The Law of Amida Buddha states: the murderer donates his body to the murdered one, and he himself descends to hell. Toryumon Raiden, a samurai from the Carp-and-Dragon service, investigates cases of violent deaths and miraculous resurrections. But people whose souls burn in the fire of passions sometimes lose the appearance of people. The dead harass the living, dangerous creatures lurk in the mountain wilderness, and events occur on the Island of Nine Deaths that require the attention of the all-powerful secret surveillance inspectorate. You can't kill anyone. But maybe someone is still allowed? The second book of the novel “The Dragon and the Carp” was “The Tale of a Hungry Son and a Well-Fed Mother”, “The Tale of an Unlucky Hermit and the Living Dead” and “The Tale of a Lost Head”. 2022