“This voice…” [Ryouma]
“It’s Alicia again!” [Paul]
“For the meantime, let’s follow the direction of her voice!” [Ryouma]
We knew who it was as soon as we heard the voice. The owner of that voice was none other than the famous trouble maker of a female researcher, Alicia. She was the type to cause trouble wherever she went. And not because of ill will or anything, but because she’s merely unlucky. It’s not on purpose, so she doesn’t get punished, but…
“Just what is it this time, I wonder.” [Paul]
“Well for the meantime, let’s hurry.” [Ryouma]
If I recall correctly… The first trouble she caused was when she tried to confirm my findings, and she tried feeding the slime rotten foods to turn it into a scavenger slime. But the result she got instead was that of a mold slime that ate molds. As a result, mold grew all over the storerooms in the laboratories.
Then the last trouble she caused was when she fed the slimes bamboo charcoal, and discovered the carbon slime. But then that carbon slime spit out powdered carbon, causing a dust explosion inside the facility… After the mold slime incident, we put her inside a room that couldn’t be entered in order to prevent casualties, but apparently, that backfired on us.
Fortunately, the explosion was small, and because Alicia-san was taken aback from the carbon slime spitting powdered carbon, she inadvertently took some distance, allowing her to get by with only some wounds. However, because of the loud noise from the explosion, everyone inside the facility went into an uproar. Moreover, the windows in the laboratories were blown away and the other slimes were damaged so badly you they were pretty much wiped out.
We headed to Alicia-san’s lab as I recalled those things. By the time we got there, a crowd had already formed, and was being kept in check. When we went through that crowd to take a look at the situation, what we saw were the cramping faces of the security.
“Is anyone injured!?” [Ryouma]
As I said that in a loud voice, the crowd immediately parted, opening a way for us. At the end of that path was a guard who answered my question.
“Just two researchers who fainted. There’s no danger to their life. There’s also no danger as of now.” [Guard]
“That’s good to hear… What’s the cause of all this?” [Ryouma]
“…If you take a look inside, you’ll understand.” [Guard]
Just as the guard had said, I took a peek inside the room, and I immediately understood the reasoning behind that scream a while ago as even my face couldn’t help but cramp.
Yeah… if it’s something like this, you’d definitely want to scream…