since Sayoko is too busy watching Keiichi getting tortured, Mara leaves to find Belldandy.

It turns out that Belldandy has been left in the care of some men who want to create a full-body cast of Belldandy (for their own personal and unsavory uses). They have the sleeping Goddess laid out on an operating table, and are preparing to begin the procedure. The men begin to argue with each other over who gets to remove Belldandy’s clothes so they can begin the process of making the life size silicone model of the Goddess. Just then, Mara enters and knocks them all out with a powerful spell. Once they are out of the way, Mara leans over Belldandy, stating that it is time for her to awaken.

A short time later, Belldandy wakes up, and realizing that she is alone, races off to find Keiichi. She is certain she is walking into a trap, but will not let any of Sayoko’s distractions stand in her way. At that same moment, Keiichi and Hasegawa are beginning a long climb up a seemingly endless stairway that apparently leads to Sayoko’s main chamber.