In Kasted City, Vash has been taken in by a girl named Lina and her grandmother, and is living by the name of Erics, hoping to live a quiet, peaceful life after the tragic destruction of Augusta. Meanwhile, a man claiming to be Vash the Stampede has set up camp nearby and is terrorizing the town. In an attempt to save Lina from the man, Erics gets shot and hospitalized. Wolfwood arrives in town and approaches Vash in the hospital to convince him to return to his old life.