The story:
The kingdom of Baronkhan, ruled by the Phantom's former ward Rex, has succumbed to a mysterious illness affecting its general population and principal ruler, but strangely not the military or Prince Rex' own royal physician.

The despair deepens when a mission of mercy en route for Baronkhan is shot down by an assassin, at which point the Phantom enters a race against time to prevent a merciless coup d'?tat...