Saeko Morita, travelling to the US with her father, is instantly drawn to Joji Miyagi, an elegant NAL steward. She learns that he has a complicated past: suspected of espionage in London, he later worked as a well-digger and dockworker, and is now out on bail for illegal possession of a handgun and assault. Unknown to her, a mysterious powerful man got him into NAL so that he could work for a Southeast Asian country.