───「 Human POV 」───
What kind of person was Daisuke Senzaki?
Colleagues who had worked with him described him as rigid, meticulous, and difficult to approach—emotionally distant and almost robotic in his interactions. When it came to his personality, opinions varied significantly.
But that was only regarding his character.
When it came to Senzaki's talent, everyone who had worked with him unanimously agreed that his brilliance ranked at the highest level in the entire academic world. He was destined to become the next leading figure in quantum chemistry.
And now was his moment to shine.
"A Study on Free Radicals' Destructive Reactions to Godzilla Cells and a Simple Method for the Synthesis of a Novel Class of Stable Fluoroxides."
"Along with the development of a simple device based on fluoroxides—the Oxygen Destroyer."
Author: Daisuke Senzaki.
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"This is the groundbreaking paper that has every expert and professor in the region rushing to meet Senzaki."
In the temporary headquarters of the Northeast Beijing Godzilla Response Division.
Director Mason of the Beijing Government's Godzilla Emergency Response Team took the paper handed to him and began reading Dr. Senzaki's now-famous work.
His name had exploded into prominence overnight.
A few days ago, the chief editor of Nature had mentioned in his private social network that they'd received an incredible submission related to the Godzilla crisis. The paper claimed someone had designed a weapon and battle strategy that could virtually guarantee Godzilla's destruction.
Initially, no one believed it.
However, the editor kept mentioning it daily, arousing the curiosity of scientists in his circle, though he revealed no details. It wasn't until last night that he suddenly disclosed Dr. Senzaki's name and additional information, including Nature's assessment of the weapon's feasibility.
The news spread like wildfire. Because the experts at Nature believed this weapon had the potential to completely eliminate Godzilla.
How could the East Asian authorities not act on this information?
By early morning, Dr. Senzaki's location was swarming with people eager to meet him.
Top scientists from various regions had received copies of his paper.
Researchers had traveled from across the continent, unable to contain their curiosity.
Several Beijing officials had already finished reading the entire paper that morning.
Yet their expressions remained grim and silent.
No adjustments had been made at the higher levels.
No explanation was given to subordinates regarding any issues with Dr. Senzaki's Oxygen Destroyer.
This left the response team puzzled. Now that they had obtained Dr. Senzaki's paper, they wanted to understand its contents.
After reviewing it, Director Mason's hand trembled uncontrollably.
He slammed the paper onto his desk and shouted angrily, "What is this madness? How can anyone call this a weapon?"
The other officials, now with their own copies, flipped through the pages with increasingly troubled expressions. Those without expertise in biology and chemistry skipped the calculations and focused on the conclusions.
The paper was extraordinarily detailed.
Dr. Senzaki first presented toxicology calculations performed by his research team at the University of Tokyo (now sharing laboratory space with the Regional Science University following Tokyo's destruction) on Godzilla cells.
They began their simulation from the most basic chemical bonds.
Using Beijing's supercomputer, they simulated various toxins to determine if any could destroy the molecular structure of Godzilla cells.
The results were predictable.
In most simulations, conventional toxins had no effect on Godzilla cells. After all, most toxins targeted proteins and nucleic acids, which Godzilla lacked entirely.
The few substances that showed an effect typically required an amount greater than Godzilla's body weight to be effective.
In such cases, it was more accurate to say that Godzilla would be overwhelmed by the sheer volume rather than poisoned.
Some substances proved highly toxic to Godzilla, but they were nearly impossible to synthesize and store in meaningful quantities.
Using toxins to kill Godzilla seemed impossible.
That is, until the novel class of fluorides (broadly speaking) described in this paper offered hope.
Dr. Senzaki had synthesized a highly oxidizing fluorine compound before Tokyo's destruction.
This compound exhibited terrifying toxicity to all known cells, including Godzilla's, far surpassing any known compound or element.
Remarkably, according to Dr. Senzaki's latest research, manufacturing this highly toxic compound was surprisingly simple.
It required only a reaction chamber of his design, costing less than $700, using fluorine gas and oxygen gas as raw materials.
Following specified settings for pressure, timing, temperature, and dosage, the reaction chamber would produce a miracle.
Even with raw materials worth only about $1,400, the resulting deadly gas could contaminate an area spanning several hundred meters.
With a device for extracting fluorine from seawater, electrolyzing seawater for oxygen, and a sufficiently powerful motor, his machine could easily create a sea of death.
Even Godzilla would struggle to survive in such an environment.
Its armor might remain undamaged.
But its muscles, nerves, and all replicating cells would sustain irreversible damage.
It would be instantly paralyzed.
However, this deadly gas would also annihilate all other life forms.
Regardless of species, anything capable of oxidation reactions would be killed instantly.
It was truly an Oxygen Destroyer in every sense—a device that used oxidation to obliterate everything.
There were 23 days left until Godzilla awakened.