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September 1698. Sano Ichiro, the samurai investigator that has increased to get to be the shogun's second-in-command, is investigating rumors of a plan to overthrow the ruling regime. Once the analysis provides Sano's deputy Hirata to Lord Mori's property, he's surprised to locate Lord Mori killed and grotesquely mutilated in their own bed, and Sano's pregnant wife, Reiko, laying beside him. The only real strong idea is just a chrysanthemum drenched in blood.