Summary
Gabimaru the Empty a former ninja assassin known feared as a heartless husk of a man spends his days on death row wondering when an executioner skilled enough to so much as harm him will arrive as he thinks nothing of seeing an end to his meaningless existence Or so he thought Then the lady executioner Asaemon the Beheader rekindles his hope with an astounding proposition If he ever wishes to see his beloved wife again he is under the auspices of the shogunate to embark on a perilous voyage to the mysterious mystic island said to house the elixir of immortality Should he be the one among many rival deathrow fiends and scoundrels to find the elixir hell earn a full exoneration and more importantly a chance at an ordinary married life with the light of his lifethe woman who made the world seem not so ugly What awaits them is a journey like no other