Makoto "Edamame" Edamura has turned to crime as a result of a series of tragic occurrences, pickingpocketing and scamming people for a career. However, after duping a seemingly dumb visitor, Makoto realizes that he was the one duped, and to make matters worse, the authorities are now looking for him. While fleeing, he encounters the tourist again, who turns out to be a fellow con man named Laurent Thierry, and follows him to Los Angeles. Makoto confronts his adversary to decide who is the greater scammer in order to preserve his self-proclaimed title of "Japan's Greatest Swindler." Accepting the challenge, Laurent leaves them off at a massive house and declares that their target will be the West's most powerful mafia lord.