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Current StatusEliminatedDate of Elimination2âââ.ââ.ââ
Confirmed to have been completely eliminated after being absorbed by ââââ-KR(All-Melting Slime -> Girl Made of Slime (modified at Dr. Han Seoriâs suggestion)).
It was an anomaly in the form of a can secured during the period called the interwar period after World War I, but it was opened with an ordinary âcan openerâ and changed to a state of infinitely producing meat.
After discussions and experiments to deal with the growing pieces of meat, a ââ facility was established and ââed in the form of ââââ.
Please refer to the previously written experimental records for related data.
It didnât cause any particular problems for ââââ days, but on 2ââââââ, it caused the following conditions in those who consumed it.
Stage 1: Feeling bored and lethargic. Seized by the thought of wanting to rest, it is a state where one can escape by oneself by reacting to external stimuli.
Stage 2: Loss of energy and motivation incomparable to Stage 1. Once you reach this stage, you canât get out of the state even with external stimuli, and you tend to obsess over ââââ made by âââ-KR-2.
Stage 3: Completely losing oneâs senses, stopping at nothing to get close to âââ-KR-2. Since no one has succeeded in actually contacting âââ-KR-2, it is not known what happens after that.
It was judged that there was a risk of exposing the location of the ââ laboratory set up at the ââ factory by people in the process of reaching Stage 3, so there was a plan to move it to ââ.
A strange commonality was found among those who had reached Stages 2 and 3. Attached is the conversation record of a ââ branch agent who had reached Stage 2 as reference material.
[Conversation Record of Agent Kim ââ]
Dr. Han Seori: Itâs been a while. Are you feeling a bit better?
Agent Kim ââ: Thanks for your concern, I think Iâm okay.
Dr. Han Seori: Iâm glad to hear youâre healthy. Rather than that, thereâs something I want to ask⦠Agent Kim ââ, you said you saw something in that state, right?
Agent Kim ââ: Canât you ask someone other than meâ¦?
Dr. Han Seori: Isnât this better than going to relocate the ââ lab?
It was judged to be an unnecessary conversation and was deleted.
Agent Kim ââ: Should I say in that state⦠As I was thinking about wanting to eat ââââ, my vision darkened. Like I was dreaming. Even there, the desire to eat ââââ felt the same. As I was having that never-ending dream⦠suddenly, something blue appeared.
Dr. Han Seori: Blue? More details.
In this process, agent Kim ââ tried to retract his statement but opened his mouth at Dr. Han Seoriâs persuasion.
Agent Kim ââ: â¦Something made entirely of blue appeared and embraced me. And then I came to my senses. Thatâs⦠it. Really.
Dr. Han Seori: Well, it doesnât seem like anything special, so why were you so reluctant? By the way, something made of blue⦠What was it like? Could you tell me in more detail?
Agent Kim ââ: Uh, well⦠like⦠ââââ-KRâ¦
Dr. Han Seori: I hope itâs not what Iâm thinking.
Subsequent conversation records were reviewed and censored at the individualâs request.
[End of Agent Kim âââs Conversation Record]
Those who consumed ââââ to the point of reaching Stage 2 testified that they saw a âblueâ something before coming to their senses.
The identity of the âsomethingâ has not been clearly revealed yet, but it is likely to be ââââ-KR who consumed âââ-KR-2.
Accordingly, it seemed necessary to erase the memories of those who consumed ââââ and witnessed âsomething,â so it was carried out but ultimately failed.
Before conducting extensive memory erasure, when checked with an agent from the ââ branch, the memory of the âsomethingâ presumed to be a dream did not disappear.
When additional erasure was carried out, the agentâs condition noticeably worsened, so further experiments were postponed.
However, since most had vague memories except for agent Kim ââ who left the conversation record, it was decided to observe a little more for now.
Additionally, when âââ-KR-2 was eliminated, the pieces of meat inside the ââ lab turned into ordinary pieces of meat with unknown composition.
There was a dispute in the process of disposing of the remaining ââââ, but it was decided to collect and dispose of everything released to the market.
After that, the risk level of âââ-KR-2 was changed from ââââ to unrated (eliminated).
[End of Document]
[Document on âââ-KR-2 Cleanup Costs]
[Conversation Records of Agents Who Consumed ââââ Stages 2 and 3]
[Speculation on the Identity of What Was Seen After Consuming ââââ]
[Report on ââââ-KR]
It feels like itâs boiling and bubbling.
