Okami No Okite Chohen Jidai Shosetsu (Shodensha Bunko to 8-26 Yami No Yojimbo 7)

[Machine Translation] The members of the Dark Assassins are targeted by someone, and the old assassin Yasuda Heibei is also attacked. The notorious assassin is trying to take over the Gokurakuya's territory. Heibei's only daughter Mayumi is acting strangely. She is depressed. Heibei wonders if something is wrong between Mayumi and Ukyo Katagiri, whom she secretly adores. This is a masterpiece of a novel about Heibei as a father who loves his daughter, and his life as a terrible assassin.

闇の殺し人の面々が何者かに狙われ、老刺客安田平兵衛も襲われる。悪名高き殺し屋が、極楽屋の縄張を奪おうとしていた。そんな中、平兵衛の一人娘まゆみの様子がおかしい。ふさぎ込んでいるのだ。平兵衛は、まゆみが密かに慕う片桐右京との間に何かあったのかと案じるが…。娘を想う父としての平兵衛、そして凄まじき殺し屋としての生き様を描く剣豪小説の傑作。