Kyu Mon Ryu (Shodensha Bunko I 27-3 Wa Shu Boro Tombi Gumi 3)

[Machine Translation] The Senba family, thieves who start fires and use the opportunity to kill everyone in their path, have entered Edo. Upon receiving the news, Gengo Matsunaga, the head of the Shinjo clan's "rag-top" fire-fighting team, scrambles to stop the fire-breakers. However, Tozawa Masachika, a relative of the feudal lord, appears and declares that the number of firefighters will be reduced. Meanwhile, the head of the "Nigumi", "Kyumonryu", who has nine dragons carved on his body and is feared to be the strongest firefighter in town, breaks in, wreaking havoc on the scene. What is the fate of the Rorotobi clan in this absolute crisis? This is the continuation of the series that won the first place in the Keibundo Shoten Jidai Shosetsu Bunko Grand Prize.

火事を起こし、その隙に皆殺しの押し込みを働く盗賊千羽一家が江戸に入った。その報を受け、新庄藩火消通称“ぼろ鳶”組頭・松永源吾は火付けを止めるべく奔走する。だが藩主の親戚・戸沢正親が現れ、火消の削減を宣言。一方現場では九頭の龍を躰に刻み、町火消最強と恐れられる「に組」頭“九紋龍”が乱入、大混乱に陥っていた。絶対的な危機に、ぼろ鳶組の命運は!?啓文堂書店時代小説文庫大賞第1位シリーズ続刊。