In Hokkaido, it’s rumored that there’s a stash of hidden gold. This gold was supposedly stolen by a person who killed the unique Ainu house owners; and earlier than being captured and imprisoned by the police, he hid it in a secret location. In an effort to relay the gold’s location to his comrades on the surface, he tattooed the map on the our bodies of his cellmates and promised them a share of the gold—supplied they managed to flee and discover it.
In Golden Kamuy 2nd Season, First Lieutenant Tokushirou Tsurumi plans to present the seventh Division a bonus within the warfare for the tattoos by getting a taxidermist to create skins that solely he can distinguish as faux. In the meantime, Saichi “The Immortal” Sugimoto, Asirpa, and their companions proceed their hunt for the skins by following an odd rumor: a thief who broke into a house in Yubari discovered taxidermied human corpses, amongst which was a torso with unusual tattoos.