After learning of Asirpa from the seer Inkarmat, Saichi "The Immortal" Sugimoto, Genjirou Tanigaki, and Cikapasi team up with Otonoshin Koito and Hajime Tsukishima of the Seventh Division to head toward Karafuto. Venturing further north into the icy Russian frontier, they scour for any trace of Asirpa"s location and pursue her with urgency.
At the same time, Asirpa remains oblivious to what truly occurred at Abashiri Prison. Troubled and perplexed by her father Wilk"s past deeds, she follows his former companion Kiroranke to the town where Wilk was born and raised in an attempt to grasp his motives. Yet Kiroranke and the elite marksman Hyakunosuke Ogata conspire against her.
Even if they were to gather all 24 tattooed skins that constitute a map to the vanished Ainu gold, every faction hunting it now realizes the chart is meaningless without Asirpa. Recognizing the peril she faces, Sugimoto earnestly seeks to reach her first and shield her from the avaricious hands that aim to drag her into their wicked schemes.
