<b>A tale of high adventure and survival!</b> <p/>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! <p/>While Sugimoto races north by dogsled Asirpa crosses the border with Kiroranke into Russian territory. Kiroranke--who was once involved in the assassination of the Russian Czar Alexander II--and the Russians tipped off by Tsurumi that Kiroranke was heading into their territory on Karafuto have set an ambush at the border. The dark pasts of Asirpa'