The Mantis Axe

At first glance, Miyake is an ordinary man with an ordinary life; he faces constant stress at work, is pushed around by his wife, and is not particularly respected by his son. It’s no wonder he visits his doctor so often. Except that the doctor is actually his employer. And Miyake himself is a famous hired killer nicknamed Rhinoceros Beetle…

The Rhinoceros Beetle is one of the best at eliminating targets, a jack of all trades. Nevertheless, at home, he crawls like a doormat in front of his wife, trying (without success) to anticipate her moods and desires. Periodically he wants to retire, but one person won’t let him do it…
The doctor is a curator of hired killers, one of the main dispatchers of the criminal world. A man without a heart, nerves, or passions. Posing as “patients,” he receives mercenaries in his “clinic” and assigns them tasks, replacing the professional terms of killers with words like “procedure,” “operation,” “tumor removal”… He doesn’t like to let performers go.
The Rhinoceros Beetle is tired of killing. The doctor says that quitting the bloody business is only possible after carrying out several responsible and expensive “operations.” And all of them are related to the elimination of other professional killers. But the latest such assignment endangers both Miyake and his family…