While playing in town with Meryl, Milly, and a group of kids, Vash is encountered by Legato Bluesummers. The mysterious man communicates telepathically with him, claiming to be a messenger and telling Vash that he will die very soon. Suddenly, the shoemaker's wife runs into the town square, saying her husband was murdered and Vash was quickly and wrongly arrested for the crime. In jail, Vash comtemplates exactly what Legato's message could mean, though he isn't left alone for long, as that night, Monev the Gale, a member of the Gung-Ho Guns, appears to take Vash's life.