Black Jack meets Dr. Shiitake, a skilled but unnoticed doctor. He works at Manaka Hospital whose chairman has just died and whose embezzlement case concerning two of their best doctors arrested for bribing doctors to vote for them using hospital money. When a man is injured by fireworks, Black Jack's fee is too much for the hospital, and the underestimated Dr. Shiitake is given the chance to show his real skills. Eventually, he becomes the new director.