In Hokkaido, legend speaks of a concealed cache of gold. The treasure is said to have been taken by a man who murdered the original Ainu holders; before lawmen seized him, he buried it in a hidden spot. To inform his allies outside, he etched the map onto the skins of fellow inmates and vowed them a portion of the loot—if they could escape and recover it.
In Golden Kamuy"s second season, First Lieutenant Tokushirou Tsurumi seeks to grant the 7th Division a head start in the tattoo battle by commissioning a taxidermist to forge hides that only he can recognize as counterfeit. At the same time, Saichi "The Immortal" Sugimoto, Asirpa and their band press on the quest for those hides after hearing an odd tale: a burglar who broke into a Yubari house discovered taxidermied corpses, one of which bore mysterious tattoos.
