Chemistry

5: 30 PM, Central Fire School Outdoor Evaluation Center.

A pile of dead duck trees is piled up in a square and a flame rises. Employees of the H Innovation and students of the Fire School stood in front of the flames with a small window followed by a light fire pump.

Immediately before water-resistant, the student operating the two-stage switching nozzle was flinched by a sudden cold wind.

“Shoot, it's time! ”

The first fire suppression started by turning left the waterway that stretched out like rain to the point originally intended.

“Come on, come on! ”

The student who continued to pour out a stream of smoke on the staff's roots was in shock when he saw the fire rising, rather than waning from the cold wind again.

“Damn it. They don't even help the weather. ”

The voice of a grumbling employee. The student's touch became even busier. Time went on and on until two minutes later, the spark had barely abated.

Then.

The blast that drove Sheikh all over the auditorium caused a large amount of sparks to splash to the side and the flames that had subsided burned up again. I hurriedly shot a stream of water at the new ignition point, but time went on even further.

“2 minutes and 37 seconds. ”

A wooden prototype that's over half burnt. If that were a house, my entire fortune would have been burned to the ground.

All the H Innovation officials who were watching the harsh results became devastated. It was originally a long test, but it was far too close to the average record three years ago.

Park Il-sung, who was the second order on the side of the student who shrunk his shoulders, approached.

“On a windy day, we have a lot to worry about. The water just shifted, so I couldn't touch the real fire in the smoke. ”

Park Il-sung said to the student while checking that the pump followed by the fire hose was not worn out.

“When the fire grows, if waterproofing doesn't work, focus on the combustion blanket. Fire defense.You learned that in tactical time, right? Throw away what you're throwing away, get drunk what you're drinking. It's not a game to put out fires, it's a practice to save people. ”

“I'm sorry. ”

“Well done anyway. ”

The student leaned down and walked to the H Innovation position on the advice of a seasoned president-elect.

- Starting in three minutes.

The wooden model is pushed to one side and the new duck tree is set on the iron plate.

Jungwoo saw the mixture of his eyes and feet from just before the start of the final test, and he felt anxious. Is it because the day was still cloudy? I thought it might snow.

‘By the way, this wind. It's getting stronger. ’

Added new variables to the problem.

Currently, a class of additives mixed with KG chemistry in water were compounds to strengthen antifreeze and adhesion properties.

According to the chief, it is a reinforcing liquid extinguishing agent that is blended with a patented penetrating agent and not enviable by its effects alone.

However, the first thing I felt was that I needed more linearity to get through the wind and reach the point of ignition.

‘Lowering the antifreeze ingredient and raising the viscosity……. ’

I had to think about recombination.

- Launch.

The second order of Eugene Chemicals began, and Jung watched over Team Leader Park.

“Huh."

I was surprised to see Jung Wook pouring out of the window. Changes in additives I just thought of. because it was still in that stream.

“What's the matter? ”

“No, it's not.”

In response to Jung's remarks, Jung could not take his eyes off the water stream that Jung was shooting.

Despite the cold wind and low temperatures, the stream of water that began to spread out and hit the fireplace softened the flame once.

The evolution of Team Leader Park here was different from that of the previous student. To prevent the flames from expanding in all directions, the hoses were stretched out and began to evolve as they moved to both sides.

A tactic that began to evolve from the top like a siege, recognizing that the water stream is weaker than the fire, with an accurate aim that seems to be attached to a target.

All this was done quickly in the harsh wind.

"Wow, this is a perfect evolutionary project that you can't even read in the textbook.” I've heard of your amazement. This was the case with the current firefighters who were in an emergency room.

‘Even with tactics, I don't have a choice if it's medicinal grade. ’

As I glanced at Eugene Chemical, I saw Yoon Jae-gil standing boldly with his arms crossed. Three years ago, he won a contract with a climate-appropriate combination.

The time to ponder has dwindled, for nearly 50 seconds, the flames were gone.

Whee!

Suddenly, the wind blows and a spark erupts from the extinguished part. Despite the sudden variables, Team Leader Park did not panic and immediately turned the water stream to evolve. However, this wind lasted a long time, so the fire spread back to the side.

