The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is plated in gold, the streets, the buildings, even the people. A thief knocks Tetsuro out and steals Maetel's luggage. Tetsuro runs after him into the sewers where he discovers the thief, a teenage boy named Hoilock, is not gold after all. Hoilock desires for his body to be plated in gold so the family of his girlfriend will accept him. Doing so is extremely expensive however, which is why he stole the luggage. Hoilock's mother, who is part of a rebellion against those who plate everything in gold is killed and the two of them come across her body in the sewer.