On the second day of the new year, a child is run over by a palanquin which does not stop and an unknown man nurses her. Ichi takes her to doctor Jun'an while Sabu hunts the palanquin's client. Days later her parents appear and say their daughter Chii was abducted and a ransom demanded. However, Chii says the man, Sanji befriended her, not realizing that he was one of the kidnappers band...