It was then that Jungwoo's eyes flashed.

You see a sudden movement of dust particles.

Draw nearby oxygen in the event of a fire. The bigger, the more. And that's why it's natural for a constant wind to blow along the way of this oxygen. Even the dust stars caught in it disappeared into smoke after being sacrificed in a flame reaction.

‘If you can't take advantage of the medicine...’

Shooting a stream of water in line with this flow eliminates the need to change the medicinal ingredients for straightness.

‘… you can think of the fireplace and the wind at the same time. ’

Strengths that come to mind. It was a challenge.

“1 minute 10 seconds! ”

Eugene Chemical completed the test with results that were significantly different from H Innovation by more than a minute and a half.

The forerunner who was walking towards the testing ground for the next setting carefully asked.

“Jungwoo. Do we stand a chance? ”

“I'm not so sure myself. By the way, Chief Park, the meds over there are perfect. Just think about turning off the lights, guys. And when I adjust the direction of the nozzle, I'm going to put my hands on it. ”

“Are you referring to the chandelier? ”

“Speeding aid?”

“It doesn't matter how small it is, but usually the irrigation water and the auxiliary water track together. I was very repulsive.”

“Ah.”

Jungwoo nods that it's similar. Perhaps if we wanted to find a drafting wind and fine-tune the flow of water, it would be better to do it together than with words.

Park, who had arranged the hose at the entrance of the testing ground, turned his back. Team Leader Park opened his mouth to Jungwoo when he met his eyes.

“Be careful with the wind. That's a lot of fire. ”

“I'll be careful.”

“Well, you're better at finding fire than I am. ”

“No way.”

Jungwoo lowered his head with a smile and turned his gaze to the wooden model that was setting.

Take a deep breath.

I swept off my trembling chest.

About a minute later, Miles sent a wink to Jungwoo just before waiting to put on the loudspeaker.

This time, I nodded with a cheerful smile as if I were going to drink soju. I felt a little used to going through that horrible courtship.

- Launch.

The volatile-coated tree caught fire and spread throughout. The front-runner manipulates the nozzle on the window to turn it into a straight line and then into a posture.

After the wait time until the fire spread, the signal fell.

Jungwoo was the point where the combustion reaction was most intense and caught the dust particulates rapidly sucking in with oxygen. The target is not the flower shop, but the one next to it.

“Shoot it!”

The foreman pulls the handle. Jung, who was holding the window next to him, turned a fine line so that the stream could ride the wind.

The stream of water that was flying in a straight line smoothly draws an arch and straightens the flame as if it had been sucked in.

- Huh? - Yeah.

The impressive number of miles holding the loudspeaker in their hands was delivered to the evaluation panel. Park Il-Seong's eyes, who was watching carefully from behind, also flashed.

Jungwoo was busy. Because the smoke erupted as soon as the water touched, it was difficult to identify the fireplace. Fortunately, it was the performance of a KG chemical enhancer. The effect of rapid cooling was much superior to the additive of the recombined Eugene Chemicals.

“Upper left. ”

“Yep!"

“No, just a little higher. ”

Every time the water stem changed along Jungwoo's handgesture, Jungwoo was blinded by a demon-like flame.

Whee!

The moment the wind in the evaluation area blew and the flame grew, Jungwoo's fingertips raised the window up.

A stream of water rose at the same time.

“Huh.”

Even the startled cries of the vanguard were brief. The stream of water poured down over the wooden model in an interstellar stream quickly engulfed the flames.

The peculiar and delicate curve continued like a charm.

- All right!

Mileage cheering from the loudspeaker. People outside the control line were totally distracted by this acrobatic stream of water.

I thought that Jungwoo would be able to keep an eye on the flow of flames and smoke and record one minute inside until it completely burned.

‘Yes, you can. Let's keep going.’

Maybe it's just a little bit comforting? I turned my tired eyes to a distant distance for four hours looking carefully into the chemical world.

And...

‘… What, that? ’

Jungwoo found dark dust stars gathering like a storm on the other side of the sky.

Somehow I had a bad feeling.

Considering the amount of other dust particles that were moving along the wind, that was a strong wind, not a gust of wind.

