DESCENDANTS OF DARKNESS 05 PA – YOKO MATSUSHITA

The business of Death is never done. Asato Tsuzuki works as a Shinigami, or Guardian o Death, in the Ministry of Hades. It s his duty to make sure that the souls of the dead reach the afterlife, but contrary ghosts and humanity s evils keep getting in the way of a job well done. With all these problem assignments, will he ever get a bonus…or will he be stuck paying back damages for all eternity? It s a grand ole time at the Count s annual tea party in the Hall of Candles, and it seems that the whole Ministry of Hades is there. Hisoka, Tsuzuki s partner, runs into Tatsumi, another Guardian of Death, and learns some startling secrets. Meanwhile, Tsuzuki finds a study containing a strange book. The kind that sucks you in–literally. Tsuzuki finds himself in a bizarre world whose inhabitants are dark parodies of people he knows in the real world. Tsuzuki, always ready to plunge into a situation, puts on a magic show to help a poor girl buy medicine for her sick father. But when a plague hits the town, Tsuzuki is blamed for it. Can he escape the townspeople s wrath? And will he ever find his way out of the pages of the book and back to the Hall of Candles?