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Han Seori let out a deep sigh.
Although reaching a conclusion had been postponed, the topic they had discussed was not particularly pleasant.
It was because the Anomaly, the ‘All-lting Sli’, with its bleak na, ca to mind.
They had just been talking about it, so it seed natural in a way, but Han Seori let out another deep sigh as she took a step forward as if there was another reason.
Entering her personal space and sitting in front of her desk, she made a bitter face as she looked at the candy rolling around on the desk.
There was no other reason, but Han Seori, who recalled the ‘experint’ ntioned earlier, closed her eyes and reminisced about that ti.
At first, it was curiosity.
The sli girl seed to ‘consu’ things by lting them, but her body didn’t grow.
There was a situation where she shrank and then grew, which was a bit strange. Also, if she had accepted sothing, shouldn’t there be feedback?
…One couldn’t expect common sense from an Anomaly, but it was undeniable that it was an interesting aspect.
It was still ambiguous what kind of mindset Han Seori had when she brought in the ‘All-lting Sli’, but she was also one of those who studied Anomalies.
It didn’t seem like a question to be taken lightly.
The weight asurent started from that small question.
At first, Han Seori directly asured the weight after feeding her sothing.
Despite trying several tis with the feeling that there was no significant change, Han Seori couldn’t feel any increase in weight with her senses.
Since it was an experint filled with personal feelings anyway, Han Seori would smile satisfactorily and move on to the next step.
Next, Han Seori brought in a scale that could asure quite heavy weights. The weight and precision were quite excellent, so it seed perfect for the experint.
Han Seori, who brought the scale, lifted the sli girl, who was tilting her head, and placed her on the scale.
‘…There’s no particular rejection to the scale.’
She wondered if there would be any reluctance to asure the weight since she had the appearance of a girl… but there was no such indication.
Deep inside, Han Seori’s thoughts leaned more towards the idea that the human consciousness might remain inside the sli girl.
The scale that was already tilted seed difficult to revert without considerable effort.
If the consciousness of a person nad ‘Han Hosu’ was really inside that girl.
…A normal young man taking on the appearance of a girl and behaving like that would have to be seen as such. She couldn’t help but bla the young man for such behaviour.
It didn’t seem quite right.
Considering the personal information she had read, he didn’t seem like a person with such preferences.
Well, it could be a secretly hidden hobby… but, well. That’s a bit… isn’t it? Even if humans reveal their hidden nature in a crisis situation, for that nature to be the appearance of a little girl…
…Anyway.
What mattered now was the weight.
With that thought, Han Seori lifted the sli girl high.
She placed her on the large scale.
However.
The scale’s needle only quivered slightly from the impact when the sli girl touched it, but for so reason, it refused to move.
“Huh?”
Han Seori stared at the needle with blank eyes.
‘0’
Is this… possible?
She kept blinking at the unmoving needle for a long ti.
Then, as if in disbelief, she once again stuck her hand under the sli girl’s armpit and lifted her up.
Along with the soft and squishy sensation, she felt weight.
She wasn’t heavy, but she wasn’t exactly light either.
To be specific, she was just the right weight to lift. Oddly enough.
‘…As expected, an Anomaly is an Anomaly.’
Faced with the strange characteristic that appeared unexpectedly, Han Seori pondered for a mont and then headed outside the quarantine room to where the Anomalies that had already been deed ‘safe’ were gathered.
‘It should be in our branch.’
Arriving at the storage room, Han Seori scanned the list and, upon discovering what she wanted, filled out a withdrawal form.
“Confird.”
“Good work.”
After submitting the withdrawal form and taking the Anomaly, Han Seori returned to the sli girl… the ‘All-lting Sli’.
Then, she placed a scale in front of the sli girl.
At that, the sli girl blinked her jelly and seed a little perplexed.
‘…Has she never seen a scale before?’
A small weight was added to the scale in her mind. The already solidified prejudice firmly rejected other opinions.
Perhaps that was what she wanted to believe.
Han Seori once again lifted the sli girl and placed her on the scale.
The scale, which looked like an ordinary scale, was also an Anomaly despite its appearance.
That Anomaly, nad ‘The Dieter’s Sorrow’, moved the needle regardless of the situation the subject was in.
It was an Anomaly that only did that, so it was judged as ‘safe’ and was occasionally used in incomprehensible situations.
Yes, just like in this situation.
When the sli girl was placed on it, the needle of the cutely designed scale slowly began to move.
Seeing that, the sli girl seed to find the moving needle fascinating and stared at it blankly.
Seeing her reaction, Han Seori felt both a chill and excitent as her guess was confird. She seed like soone who had made a thrilling discovery.
“Then…!”
