Ami is depressed when the students of a new cram school accuse her of cheating. It's all part of Esmeraude's new plan. She has placed one of her figurines at the school and has infected the entire class with her dark energy. Later, when Ami is investigating the school, she is attacked by a droid. It duplicates itself, but she manages to drive it away. The droid decides that the way to defeat the Sailor Warriors is to turn Mercury against them. It uses illusions to convince Mercury that the girls don't care about her. Just as she is about to attack her friends, Mercury breaks through the illusions and turns agains the droid. Sailor Moon finishes the droid off, thanking Mercury for not attacking them.