“Not the sparks, the big fire! ”

When the wind blows, the water stream turns to the most dangerous place.

Ahhhhhhhh!

The blade winds seem to be falling from my ears. I closed my eyes because my eyes were mixed with my feet.

A rapidly expanding flame.

Jungwoo swallowed the groaning and watched the situation as much as possible.

A piece of wood burned by the fire falls off the larynx with a gust of wind. Fire flares out everywhere, blowing up into the air along the wind.

"Oops."

Jung, who glanced at the sky, bit his lips tightly. The dark dust was clumping together again.

The problem was not just the flame escalating. Those flaming fireflies are about to blow out of control.

‘What to do.’

A situation that is inevitable to conflict. Jungwoo's gaze remained on the KG chemical brothers and sisters standing outside the control line.

If they take the risk of getting burned in the fire pit, they can still fight the fire faster than Eugene Chemicals.

But...

‘Dammit, what's the point of competing in this situation? ’

Jungwoo takes his hands off the window and runs out screaming.

“Mr. Pildu. Cover that way! Do it!”

It reacted like a head-speed lightning craving chemical insight because 0.1 seconds was urgent.

By pushing the hot air layer into the narrow holes of the cold air layer, a rapid rise airflow forms.

A group of dust in the cold air gathered on the side of the control line.

A group of dust in the hot air filled with burning wood models.

Jungwoo reaches out and guides the dust particles near the flames to the front of the control line.

Please!

Song Bo-young, who was watching with sweat in her hands, opened her eyes wide as Jungwoo ran in. And then, all of a sudden, a distant fire erupted. "Boom!” I screamed.

Song Bo-young instinctively closed her eyes and lowered her head.

Profit!

The wind blows and pushes the fire dung horizontally up to the sky.

Shoot him!

And it rains like rain in front of the control line. The water shaft that formed the membrane blocked all the fire that followed behind it, making teeth and sounds.

“Phew. You okay? ”

Song Bo-young, who had been snarling ever since, opened her eyes. When she saw Jungwoo standing against the water, she was surprised and asked.

“Hey, what are you doing here? ”

“I followed the dung. The wind's blowing hard. But you're awake, right? ”

“It's closed!”

The wind subsides, but the fire continues to fly in the aftermath, causing the stream to fall relentlessly.

Jungwoo acted appropriately and nodded his head that he was doing well for the dust stars that disappeared up there.

“Oh, it's cold. It's a good thing the suits are waterproof. ”

“Mr. Jungwoo. ”

Turning to someone's voice, Park Il Seong stands on his back with a portable evolver.

“I'll cover this place. Finish the central fire. ”

“Will you do that? Wait, can I do that? Isn't Eugene Chemical supposed to be on board? ”

“I thought you said you didn't do this alone? I'm just sorry I'm late again. Go now.”

Park Il-sung opened the mobile evolver nozzle and started spraying radially.

Jungwoo ran to Jung Pil.

“Up here! Fire pit! Direct!”

…… the results of KG chemistry were 3 min 4 sec.

* * *

Shared shower for student dormitories at the fire school.

“Ahhhh!”

You rub a scarred face into the hot stream, screaming and straining.

“I think I'll live. ”

A happy smile appeared after the aftermath of the cold water baptism. After five hours of mutilation, the smell of scorching water was washed away.

He said as if he was sorry that he was taking a shower with him.

“I didn't think Jungwoo would run there. ”

“No, I had to get close to get a lot of them. ”

“Guidance?”

Jungwoo just smiled that there was such a thing and soaped without saying anything.

Chop chop.

The shower door opened and a man with a comfy look came in. It was a mile long, bloated beard.

“Hey, I'm already in the shower. Is the hot water still coming out? ”

The mileage with the water in the shower on the left is smiling, looking at the spring.

Seeing that there was a muscular man standing on both sides, the body weight of the man was very comparable.

‘I'm not on the small side either. ’

I finished the soap quickly and washed it off with a stream of water. Milsoo said as if he was walking by in the shower with a ’Ugh, cool' expression.

