episode_0297

Is it natural with the passage of time?

Or is it unnatural for some reason?

Although she has changed so much, there are only two things that have not changed.

The first is beauty.

Even compared to when I first met her in her 20s, she doesn’t bow down much anymore.

However, the charm it exudes has changed.

Should I say that instead of the freshness and freshness that can be had at a young age, things like richness and ripeness have taken its place.

In fact, there was a debate on the Internet about her past and present photos.

Han Joo-hee of the past or Han Joo-hee of the present, who do you like more?

Surprisingly, hundreds of thousands of people participated in the vote, and the voting ratio reached a golden ratio of 51:49.

The second thing that has not changed is my unwavering desire for research.

Unlike other drugs that spread their effects from the body to magical energy, as soon as she could announce the emergence of a new drug that spreads its effects from magical energy to the body, she called the secretary who managed her schedule.

“Please cancel all schedules. “Schedules that cannot be canceled are selected separately and postponed.”

The secretary asks in an embarrassed voice over the phone that the schedule has been canceled out of nowhere.

-I… , how far should I cancel?

Then Han Joo-hee answered as if asking something like that.

“Until my research is finished.”

After finishing the call with those words, she stands up holding a bag containing red pills in her hand.

“Let’s go to the lab.”

Take the elevator and head down.

In addition to the magic tower main room on the 66th floor, the laboratory on the 66th underground floor is her unique space.

A place that is nothing short of heaven for researchers, with research facilities lined up that cost at least hundreds of millions or up to billions each.

“great. “First, let’s check the ingredients of the pill you brought.”

Using small tweezers, push the red pill taken out into the component analyzer and operate it.

After about 3 minutes, the ingredients of the pill appear on the small screen.

“This… .”

Han Joo-hee’s eyes widen as she confirms this.

What on earth is in it to make it like that?

Out of curiosity, I walked next to her and looked at the ingredients that appeared on the small screen.

“Cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine… .”

This is not a comprehensive drug set.

It contains all three major drugs that are famous for being hallucinogenic and highly addictive.

But it seemed like it wasn’t just the drugs that surprised Han Joo-hee.

“That’s not important.”

Han Joo-hee points with her index finger to one of the ingredients that appears on the small screen.

I checked something.

“A new type of magical power of unknown nature… ?”

The composition contains magical power of a completely different nature from the magical nature revealed so far.

Is this the red magic that was attached to Kim Jeong-hoon’s magic?

“Discovering a new nature of magical power… , this is really… !”

Her eyes are full of joy.

“Do you see it? Here are the ingredient ratios.”

“uh… , the proportion of the three major drugs is not that large.”

Among the composition of red pills, the three major drugs account for about 10% of the total.

Of the remaining 90% of ingredients, more than 80% are made up of magical power of a new nature.

“Drugs are simply a device to increase addiction and dependence. This red magic power whose exact characteristics are unknown! “It was used to make people addicted to and dependent on the effects this magical power brings.”

I’m so excited, I’m so excited.

Her mouth, which never spoke more than three words a day at most, never opened or closed.

While listening to her explanation, something curious suddenly occurred to me.

“Oh, there’s one thing I’d like to ask.”

“What is it?”

“I took the guy who took this drug to the hospital and had him take a drug test.”

“So?”

“As I said earlier, there was no reaction to the drug.”

He continues by pointing to the three drug ingredients that appear at the top of the ingredient list.

“Even all the drugs here.”

“that… , It’s definitely a strange thing.”

After magical power began to be used in earnest in daily life.

Drug testing has become more accurate, faster, and simpler.

How accurate it is is that it can detect 0.000001g of drugs in the body, or even less than that, as long as it exists.

The reason why it was not revealed in the test even though it contained three major drugs.

As an answer to this, she pointed to magical power, which makes up most of the pill’s ingredients.

“I think this magic probably had some effect. Of course, how that was possible… “I guess I’ll have to find out now.”

“is that so.”

The frozen expression melts in the warm wind and becomes vividly alive.

The face I wanted to face my whole life, but was never able to create on my own.

