Surnommé « l’Immortel », Saichi Sugimoto est un ancien soldat ayant survécu à la guerre meurtrière qui s’est déroulée au début du XXe siècle entre le Japon et la Russie. À présent, il se retrouve seul dans l’immense étendue désertique du nord du pays et il a besoin de beaucoup d’argent pour un but bien précis. La découverte d’une carte l’emmène sur les traces d’un trésor, 75 kilos d’or accumulé par le peuple autochtone des Aïnous…
The blue-eyed man confirms he is Wilk after seeing Asirpa's makiri[b], but says he will only reveal the location of the gold to Asirpa. Wilk tells Sugimoto that he wished to raise Asirpa to be the guerrilla leader of the Ainu, and that he did not kill the Ainu to acquire the gold. Sugimoto and Wilk are suddenly shot in the head by Ogata, killing Wilk. Tanigaki pulls them out of the line of fire, but finds Inkarmat stabbed, who warns him that Kiroranke has betrayed them. Shiraishi flees with Asirpa, where they are joined by Kiroranke and Ogata, who tells them that Wilk and Sugimoto are both dead. Sugimoto awakens heavily bandaged, while Inkarmat recovers nearby, watched by Tsurumi. Assuming that Kiroranke is taking Asirpa to his associates in Karafuto, Tsurumi sends Tsukishima and Koito with Sugimoto and Tanigaki to intercept them. Asirpa has a dream in which Sugimoto tells her that he is still alive.
