When Ben informs Richard that "Locke" wants to speak with him, Richard becomes furious with Ben and shoves him onto the beach next to Locke's corpse, revealing to Ben for the first time that Locke is indeed dead. Face-to-face with the real, dead John Locke, Ben becomes visibly shocked. Shortly after, Ben is grabbed by one of Ilana's men, who hauls him back into the statue with him, despite Richard's protest. Inside the statue, Ben and four men enter Jacob's chamber; they encounter and point their guns at "Locke". Upon hearing the news of Jacob's death, the men become enraged and fire several shots at "Locke". Moments later, the monster enters the room and overpowers three of the four men, killing them. After the brief firefight, The Man in Black changes back to "Locke" and reveals to Ben his true identity. He explains to Ben that his intention is to "go home". After exiting the statue, "Locke" approaches Richard, who now realizes that "Locke" is actually the man who conned him 140 years ago; Richard is knocked unconscious by "Locke", who then carries him into the jungle to discuss matters. Shortly after, "Locke" releases Richard from captivity and offers him a second chance to join him, but Richard refuses. "Locke" then tracks down a drunk Sawyer (Josh Holloway), who recently lost Juliet and unaware about the true identity of "Locke", and recruits Sawyer to join him. Sawyer only agrees to follow him after "Locke" tells him that he can provide the answer to the most important question there is: "Why are you on the island?" During their walk through the jungle, "Locke" becomes distracted by a young, mysterious blond boy (Jacob in the form of his younger self) and gives chase. Suddenly, Richard appears and frantically informs Sawyer that "Locke" is not who he says he is, but leaves before "Locke" reappears. Once "Locke" returns, Sawyer is now fully aware that "Locke" is someone else entirely and pulls a gun on him, asking him what he is. However, Sawyer lets his guard down after "Locke" prods Sawyer to continue following him because he is "so close now" to learning the truth. The two eventually reach a cave near a ledge, which has writings all over its walls that consist of countless people's names with numbers beside them. "Locke" then reveals to Sawyer that these names represent all the possible "candidates" to replace Jacob as leader of the island.