Chemistry

AM 11: 36 - Gwanghwamun Central Disaster Measures Division

Jungwoo, who was in the back of the Situation Room, swallowed a heavy breath looking at the table where the Minister of Public Security and the Head of Disaster Response Policy gathered.

‘The atmosphere is bad. ’

All those who were busy on the phone everywhere, their expressions were strange.

He was also unconscious while 30 inhabitants of Ipsily were suffering from an uncertain respiratory illness. Engaged with the rapid rise of the respiratory patient yesterday, this phenomenon spread throughout the race would be truly catastrophic.

“Jungwoo.”

I turned my head in a loud voice and saw a large man sitting outside the situation room who could tell me who his forearms were instead of his face.

“Captain Ma? ”

“In the briefing there was a complicated chemical discussion, and I expected it. Call someone from South Korea if it's limited to this kind of work. ”

I approached Jungwoo with a look of welcome for the number of miles on the seat labeled Special Disaster Cooperator.

“I was going to recommend you. Who brought you here? Mr. Mayor?”

“Oh, me too. He asked me to take a temporary assistant so he could report it to him at the scene. ”

“Report? This is the final tower. Where is it? ”

“He says it's the Blue House.”

“What?"

I was surprised at Miles' gaze.

“Are you there now? ”

“It's not that grand. I accidentally helped out yesterday · ·”

“Mr. Jungwoo. ”

Next to Jungwoo, an officer from the Department of Public Security approaches.

“Wear this. Headquarters will be easier to get in and out. ”

The opposing Pokémon's entry card was just printed by the Human Resources Department.

Under the label [Special Advisor to the Environmental Advisory Counsel Lim Woo], the title "Secretariat of the Blue House Secretariat" was written like an egg.

Position of first class government officials.

“Oh, you're five stories taller than me. ”

Mileso looks at it together and salutes Jungwoo.

“I didn't know you. ”

“You can't be serious. Can't you see it's a temporary pass with a coat on it? ”

Jungwoo plugs the card into the top of the suit and asks Miles.

“I heard it on the way over, but what are you doing? ”

“First of all, she recently suffered from respiratory illness, and all race citizens with fever are being tested at designated hospitals. ”

Miles outlined the briefing that happened an hour ago.

“· · Cops, firefighters, and all the government officials went in and searched Ypsilanti all night. Found traces of pollution dumped in front of the stream, backed up the Central Fire Department chemical response team. ”

Unknown substance X discovered around 4am.

The Ministry of Environment research team was collecting and analyzing it at the Race College.

“If this epidemic spreads to the masses, we may have to close the entire corridor. ”

In case of human disaster, the face of the number of miles who came here was also serious.

“Show me what the research team has analyzed and uploaded so far. ”

“You can go ahead and ask for it. There's a president behind you. Me, too."

“Everyone's busy. They need to know something. You're not busy. Atmosphere.”

“That's right. ”

Miles guides Jungwoo to his assigned position.

Jungwoo was able to manipulate the keyboard and connect directly to the server. He was a little curious about Jungwoo's gaze, looking at the computational analysis tables from the second round.

‘Spreadability when in smoke is completely different from when it rains. ’

The formula I proposed yesterday was just assuming when I met the acid rain. However, if the particles are in much smaller fog, other problems arise instead of destructive damage caused by molecular meteors.

"What's so stable and transformative? ’

It was an impossible combination and trait to make randomly.

Jung took an interest in the Ingredient Table and focused on photographs of someone in a special outfit collecting unknown substances.

I continued to look at the tools of collecting material buried in the rocks of the stream, and my eyes remained on the clearest of them.

The substance of unknown substance X is there.

‘Hi, you're the culprit. ’

Even though it is a picture, after careful calculation of the molecular components, it arose in place.

“Have you seen it all? ”

“Yes. Secondary analysis showed almost a major component. It's been a long time, Captain. ”

“Huh? You sound like you're going somewhere. ”

“Maybe the biggest problem can be solved. I have a date tonight. ”

“A date? You have a boyfriend? Did you see that in the summer · ·”

“Commander, keep that to yourself. You know we don't have to talk about that. ”

“Between us? Yes, yes. You and me. ”

Miles smiles and shuts his mouth.

“What did you solve in five minutes, anyway? I'm already creeped out. ”

“Not 100%. ”

Jungwoo came here and remembered the call he had made with Jung Woo.

- We need someone who can give you insight into the situation. Without Jungwoo's participation yesterday, I wouldn't have been able to deal with Ipsily so quickly.

The president wants the advice of a chemist that conventional experts cannot give him.

I have read enough of the analytical data and have seen enough of the molecular world of unknown substance X.

Once in my mind, I came out of the hallway and pressed the number of the senior officer with my cell phone. During the tone, Jung noticed the news coming out of the display on one side of the hallway.

