The battle between Surgery and Internal Medicine intensifies. Shigekatsu Hiruma's candidate, Shinobu Kondo, becomes a professor. Takashi Ebina is skipped and Kondo is Hiruma's main pick for the next Department Head. But a surprising rival shows up. The former Department Head, Naoki Takano, who was transferred to Kanazawa by Hiruma, gets called back by Kazuyo Mabuchi.
