The protagonist begins his role as a test subject, receiving attentive care from the nurse who first rescued him from critical injury outside the hospital. Under the hospital director’s oversight, his days fill with structured medical observations and quiet moments of recovery that gradually draw him deeper into the facility’s routines. With no family ties to anchor him elsewhere, he finds his sense of independence steadily giving way to new dependencies. These changes mark the start of an altered existence shaped by the ward’s demands and the people now central to his survival.