A tale of high adventure and survival!
In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi
Sugimoto searches the wilderness of Hokkaido for a hoard of hidden gold.
With only a cryptic map and a native Ainu girl to help him, Saichi must
also deal with every murderous cutthroat, bandit and rogue who knows
about the treasure!
The search for the tattooed convicts leads Sugimoto, Asirpa, and
Shiraishi to the infamous Botaro the Pirate, a man with nearly
superhuman swimming abilities. Tracking him down will test Sugimoto's
claim of immortality! Meanwhile, a serial killer stalks the back alleys
of Sapporo--but is he another escapee from Abashiri prison, or someone
else? The murders attract the attention of Lieutenant Tsurumi and
Hijikata, and a deadly confrontation is building--but this time, who is
the hunter and who is the hunted?