Sugimoto was separated from Asirpa after the incident at the prison. Now, he's tracked her down to Karafuto, a place even further north and colder than Hokkaido.

Sugimoto and the 7th engage in a traditional Russian combat sport to track down one of the tattoed prisoners.

As his group tracks Kiroranke and Asirpa in the frozen north, Tsukishima reflects how he began to be involved with the 7th Division.

Sugimoto joins a group of traveling performers in hopes it will lead him to Asirpa.

As they cross the borders into Russia, Kiroranke's group finds that there's more waiting for them than they expected.

After a brutal sniper battle, Ogata is badly ill. As he recovers, he reflects on his past, and what he did to make himself the man he is today.

Sugimoto's group is separated during a nasty blizzard. One party safely makes it to a nearby lighthouse, but another is forced to camp in the middle of the snow. They make a bed under the dogs to keep warm, but...

Hijikata tracks down one of the tattoos to an isolated fishing port in Hokkaido. Its bearer is Yoichiro the Manslayer, a legendary assassin from the last days of the shogunate.

Before Kiroranke came to Japan, he was a Russian revolutionary. One day, he and Wilk went to the house of a Japanese cameraman, where they began to study the Japanese language. But more was going on than meets the eye...

The time has come to break Sophia out of prison. In doing so, Asirpa remembers a critical key to the whereabouts of the gold...

Asirpa, Shiraishi, and Sugimoto are finally reunited in the frozen North.

At long last, Sugimoto, Shiraishi, and Asirpa are reunited, as this chapter in the war for the Ainu gold comes to a close...