The President is coming. ’

"JVN 11: 00 News Special"

The anchor begins to speak.

“Citizens spent the night horrified by the mysterious chemical rain that hit Kyongju. Yesterday, the Department of Environment said it was raining corrosive pollutants, and 3,500 residents in the melted building were breastfeeding in a makeshift shelter in five downtown gyms just waiting for this to be resolved. ”

The screen switched to the scene of the disaster designation hospital.

“Another rain victim. As anxiety spread throughout Gyeongsangnam due to the risk posed by 30 inhabitants of Ibsil and their families who were unconscious, President Kang Ju-hyuk's gait is dramatic. Immediately after receiving the report, I came down directly to the site to comfort and encourage the victim's family. ”

The President got out of the car and rushed into the hospital.

“President Kang will continue to visit the rain site to check on current and future measures. ”

Jung Jong-gyu, director of Central Disaster Measures Safety, sighed as he watched the JVN news on one of the monitors.

An entire city was paralyzed overnight. Of course, the entire Korean Peninsula was shaken. President Kang Ju-hyuk was taking off his feet first to reduce the chaos that racing citizens would experience.

The presence of the president in the city has minimized the anxiety that citizens receive.

The remaining problem is to fix the situation.

This is a melted building. You can use it again, but the problem was 30 people who had fallen down.

- Although pathologic traces are being performed, the range of toxins detected is too wide and antidotes cannot be easily administered.

Reports from doctors at the CDC on video were regularly asked.

“What if it could ruin your life? ”

- Vitals are still stable.

“How contagious is it? ”

- For now, we have a chance for all the rained citizens.

Estimated to be 5% of the 270,000 race population, 13,500 people fell into a coma. It is a national disaster.

Jung Jong-gyu sighed deeply.

Beevik.

A signal came in on the phone on the table during the call. After asking for understanding with the burns, Jung Jong-kyu, who put the handset on his ear, stopped.

“President Kang Ju-hyuk? ”

- You've been through a lot. I'm on my way, but I'm going to a 4th Countermeasure, so I need you to call in my people. Get me a full video feed.

Jung Jeong-kyu, who lowered her handset, called out to the practitioner immediately.

“Prepare for the meeting! ”

After a while.

The situation monitor reminded me of the faces of the Environmental Ministry, the Department of Disease Control, the Police Department, and the fire department officials. At the center of the screen, the president of the river who was sitting in the car appeared, Jung Jong-gyu said.

“I'm going to start the fourth round of countermeasures. ”

While the ministerial briefing was going on, he was surprised to hear the whisper of the chairman of the board sitting next to him.

- If that's true, we should discuss it right now.

The president turned his head toward the camera that illuminated the situation room.

- Please stop reporting to the recovery team. Is Mr. Lim Woo there? Mr. Jungwoo?

Someone standing in the corner raises a flash on the President's call.

“Yes, here it is! ”

- Please come out and sit down.

Jungwoo hurriedly walked forward. The president looked around and pointed to the next seat of Minister Jeong Jong-gyu.

You want me to sit here? ’

Jung, who was seated in the middle of the meeting chair, swallowed a needle. I don't think I can finish this quietly. The president stopped talking and was looking at himself, so of course, everyone in the response department was staring at him.

Jung, who wrote his hand on the microphone, briefly identified himself.

“I'm Lim Woo · · ·”

Jungwoo, who had roughly put the name tag in his front pocket, quickly wore it as a formal horse.

“· · · Environmental advisory board. ”

When Jungwoo took his place, the president immediately led the meeting.

- Mr. Jungwoo. Can you tell everyone about the pollutants that swept through the race?

Jungwoo nods.

“Since no academic literature has been reported, I will call it an X for convenience. First of all, this X has a complex molecular structure with at least 50 toxic compounds. ”

In the first sentence, everyone was surprised and loud.

“But the structure is quite stable to complement each other, so it's okay if you don't see any individual toxicities. The problem happened here. If the active polymer mass is so stable, it can be endangered by its own mass. The media said that many of Gyeongju's buildings and cultural treasures had melted down, but in fact that expression was wrong. ”

Jung told the person who was manipulating the situation room monitor.

“Can you zoom in on one of the photos? Yeah, that. ”

A scorching building surface appeared on the monitor.

“A super-sized polymer in a precipitated raindrop has scratched and straightened the surface countless times. And the stability hasn't been compromised, and the remaining Substance X is presumed to have washed in the rain and escaped into the sewers. We didn't see it in the samples from the building. ”

Jung Jong-gyu, who was watching, asked.

“What's the difference between melted and destroyed surfaces? ”

“Melted means that X was absorbed into the water, but the surface was destroyed means that X wasn't dissolved in the water at all. It's completely different. ”

- Huh? - Yeah.