She speaks in a lively voice, showing her unfiltered face to me in another body.

“The overall process itself is simple.”

Fingers straight out.

What the end points to is magical power of an unidentified nature.

“If we find out what nature this magical power has, all the mysteries of medicine will be solved. And if you add these properties to the test response, it will no longer be able to escape the web of drug testing.”

The process itself is simple if you just listen to it.

However, if there is a problem.

“The problem would be to unravel the nature of magical power.”

“Yes. “The process itself is simple, but the problem is that it is the most difficult.”

Magic power cannot be seen with the eyes, smelled with the nose, heard with the ears, or touched with the hands.

Not to mention that you can’t taste it with your mouth.

It is extremely difficult for even the most sensitive magician to delve into the nature of magical power, which can only be felt with the sixth sense, not the five senses.

“First, I need to find a way to extract the refined magic power in pill form. next… , the ingredients are tested through a magic ingredient tester, and… , ha.”

She sighs after trying hard to explain the method.

Look at this.

It is so difficult to understand the nature of magical power.

Even the properties discovered this time contain elements that have a harmful effect on the human body.

It would be extremely difficult in many ways.

As I watched her quietly establish the process, I blurted out a few words.

“It would take a considerable amount of time to go through that process one by one.”

“Because it’s about uncovering the properties of new magical power. maybe… , It will take quite some time.”

“Wouldn’t adding a response to the drug test be delayed that much?”

Did my words sound like urging?

She frowns and shoots me a look.

“I understood the seriousness of the situation. But this is unavoidable.”

“calm down. “I didn’t say this to argue.”

Then she sighs softly and offers an apple.

“ha… , sorry. “If I get excited for a moment, my personality becomes sharp.”

“Well, that could happen.”

I completely understand.

No, rather, it was the reaction I wanted to see.

Because those sharp, sharp, and hot emotions were the Han Joo-hee I knew.

I wondered where that personality had gone, but it turned out that it was just well hidden inside.

I grinned without realizing it and took out a pill from the plastic bag and placed it on my palm.

“therefore… , The first thing we need to do is extract the magic power contained in this pill.”

“Yes. I’ll have to try running the extractor first… , I don’t know. “I wonder whether it can be extracted perfectly without any loss of properties.”

Her eyes turn to the magic extractor occupying a corner of the lab.

A machine that extracts magical energy from equipment or items imbued with magical energy.

However, this is also not perfect.

Most magic of the entered nature can be extracted with a loss rate of less than 0.1%, but since magic of a nature with no data is attempted to be extracted only with existing data, it is difficult to estimate how large the loss rate will be.

In order to extract it perfectly, you need to collect data by constantly fine-tuning the values used for extraction… Even if you’re lucky and find the value quickly, it won’t take at least ten days.

As I thought about her research, which takes dozens of days for one process, I suddenly burst into laughter.

“haha.”

I don’t know what kind of feeling it is.

Perhaps it was because of my disappointment in her, who was willing to give up dozens of days of her time for my research.

Or is there another reason?

“… “Why are you smiling all of a sudden?”

When she asks in an incomprehensible tone, he raises his fist holding the pill and answers.

“As I continued to listen, I started to think that I am someone that Hunter Han Joo-hee really needs.”

“I beg your pardon?”

As if she sensed displeasure at my words, she raised her eyes sharply, showing off her ability in front of her.

Magical power refined into pill form.

An ability available only to me to freely manipulate the magic power itself, extracting only magic power and returning it to its original form without touching any other ingredients.

“… … !”

Her eyes widen as if fixated on the fist holding the red pill.

“Uh, how… .”

Even if she can’t see it, she will feel it.

A magic power of a nature I have never felt before is leaking out from my grasp.

I don’t even know what expression to make, so my face is all mixed up.

whisper to her

“The saying that Hunter Joohee Han needs someone… , I guess that’s right?”

Is it because of what little pride I have left?

She was gently nodding her head, frowning as if she did not want to admit it.

What can I say when I see that… .

It was a little thrilling.