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1928. Chin Yu Wei has a bizarre task for Dick Thorne. Wei wants Dick to steal a statue from a wealthy Japanese art collector that was stolen from his family during the Boxer Rebellion and in return, Wei will give him a vast estate. Thorne breaks into the house, grabs the statue, but when he is making his getaway, he is discovered by the owner. Thorne drops the statue, which breaks, revealing a scroll hidden inside. He seizes the scroll and returns to Wei. Wei tells him this scroll reveals the position of an undiscovered island in the South Pacific. On this island, a unique blossom grows that contains the secrets of good and evil. No one is able to lie after smelling the flower and Wei hopes he can use the flower to change the world.