Now being chased by D.E.P.D agents, Jim and Karl retreat into the neighboring town of Simpson. They leave the goatman apprentice with a friend to figure things out while they go to finish other business. Meanwhile, Director Reid has to make an uneasy truce with Ezekiel Washington, leader of the Crimson City Kings in Simpson, so his agents can follow the two investigators into what is locally known as “the Crimson City”.