Chapter 14 (1/2)
Official Yang turned to face Jungwu for a wu to continue
”Is the responsibility forHan River Railith the City, or with Korail?”
”Why are you asking that question?”
”That picture right there”
Jungwu pointed at the slide where the Han River Railas zoomed in on a specific location
”I was just wondering ould be responsible for wiping off pigeon poo if it were to fall on the rail”
Perhaps due to asking such a layan to grin
Boyoung turned around in shock and stared at hi to knohat he was up to, Jungwu lifted up his hands to tell her to calm down
”Meon poo anywhere”
”There is”
”Where?”
Jungatched the illusion of the atoather into a bundle and foreon He resu
”That flapping atom… I mean if I look at that portion where there is a dent froh level of corrosion, I can deduce what happened It's pigeon poo that pierced through even Yujin Chemical's paint”
Jungalked up towards the screen and pointed at a spot Official Yang discovered a very faint fingernail-sized dent at the corner of the screen and asked Jungith a quizzical look
”How did you notice it?”
”It's a guess grounded in Chemistry I am a Chemist”
Official Yang must have accepted his explanation for now because he answered Jungwu's original question
”The portion where the subway trains pass are maintained by Korail There are tooabove the rails that are off limits to most people The City of Seoul only providesthis question?”
”That is unless it rains, no one can clean up that poo Even if you put a powerful paint over it, it can't suppress Steel's inherent nature”
”Inherent nature?”
”It's undying love and desire to bond with Oxygen A love not even paint can eliminate”
Several people in the rooan to anthropo theil was one of them
”What a hu man”
Since Jungwu said soil picked up the ht away
”Pigeon poo? Do you really think we can't prepare ahead of tis? The dents around the size of the one you see on the screen are already accounted for, so we apply three layers”
”There are places with three layers, but there are also places with less”
”How can you be so sure?”
”I've seen it”
Jungwu recalled the yellowish green surface of the steel he had seen thisas he continued with his explanations
”The place where the bolt isthe steel The place where the nail meets the frame, there is no paint there at all”
”Isn't it impossible to put paint there anyway?”
”Of course That's why it’s inevitable that there are holes in Yujin Chee structure?”
Jaegil scoffed
”We have spent over a day investigating just the rivets and the bolts alone How can you possibly know anything about them when you have never seen it in detail?”
”I saw the”
”Liar”
Jungwu started to feel a little stuck as he looked at so he had to say
'How do I solve this problem?'
Jungas thinking carefully about how to approach the issue when his eyes focused in on Jaegil's chin
Perhaps due to being able to see the various constellations of randoas able to instinctively read as on his chin
”I suppose you drank too ht”
”What?”
Jaegil's expression changed to that of disbelief Jungwu answered right away
”You have a bit of vomit on your chin”
Jaegil hurriedly wiped his chin, then gave Jungithering look
”Why are you saying such baseless accusations, friend?”
”I can see a mixture of Ethyl Alcohol and Bisabolene The aro expensive”
Jaegil gave Jungwu alook
”This is a joke, right?”
”It's not a joke Wait… Citric Acid and Asobc Acid is there too Wow, Sour You had Orange or Leh proof alcohol You'll ruin your stomach like that”
Jaegil was starting to look shocked Even if souess the fact that he had had a drink, it was impossible to pick out the exact cowu spoke was as if he could see individual molecules with his naked eye; an iwu's speech must have been e of Chemistry
”Are you looking down on me?”
”No, not at all I'm just worried for you”
Jaegil was starting to becowu
”How can you possibly know all that?”
”Well I guess it's the same way I knehat happened at the Han River Railhen I passed by after the Superstructure collapsed onto the rails thisAre you aware that when two metals of different elements are in contact for extended periods of time, they form rust?”
”You think I wouldn't knohat Galvanic Corrosion is?!”
”So you do know”
”That's coe!”
Jaegil becaed on and asked in anger
”So what? How can you possibly prove that a perfectly intact nail has for eye witness testimony?”
”Some bolts seeh estimate of the difference in electrical potential would be about 01 volts If it were to progress steadily, it would probably last a fewwinds and thunderstorms…”
”Don't try to be funny”
”I don't have a talent for comedy, how unexpected When I make a bad joke, my mother would sometimes throw her ladle at ot hit in the wrong place”
Jungered his head to show the back of his head, and Jaegil who er ht red in the face
”You mother…”
Jaegil who had been confident and aloof until now began to swear, and as a response, Professor Kang as off to the side covered his hter
'This should be enough'
Jung that the iun to fade and so he concluded by saying
”That's the extent of my comment Official, May I return to my seat?”
”By all means”
Jungwu's eyes locked with Boyoung's worried eyes on his way back She asked him in a whisper,
”Why did you do that?”
”Don't worry I only told them the truth”
”That's not what I mean”
Once Jungwu sat down, Boyoungto calm her anxious heart
”You, stop!”
There was no way Jaegil would let Jungwu go without a fight after everything that happened
”You're just going say whatever you want and then leave?”
”Please calm down and stay on topic please”
The Director of the Seuments be kept to a minimum
Jungwu gestured towards Jaegil
”There's no way you would accept anything I have to say, so I have nothing more to add”
”What, are you saying you have Mongolian level of hawk eye? What is your affiliation?”
”I awu Han, Intern at KG Chemicals”