You know, Boss. It’s actually quite rare to find slimes that are as useful in day-to-day life like yours. At most there’s the sticky slime, whose sticky liquid is used as glue.” [Tony]
“But since it’s fine to use a normal glue or paste, there’s not a whole lot of demand for the sticky slime’s adhesive.” [Robelia]
“Evolved slimes aren’t really a target of research at the lab, so they’re being treated as failures.” [Tony]
Doesn’t seem like there’s any passion or love amongst researchers regarding slimes. I guess they don’t feel like researching much, since they’re treated poorly, and it doesn’t look like there’s any future in slimes. But I still think it’s a bit too cruel… Then, should I seriously start to popularize the slime’s usefulness? Yeah, I’ll consider this as one of my goals in this world.
After that, the three told me all about the slimes they had confirmed until now, the variations, the features, and the population distribution of the slimes.
Incidentally, I also asked them at the last moment about the importance of my research. Apparently, it would depend on how much information I release.
If I publicize the information on the slimes’ evolution conditions, then research on it might progress. But with just that, the only ones who’ll find it interesting are the slime researchers.
But if I were to mix that along with the cleaner slimes’ and the scavenger slimes’ ability, then it might make a huge commotion when people start to realize the value of the slimes. But that situation might cause the current slime researchers to be at a disadvantage.
The slime researchers today are all generally people who have been demoted. Once people understand the value of slime, there’s no way they’ll be allowed to continue to work on it. Instead they’ll probably be fired or be demoted to do something else. Or so anticipated the three.
… Eh? Could it be that I was on the verge of causing mass layoffs? I should keep this moment in mind. It’s probably not going to happen anytime soon, but in the unlikely case, I could pick up some unemployed people. Provided they’re trustworthy, I’ll be able to secure more manpower too.
I ended up thinking about all sorts of things, today.