Actually, Iâve been saying I was sleeping, but Iâve never had what youâd call a dream since I became a slime.
Well, I mean, I had a ton of dreams when I was human, but I donât remember having anything you could call a dream since I became a slime.
But what I see in my sight now⦠I think it might be a dream.
Because the can I ate was floating in front of my eyes.
From that empty can⦠for some unknown reason, I felt a lot of dissatisfaction.
Iâm sure the last time I heard its voice, it seemed satisfiedâ¦
Maybe Iâm having this dream because I felt sorry for it.
Anyway.
Itâs my dream, so I can do whatever I want with it, right?
â¦Feeling a bit dissatisfied, I grabbed the can and threw it on the floor.
If we had met outside, that would be one thing.
But if it appears in my dream, of course⦠it should crawl on its own, shouldnât it?
*Whoosh~* The flying can rolled with a clatter and crawled on the floor pathetically.
Itâs been a while since Iâve felt the sensation of kicking a ball, and as I gleefully kicked the can around, I felt like the self hidden in my heart was popping out.
While kicking the can with a refreshing feeling that I canât explain,
*Bam!* The rolling can slowly melted away and disappeared somewhere.
â¦That cowardly bastard!
Thinking it had run away, I was waving my jelly around.
Waving my jelly.
I woke up from the dream.
*Thud!*
I felt something hit my jelly and collapse on top of my body with a thud.
Blankly blinking my hazy vision, I recalled the scene I had seen just before falling asleep.
â¦That image of Sosik looking at me with a mischievous grin.
How could an ordinary jelly make a smiling face, you ask? But thatâs how I felt.
Anyway.
I thought it might be Sosik who had climbed up and collapsed after being hit by my jelly.
But.
Something was strange.
*Bubble, bubble.*
What I thought was Sosik⦠wasnât Sosik⦠No, is it Sosik?
Itâs confusing.
A tiny girl was lying face down on my belly.
A small, blue girl who seemed to resemble me was bubbling her body as if everything in the world was bothersome.
In the midst of the confusion, the reason I judged it to be Sosik was,
When I poked its head with my jelly, jelly tentacles that I had seen many times before stretched out from behind its back and pushed my hand away while struggling.
Blankly staring at it, I sat up on the bed with a dry chuckle. Then, the thing that was on my belly flowed down onto the bed with a plop.
As if to say it was happy, Sosik stretched its tentacles and covered its body with the blanket I was using.
But no way.
I stretched out my jelly and removed the blanket, then grabbed the thing presumed to be Sosik.
A very small form, but definitely resembling me.
When I put my hand under its armpits and lift it up, its waist stretches out like a catâs body.
Rather than stretching, it seems to be an act of wanting to touch the bed by extending its body.
While doing that, it struggles with its tentacles to remove my hand, so it seems to be Sosik, butâ¦
Why did it suddenly take this form?
â¦And why does it look so fed up with the world?
While I was lifting it up and observing, Daesik (in Alice), who was lying next to me, also wriggled and got up.
The guy wriggled and got up, lifting Aliceâs face as if looking at Sosik.
*Gasp!*
Like a person⦠No, like a shocked doll, it stiffened its body.
Its expression and its main body were not visible, but Daesik seemed very shocked.
â¦Daesik is still a slime inside there.
â¦Could it be jealous?
Perhaps living inside Aliceâs body isnât just to find stability there.
The guy, having come to its senses, clung to my waist and tapped me with Aliceâs hand.
As if saying to make it like that too.
â¦That would be very troublesome.
Because I, too, woke up to find Sosik changed like this.
Daesik, clinging to my side, is patting my waist.
Sosik in my hand has now given up and is hanging limply, grabbed by my jelly.
Could it be⦠that Iâm still dreaming?
A dream within a dream, as they say.
This sight, which might be similar to this nightmare, might be a dream.
But the sensation of Daesik patting my waist is too vivid.
Meanwhile,
âKim Cheonsu. Didnât I say not to come here?â
âNo, D-Doctor, it really wasnât like that!â
ââ¦.â
Kim Cheonsu, who looked more energetic than last time, and Han Seori entered through the door.
Han Seori was carrying a tray stacked with food.
*Crash!*
Upon seeing me, Han Seori dropped the tray and opened her mouth.
Next to her, Kim Cheonsu, who had been babbling, also alternately looked at Sosik and me with a startled face.
Soon, I felt an indescribable emotion in Han Seoriâs expression as she alternately looked at Kim Cheonsu and me.
â¦I had a feeling something was wrong.