作品主要讲述了某天，一款掀起大热潮的VRMMORPG“YGGDRASIL”原本会停止一切服务，但即使过了结束时间，玩家也不会退出游戏，NPC也有了各自的思想。
1945年的夏天，二次世界大战的阴影从地球上空褪去。远在北方的色丹岛无法独占宁静，炮火轰炸过后不久，苏联人的战舰军队到来，令日本岛民们不知是吉是凶。
The protagonist Masaru has just inherited a large amount of property after his father's death. However, people are trying to obtain it through any necessary means, even if it means killing him. Narumi helped Masaru avoid being kidnapped after struggling with strange characters. He discovered that they were not humans, but wooden puppets with astonishing power. After a difficult struggle, Narumi was forced to admit that he was not their opponent; Just as he began to believe that Masaru would be captured, Masaru's defender Shirogane came here from France with a weapon - the puppet Arlequin. The story of the Karakuri Circus begins here.
