Kip. 9: The Imprint on the Heart

9

Black Jack and Pinoko travel to New York. Dr. Bart, now the head at Dr. Jorujyu's hospital, asks Jack to help him operate on his mother, Catherine Bart, because she has Honma's Hematoma. Jack, remembers his mentor's words not to get involved in that disease and refuses. Years earlier, the medical community accused Dr. Honma of conducting a live experiment on a patient with the rare disease causing him to resign. Later, Jack locates the clock which appears in the old group photograph just as Benitokage, the female assassin, arrives up and shoots Jack in the chest. Following the shooting, she is ordered to retrieve something from Catherine Bart. (Source: Wikipedia)