Dr. Pelius and the other members of the medical team discuss the situation in Nagasaki. The vice principal has refused to answer any of their questions, and they have been left to fend for themselves. They wonder who the doctor is, and why he would work for the government. They learn that Dr. Coppelius was once a member of the government, but was forced to leave the scientific community because he was on the brink of bankruptcy. One day, however, a fire broke out at a Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant, and the government had to use the disaster as an opportunity to develop a coppelion for the sake of his own research.