In a near future world, a famous computerized drama director is pushed beyond his artistic limits when a random science fiction writer asks him to adapt his novel for the digital stage—for the alluring incentive of real gold payment.

A precocious ten-year-old orphan believes himself to be an incarnation of Sherlock Holmes and his life to be in danger. His aunt takes him to see a psychologist, but is the boy truly deluded or could he be onto something diabolical and real?