Bosatsu Hana (Shodensha Bunko I 27-5 Wa Shu Boro Tombi Gumi 5)

[Machine Translation] Is it for the banzuke? Interest in the ranking of fire extinguishers is high, and it is linked to the reputation of the family. When the rumors began to circulate, Gengo Matsunaga, a member of the rag-tag steeplejack clan, saw Yoichi Hiiragi, a fire extinguisher from the Ninjoji clan, recklessly trying to steal credit from other fire extinguishers. Then, a Yomiuri Shomei, who suspects the firefighters of planting the fire, disappears.... Gengo and the others, in pursuit of the truth, are confronted by Uchiki Shindo, a fireman who is revered as a "Bodhisattva" for saving and raising children orphaned by the fire.

番付のためか―。火消番付への関心は高く、お家の評判にも繋がる。その噂が人々の口に上りだす頃、ぼろ鳶組松永源吾は、無謀にも他の火消から手柄を奪おうと闘う仁正寺藩火消柊与市の姿を目にする。そんな折、火消による付け火を疑う読売書きが姿を消し...。真相を追う源吾らの前に現れたのは、火難の遺児を救い育て、「菩薩」と崇められる定火消進藤内記だった。