The beautiful Japanese crested ibis once flew freely in the skies above a village. Civilization has advanced, but nature has been destroyed, wild life has been snatched away, and humans have lost their hearts... Ishibashi Kenjiro, who is now standing for election as a village council member in what is now the sole name of the village of crested ibises, is so famous for being a professor of the Japanese crested ibis that he even named his only daughter Toki. But Toki receives news that Kenjiro has collapsed, vomiting blood, during a campaign speech...!?