Black Jack and Pinoko travel overseas to visit a former patient. The patient had phoned the doctor reporting persistent fever and skin blotches and claimed that the operation was botched.

Black Jack is introduced to Sono, who is the daughter of an Ikebana (flower arrangement) master and head of the family/school. Doctors have pronounced that Sono only has a few months to live. Her father wants her life extended by at least half a year so that she can participate in next year's examinations and become the next master.

Black Jack and Pinoko are staying at a mountain-top resort hotel. A man who was trapped under a falling tree and in critical condition is brought in. Despite the son's pleas, the doctor on-call refuses to treat him due to a strike at the hotel and leaves.

While Black Jack is operating on a patient, his hand suddenly becomes paralyzed. He consults with another doctor, and they both believe that it may have to do with the fact that Dr. Honma had operated on him 20 years ago.

Black Jack and Pinoko go visit a remote island and meet a fisherman acquaintance and his son Taichi. The fisherman wants his son to go to high school on the mainland and borrows Black Jack's boat to receive the enrollment forms. Before he goes, the fisherman warns Taichi to stay away from the western shore.

Satoru, a friend of Sharaku, watches a movie about aliens and later witnesses a meteor streak across the sky. He then notices a strange lump on his side and is later admitted to the hospital when it becomes even more swollen.