“Park made Jungwoo's mouth dry with praise. ”

“Team Leader Park Il-Seong? ”

“I can smell the wind as well as fire. Is this the genius who was born to fight fire? ”

“Did you really? ”

“My opinion on the back. ”

A mile of soap on his face swung his head and winked. Jungwoo took a step back, surprised.

“We all disagree on the last test. There were winds in each order. But there are voices in common. ”

“What……. ”

“What am I supposed to buy if I don't buy something as stubborn as a firefighter? ”

Jungwoo shrugged his ears.

“Does that sound like an assessment? ”

“Curious?”

Miles flushes the soap and turns his head again. After sending lazy eyes as a big distraction, Jungwoo thought that he should quickly avoid the position.

“I'm leaving for Seoul right away. Why don't we go to Central together and listen? Put on a drink. I'll treat you well.”

“Um, uh.... I'll just hear a formal announcement at 7: 00. ”

Jungwoo greeted the two of them and left the Huddak shower room.

Jungwoo, who opened the door of the dormitory, flinched. Meanwhile, snow fell from the sky and formed a layer on the floor.

“It's really coming, snow. ”

I was not colder than before because my body temperature rose in the shower.

By the time I had passed the calibration of the Central Fire School and arrived in front of the headquarters where the first people had gathered, there was a lot of snow on Jungwoo's head.

I came up to the main association and wiped my eyes, but I felt popular behind my back.

“Mr. Jungwoo. ”

Turning my head, it was Yoon Jae Gil.

“Ah, the head of the center. It's snowing a lot, isn't it? ”

“Today's bid evaluation. He was determined and active.”

I scratched my chin to fix it on Yoon Jae-gil who said it was disappointing.

“We did our best to meet the expectations of the Head of the Foundation Materials Center. ”

“I honestly didn't think we'd make it this far. You know that even Team Leader Park gets a penalty. I should have kept the firefighters' connection in mind. ”

Ruthless Yoon Jae-gil wiped his eyes from Jungwoo's shoulders and said.

“Ha, well. You know what, Mr. Lim? ”

“What?”

“There is a life in everyone's hands. I want to be like that for Mr. Lim Woo. From now on, I'm going to talk about scout terms. This is a one-time only opportunity for this moment. First of all, the annual salary of Ph.D.... ”

“Well, I'm sorry. I already have such a meeting. ”

With AF-12.

Yoon Jae-gil sighed bitterly at Jungwoo's iron wall attitude.

“It's almost 7: 00. Go inside.”

Jungwoo pointed to the Great Hall and walked in loud.

After walking inside the auditorium and arriving at KG Chemistry, Song Bo-young immediately turned her head. This chief and his surrogate also turned their gaze toward Jungwoo.

Jungwoo sat down with his eyes fixed on them.

“You okay?"

I glanced at the worried eyes of Song Bo-young.

“I got a little wet. By the way, did you see the outside? It snowed a lot. ”

“I don't need to worry. Chongchan's car is a piece of junk, so it should go well. ”

“We've got to get going. ”

“We just have to listen to the results and get going. ”

Park Il-sung, who was sitting in the front seat, turned his back to look at Jung and bowed his head. Jungwoo gladly greeted those who came up to the top of the statue.

Director Yongnam of the Fire and Industrial Technology Institute grabbed Mike.

“You've been through a lot in the cold weather. The weather is bad, so I'll announce the results right away. ”

Looking down at the document in his hand, all the officials died.

“Pneumatic respirator set. Safety armor, structural gloves in all Namyeong industries. Fire Rope Three Myeong Industry... ”

Whenever a vendor was called on the list, the sighing was split. The screen at the back reminded me of a selection company organized at once. After reading it, the business associates who had failed to win the tender got up and started going out.

Equipment selection announcement lasts for 5 minutes. It's my turn to take medicine.

“Prior to the announcement, the performance of each of the medicines produced as a result of their development was much better than before. Especially KG chemistry and Eugene Chemical, which competed to the end three years ago. Thank you in advance for helping to improve fire chemistry. ”

Lee Jung-cheol and Yoon Jae-gil Center Leader bowed their heads to Yong-nam's greeting.

Jungwoo was shaken and waited for the next word. Song Bo-young next to me also swallowed the saliva to see if she was nervous.

