Saichi Sugimoto can be actually really a difficult soldier who participates in the Russo-Japanese War and who made the nickname"Sugimoto the Immortal." Honors in combat are of little use to him when he could be expelled out of the army to get a certain incident, however he's a wish a promise to keep, and also for that he will need money. His first idea to receive it will be to combine with the new Hokkaido gold-rush and decide to try his fortune, but fate educated him a much challenge and in the exact same time, more profitable. His eyes lighting up when a man tells the story of a burglar stole a great number of gold to later hide his booty. Is it a narrative that is false? The person tells him that the only real path to find the golden that is stolen is to find a number and who carry the paths tattooed their own bodies. But Hokkaido is actually really a difficult region and its constant nature, therefore when you're still deciding if such a narrative is more than the usual Chinese tale, you'll need to struggle to protect your life from a huge bear... and who should come to your rescue is just a Ainu girl who seems to know something about the narrative told by the old man.