Fujita convinces Carlos to help him rescue Elizabeth on the premise that a second Da Vinci Mona Lisa may exist. They try to rescue her by hot air balloon but fail and Fujita is shot in the arm. D'Avalos announces an exhibition of his paintings on board a boat, including the "Woman with a Pearl" by Carot which Fujita loaned him for his exhibition. Fujita offers the Antonio de Beatis diary in exchange for Elizabeth, but at the exchange on board the boat, d'Avalos decides to kill Elizabeth and Fujita. However Fujita had already planned an escape with Carlos. Fujita and Elizabeth escape as he blows up the boat with explosives he had planted in the fake "Woman with a Pearl" painting.
この世にもう１枚のモナリザが存在して、さらにそのカギをエリザベータが握っているかもしれないとカルロスに語るフジタ。そして、エリザベータがダヴァロスの屋敷に捕らえられていると確信した２人は、気球で屋敷に近づく。だが、あと一歩でエリザベータを助け出せるというところでダヴァロスと部下たちの発砲を受け、退散することに。
フジタの打った次の手、それは、ダヴァロスが追い求めていた「ヴァザーリの手記」とエリザベータを交換するというものだったが…。