“The current firefighters' judgments were disagreeable enough that they had thought it through. So, we decided to do individual bidding on 28 of the 28 items, not exclusively, and the representatives of the four companies agreed. ”

Did you?

Jungwoo came late, so he had no choice but to look at Jung-cheol.

“We will announce the results. ”

At the same time, I came up with the results of individual wins published on the screen.

The crowd rumbled.

Because there were so many items, I couldn't capture them all at once, so I had to keep counting and wait for the next screen.

Jungwoo quickly cleared KG chemistry by counting the number of drugs it called.

8 KG chemicals, 11 Eugene Chemicals, 1 H Innovation, 2 Taeuthanized Milk Chemicals.

“The water additive part is……. ”

The highest volume of Nam Yong-nam came and put the results of the tender in his mouth.

“… KG chemistry. ”

Lee Jung-cheol suddenly stood up and raised his hands when he picked the biggest yellow person in the vast firefighting system, which would be included in fire hydrants, reservoirs, and water towers installed throughout the country.

The final result is 13 parts KG chemistry.

Although not exclusive, all KG chemists enjoyed the feeling of being victorious. On the other hand, Yoon Jae-gil and the practitioners next to her shook their heads bitterly and stood up in Jungwoo's eyes.

‘Competitive bidding……. I have a tremor, but it's that much fun. ’

I don't know how helpful it would have been for me today, but I thought I would have met his expectations somewhat.

“Mr. Jungwoo! ”

Chief Lee Jung-cheol ran for a month and held Jung-woo's hand tightly and kept shaking.

“See you in Seoul, Jungwoo. ”

“Thank you for your hard work. I was so proud of you. ”

Bo-young Song and Oh Seung-joo, sitting in the back seat of Kim Jong-chan's car, waved their hands to Jong-woo.

The master of the passenger seat lowered his window and looked at Jungwoo.

“When do you send materials science centers? ”

“I don't know about that. ”

“I hope you get here soon. We have a lot of challenges. ”

“It's the first day of basic materials. ”

Yes, Kim Jong-chan greeted the original smiler and stepped on Axel.

“Be careful up there. ”

After waving, Jungwoo boarded the KG Chemical Bus in the parking lot.

“Jungwoo! ”

They surrounded Jungwoo, who was boarded by the Secret Service representatives and pharmaceutical developers.

“Thank you so much for today. If it wasn't for all those tests, Jungwoo, I wouldn't have gotten these results. ”

“I just announced earlier that I'm three years old and I'm just... ”

“This is not enough for one meal, so we'll keep going around. ”

Jungwoo thought he could climb up without being bored, unlike at lunch when he came on a bus alone.

One by one, the vehicles at the front door began to move, along with KG Chemical buses and trucks.

* * *

At 7: 30 p.m., the Northern Highway of the Central Fire School.

In the sudden snowfall, a vehicle moved down the road that was completely indistinguishable from where it was and where the field was.

The car that was going up the hill slipped and rolled on one wheel in the field. The subsequent car also turns around and stops in place and throws it away.

The cars that approached in succession could not climb up the road and stopped on the side of the road, blinking emergency. Even the chain-wrapped SUV skidded up confidently and skidded side-by-side on one of the wheels in the field and skidded the wheels.

Miles kicked his tongue watching the windshield wipers move relentlessly on his spilling eyes.

“Humanitarian, shouldn't we forecast this much snowfall? ”

In the blizzard, the number of headlights on the opposite lane increased while driving the car at the speed of the turtle. As I went further, I could see the cars crossing the line.

“Why did you come back? ”

The wiper wiped the windshield once. Miles was astonished by the landscape of the road in front of him.

The surface of the road frozen above the lumen.

Continuous snowfall.

The ice sheets on which the layers pile up remain a barrier, blocking the passage. As the vehicles continue to stream, someone shouts for the windows to open and turn around.

Yuck! Yuck!

However, when the village bus that was crossing the other lane slipped in the snow and the wheel fell into the sewer, the narrow road was filled with cars that had no place to go back or forth.

A prison of snow unfolding in the harsh power of the winter.

White snow feet pouring from the sky quietly covered the world as if laughing at all this.

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