The excited Han Seori handed the nut she had brought for the experint to the sli girl, and the scale moved its needle by the amount of the nut’s weight.
Eventually, the sli girl, whose insides were gurgling, habitually put it inside her body, and the small nut lted away with a bubbling sound.
The scale’s needle was almost the sa as when the nut went in.
“Wow…”
Although she didn’t know how it happened, it seed that so kind of power that humans couldn’t perceive was at work.
If she had been satisfied with figuring that out, Han Seori wouldn’t have been sighing deeply like she was now, but…
…From there, the out-of-control Han Seori tried putting this and that into the sli girl’s body and diligently asured the increasing weight.
Then, in the mind of the excited Han Seori.
The thought suddenly ca to her, would it also be possible to reduce the weight?
Han Seori, whose mind had unknowingly tilted the scale in her head, eventually…
“*Sigh*.”
She ended up crossing an ambiguous line.
It was good to have obtained data, but Han Seori shuddered at the thought of the sli girl’s face, which sohow looked devastated.
‘…If there was a favorability rating, it would have dropped drastically.’
But that was just a personal impression.
…However, Dr. Han Seori, a researcher at this facility, couldn’t deny that it was an incredibly fascinating discovery.
The appearance of storing mass or energy in a place beyond human perception and regenerating the body.
If that was the case, as long as sufficient energy was provided… wouldn’t it an that she could endure any extre situation?
If the scale in Han Seori’s mind had tilted towards the idea that the sli girl contained a human’s sense of self, she wouldn’t have had such thoughts.
…But her scale was already biased.
She couldn’t stop her thoughts from flowing in that direction.
The ‘All-lting Sli’ was an Anomaly.
And the people who were dying without finding a way to deal with the Anomalies were living, breathing humans.
She had been advised to observe the sli girl further, which only added to Han Seori’s already dismal mood.
Han Seori, who had been ruffling her hair, suddenly got up from her seat and took a step.
With her shoulders slumped, Han Seori headed to the quarantine room where the sli girl was.
Unable to muster up the courage to go inside, Han Seori operated the panel with a faint sigh.
Since the inside could be viewed from the outside, she was going to at least see her face before leaving.
In Han Seori’s eyes.
She saw the sli girl lying weakly among the toys.
Seeing her deflated appearance as if she felt sowhat dejected, Han Seori felt both cuteness and lancholy.
Despite providing enjoyable things to match the girl’s appearance, seeing her depressed state made Han Seori think that it would be better to refrain from experints for the ti being.
The only thing moving inside the room was a small sli creature, separated from the sli girl, wriggling around.
It seed to have no emotions as it attempted to swallow the doll sitting still.
The sli girl blocked a small creature, trying to swallow the doll with a listless touch.
‘…There is still a possibility.’
Won’t ti solve this, too?
Han Seori nodded to herself and operated the panel to end the video feed.
Imdiately after, she stood in front of a vending machine with only one button, and without even inserting a coin, she pressed the machine’s sole button.
*Clunk*.
She silently picked up the can that was dispensed.
It was a can with no printing on it.
Han Seori swiftly opened the lid and chugged it all down on the spot, then inserted the empty can back into the dispenser.
*Clank*.
Hearing the sound of sothing falling sowhere, Han Seori, with a slightly reddened face, staggered back to her personal space.
…What does she think of ?
Cutting off my arm out of the blue… I was startled, thinking it was for so kind of research, but I generously let it slide.
After all, I had eaten a lot of things I didn’t want to eat, so it would grow back right away.
But the problem is…
I looked at the toys scattered all around .
Several toys that young children, especially girls, would likely play with were rolling around.
…Why did you put these in here?
Are you telling to play with these?
Dumbfounded, I lay flat on the floor, and the sli creature in charge of the garbage wriggled and tried to swallow the doll.
I hastily stopped it.
What if she thinks I’m going to eat people?
You’re really not helping.
After grumbling inwardly for a while, I approached the creature, worried that it might swallow the doll when I wasn’t looking.
I made a posture as if I was going to grab and eat it with both hands, threatening it.
It was a threat that I would shove it back inside my body if it did that again.
…It was a bit embarrassing, but since I couldn’t speak at the mont, I had no choice but to use body language.
The creature seed to understand, as it just wriggled like before.
It stopped trying to swallow the toys.
Well, that’s a relief if it understood.
I let out a bubbling sigh of relief and looked at the toys again.
Especially the dolls.
Then I had a thought.
It wouldn’t be right to just leave them since she brought them for , would it?
Friendly behaviour would be better than hostile behaviour.
I picked up the doll that the sli creature had tried to swallow.
…From now on, your na is Alice.
I should play with it for a bit.
It was absolutely not because I was bored.
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