The head of the investigation team, who was attending the meeting in the laboratory at the Race University, turned to Jung Kyu's head in a surprised groan.

“Don't you agree? ”

According to Mr. Lim Wu's analysis, the damaged building itself eliminates the risk of harm to people. In fact, our team is continuing to test the reaction of the contaminant X, which is very reliable against external shocks.

Even the government's research team trusted limited opinions, and Jong Kyung Kyung revealed his expression. It would be good news for 3,500 residents in the shelter.

The analysis by the Environmental Advisory Council that gave clear causal relationships to the disaster headquarters that were contemplated by the realization was not over.

“If we understand the chemistry of X at the molecular level, we can explain what happened in the first place. ”

It was about Ibsilli, who had 30 patients, so she not only noticed the meeting participants, but also the outdoor spokespeople who had been answering the phone without rest.

“Could you bring up the picture when you find the X and collect it? ”

I noticed on the screen that associates at the CDC were carefully collecting samples.

“You can see here that the fog has been thick since dawn. I checked the weather data, and it was the same yesterday. The neighborhood used to have a lot of fog. ”

Chief Ahn Jae-seok, who was obsessed with the cause analysis, was most interested.

“X is extremely spreading in the fog. If you drop a drop of ink in clear water, it spreads all over the water. If this X was ink, the fog was water. The fog mixed with X gained fine dust levels because of the influence of the massive polymer. And of course, the fog that had to be dispersed would have spread further along the wind, along the atmosphere. ”

“Is there any evidence to substantiate that hypothesis? ”

I looked at the policy officer as if to ask the question of the natural disaster response policy officer sitting on the table.

“Evidence? We reverse pinpointed this atmospheric shift to find out where Ypsilanti originated. ”

“Ypsilanti was a specialist at Cheongwa University yesterday · · · · ·. ”

- Hm. Lee Il Joo, policy officer.

The president raised his finger and sent a signal to keep you quiet. The policeman, who realized that the expert was Jungwoo, immediately kept his mouth shut.

- Mr. Jungwoo. Can you also tell me what you said about not being 100% sure?

“I think we should discuss that with the doctor. ”

Jungwoo pointed to the disease management headquarters screen.

“This is another property of pollutant X. Each molecule has its own shape and size. Normal compounds don't work this way. But 30 inhabitants of the X particles in the fog are all experiencing the same symptoms. Among the chemicals that we use in hospitals are drugs of this nature. The binding structure of the molecule is not involved in the effect. Unfortunately, it also has the same effect as Ibshili's patients. ”

The doctor was flabbergasted.

- You mean the anesthetic?

“That's right. So I've made this assumption. Maybe the residents were unconscious because of the effects of the anesthesia of X itself, which excavated their lungs after being microdusted, not because of the toxicity of the contaminants. ”

The panic about the emergence of a large-scale contagious toxin made the assumption that the patients were just anesthetized, and everyone in the Situation Room's face became blurred.

However, both the research team and the research team at the Center for Disease Control and the Department of Environment gave a nod, thinking it was credible, because it was the only response they had.

The physician, who had discussed this with another colleague who was waiting for the disaster designation hospital, made a medical statement about this family.

- If that's true, we can use drugs to force the anesthesia to wake him up. But unless we can prove that X is anesthetizing through the membrane proteins of neurons, we can't do anything to make life more dangerous for our patients.

“That's · · · · · · · · · · · ·. ”

Jung turns his head toward the investigation team.

“Chief Ahn. If you split the collected X into particles and cause a reaction, you can see the results, right? ”

- You can break through a solid structure like this?

“It's a nucleophilic substitution that creates a competitive reaction that eliminates unnecessary molecules. ”

Even though it was a single line of answers, the advanced tools needed to execute it and the ability to perform the experiment showed an error.

- This can only be done at the Ministry of Environment research facility.

- Chief Ahn. How long will it take for the results to be verified at the research facility?

When asked by the president, Ahn Jae-seok only counted the time when he did his best.

- Minimum of 20 hours combined until artificial membrane protein incubation time.

- That's too long. We don't know what will happen to our patients before that.

- Few chemists in the country can elaborately verify the methods proposed by the exclusive Wu Commissioner in the first place.

“The induction catalyst for rapidly growing membrane-protein constituents, I can tell you right away. ”

Jungwoo, who gave reflective opinions, realized that it also took a long time for a typical chemist to see only the formula and combine the induction catalysts. I don't even know if this answer is 100% sure, but the final verification takes too long.

‘Hmm.'

I found X, and I told him most of what X did, but if I don't get it done right, I'll never get out of here.

The work of the nation. The suffering of racing citizens.

Jungwoo couldn't put an excuse for an evening date here.

‘I'm sorry, Mr. Lee Seol. It might be a little late. ’

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