Zakon buddy Amidy hovoryt: ubyvtsia zhertvuie svoie tilo vbytomu, a sam spuskaietsia v peklo. Toriumon Reiden, samurai zi sluzhby Koropa-i-Drakona, rozsliduie vypadky nasylnytskykh smertei ta chudesnykh voskresin.
Zdaietsia, Reidenu vzhe chas zvyknuty do naidyvovyzhnishykh podii. Ta zhyttia smiietsia nad molodym diznavachem i znakhodyt, chym dyvuvaty yoho znov i znov. Khto strybaie na dvokh nohakh, vytiahnuvshy vpered ruky, temnymy provulkamy? Khto mstytsia trom veselym samuraiam, ta tak, shcho azh paperovyi likhtar, hluzuiuchy, vysovuie yazyka? Shcho za velyke molinnia zapochatkuvav sam sohun, ta take, shcho holova stolychnoi sluzhby Koropa-i-Drakona vtik zi stolytsi svit zaochi?
I nareshti, shcho zh vidbulosia na dalekomu ostrovi Okinava, yakshcho Reidenu z pomichnykom nakazaly terminovo plysty tudy, ta shche y nashchos odiahnuty kimono z vyshytymy zhuravliamy?!