Koro no Chi (Novel) LEVEL2 (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] After the death of Oue, a detective of the Kurehara Higashi Police Department who ruled the underworld of Hiroshima, a young detective, Shuichi Hioka, succeeded his legacy. He used his police powers to control a violent organization, but once again, a war erupts in Hiroshima. The "devil" Kamibayashi, who has just been released from prison, has set out to revive the Igoshi-kai, which had been driven to the brink of destruction by Hioka. Burning with vengeance, Kamihayashi uses brutal methods to strengthen his power. The sad battle to the death between Hioka, a detective of conviction, and Kambayashi, a man who could only live as a gangster, opens!

広島の裏社会を治めていた呉原東署の刑事・大上亡き後、その遺志を継いだ若き刑事・日岡秀一。警察権力を用いて暴力組織を取り仕切っていたが、広島に再び、抗争の火種が。出所した“悪魔”上林が、日岡により壊滅状態に追い込まれた五十子会を再興すべく動き出したのだ。復讐に燃える上林は、常軌を逸した残忍な手段で勢力を強めてゆく。信念の刑事・日岡と、極道としてしか生きられなかった男・上林の、哀しき死闘が幕を開ける!