Chapter 66: Aftermath

Chapter 66: Aftermath

“I’m gonna die.”

From the crown of Yoo Kangjik’s head, sunken into the chair, precious strands fell miserably.

He, who would normally have become a crying mess, sighed deeply as if he had no room to care about such things.

What can you do about what’s already been pulled out?

Perhaps he had reached a state close to enlightenment.

‘...Should I just shave it all off?’

As he was having such extreme thoughts, the damage report from the raid was sent to him.

“Hmm...”

Seeing that, Yoo Kangjik let out a sigh of relief this time.

Thanks to the preparations made after hearing Han Seori’s warning, the damage didn’t seem too severe.

Because they knew in advance what would be targeted, preparing for it wasn’t that complicated either.

In fact, the places that were actually damaged occurred were far from their “target.”

...Could that have been another kind of smokescreen?

It doesn’t feel refreshing.

But it’s true they succeeded in blocking it in the end.

If so.

...Maybe it’s okay to rest a little?

Feeling such thoughts creeping up, Yoo Kangjik shook his head.

We can only say it’s “really” over when the aftermath is handled, too.

Therefore.

Since the situation ended not long after the intruders reached the isolation room where 7496-KR was isolated,

Now, it seemed almost certain that they had come targeting 7496-KR.

‘Hmm...’

Yoo Kangjik couldn’t help but fall into deep contemplation.

The beginning and... end of what happened to the research center now was 7496-KR.

It could be seen as something that happened in order to somehow secure the Girl Made of Slime, 7496-KR.

He, too, had heard the story of how 7496-KR handled the incident caused by the “canned food” while he was unconscious.

That’s why the current situation felt more difficult.

‘Should we continue to isolate 7496-KR here?’

For now, the crisis was overcome by Doctor Han Seori’s stopgap measure, but it would be foolish not to expect the same thing to happen again.

If we think that the existence of someone leaking information from the inside is now a given constant, it will inevitably happen.

Judging from the fact that the information about Han Seori’s escape wasn’t relayed, it doesn’t seem that hopeless, but it doesn’t seem negligible either.

To manage such a risk, this research center was too large in scale.

A large scale means that there are many people to manage, so it’s that much harder to filter out suspicious individuals.

‘No matter how much I think about it.’

Moving to another place seems better.

“Haa...”

After contemplating for a moment, Yoo Kangjik sighed, thinking that it’s not something he can decide alone anyway.

For now.

It will be a concern after Doctor Han Seori and 7496-KR return.

So he got up from his chair and headed to the scene of the damage.

‘I don’t know when they’ll be back, but I should at least do some restoration before then, right?’

‘...And thoroughly check if there are any other missing anomalies.’

He disappeared out the door, shining his receding hairline.

Watching the end of the whale and swallowing its heart, I felt a somewhat distant feeling and stood blankly.

Because the taste of the whale’s heart and blood that I had tried not to feel came rushing in like a whirlwind, I couldn’t come to my senses.

It’s not like I felt a taste that didn’t exist in this world, like in some manga, and floated “delicious” in my head.

If it was just the taste, I might not have felt discomfort.

Rather than that.

The problem was the emotions... that came with it, which were not my own.

Oddly enough... it was an immense irritation.

*Thud!*

My body, which had been moving without thought, flattened Sosik’s defenseless sleeping body.

Sosik, who became a pressed fish all of a sudden, woke up surprised, and I also stepped back, feeling that something was wrong.

Could it be that... Sosik couldn’t endure this either?

The guy rolled on the floor, tapping my feet!

So it seems he’s tapping my body like this to express his dissatisfaction.

Usually, I would have snickered, wiggled my slime, and made fun of him.

But I also felt something was off, so... I stroked his head to express my apology.

Very much so!

Filled with apologetic feelings.

Did my sincerity get through?

...Or did he feel bothered?

Whichever it was, Sosik, who had been tapping my body, got tired of it and lay down on the floor again.

Relieved that the situation was handled for now, I sat on the floor and reflected on what was happening to me.

Because the situation just now was definitely strange.

The anger was amplified to an absurd degree.

It’s not a threefold increase in sensitivity but a threefold increase in anger.

...To the point where I thought I should be admitted to a mental hospital for anomalies like me right away, if there was one.

I wondered why this was happening, and I could quickly figure out the reason.

Because recently, the only thing that could have this effect on me was the whale.

It’s probably not because I ate something too big and got sick.

I knew the reason, but... I had no idea what to do with this startling change.

Then.

I saw Sosik sprawled in my sight.

Come to think of it... I think I felt something similar when I swallowed the can.

I forgot about it because I woke up feeling refreshed, but if that temperament... passed onto Sosik...?

My knowledge pouch perks up at the brilliant deduction.

Then, if I separate this anger-inducing something to Sosik, like passing it on, it should work.

Because it was too rough a world to live with this anger management disorder.

I felt the urgent need to separate it.

Of course... there was one tiny problem.

...So, the thing is.

How do I do it?

I was asleep when it passed to Sosik.

I have no idea how to do it at all.

I feel helpless, and anger wells up again.

It really... feels like I’m going to go crazy.

So I decided to just try it, whether it works or not.

I tried imagining separating the anger-inducing something from my small and precious place.

Then, surprisingly, something easily responds.

Something that flowed out from my precious place was floating around inside my slime, bubbling.

Chanting the image of expelling it to the outside in my head,

I put strength into the slime.

Soon.

*Squish! Squish!*

With the sensation of something escaping to the outside,

“You’re awa─”

Han Seori entered.