A surgeon, Sagara Kosuke, resigned from the university hospital where he had worked for 12 years and is returning to work after taking a year off. He had agreed to himself to accept the first job offer that comes around, which comes from Dogami General Hospital. The hospital is suffering from a chronic deficit due to its problematic staff, and Sagara offers to take an exceptionally meager salary and proclaims to the hospital's director to raise it after watching his performance.