"So, how is it?" Maya asked with a smile. Since they had to be quarantined until they could determine how to find them, Maya asked to be moved to Theo's room.

Although Agata had absolute trust in him, Theo wasn't comfortable sleeping in the same room, so he rejected the request and moved Maya to the room next to him instead.

And Maya obviously came to Theo's room after that to talk about this incident.

"You're pretty good. Thinking up all kinds of excuses on the spot." Theo smirked.

"Haha." Maya chuckled. "Though, there are a few problems with this situation. First of all, how do we identify them? Are you going to reveal yourself?"

"No. The enemies shouldn't know I'm here and I'm planning to keep it that way. I'm surprised about the red slimy thing because.." Theo looked down while furrowing his eyebrows.

"Because what?" Maya frowned.

"Because I have seen a similar slime that is capable of crushing multiple King Class Monsters and forcing a World Class Monster to sacrifice its life to seal the monster. And that slime was only a King Class Monster."

"!!!" Maya dropped her jaw. "What did you say? Are you serious?"historical

"Yeah." Theo nodded. "I don't know if the slime is the same, but I have to be wary of this.."

"Why is that? We can call a few people like you to help us in this situation."

Theo shook his head. "That vision came from a few hundred years ago. And if that slime was to awaken now.."

"A few hundred years ago?" Maya frowned. "If that's the case, won't the slime become a World Class Monster? And with that, there is a monster that is capable of killing multiple World Class Monsters. When that happens.."

"Yes. There is no stopping. And that monster might become stronger and stronger until it reaches the point no one can fight it anymore.."

"If that monster is on the land, then it will devour everything on that continent until there's nothing left. If it's in the sea, the sea races will be devastated. And what if it becomes stronger than a World Class Monster? An unknown rank that no one has seen before?" Maya gasped. She couldn't help but shiver when thinking about that possibility.

"Yeah. I don't know if the monster will increase in size or not.."

"Now that I think about it, slime is a monster whose body is made entirely of liquid. If we're talking about video games, slimes can devour everything and grow bigger after absorbing things..

"What if the slime devours the entire sea? Even without us fighting the monsters, we would have died since Earth's temperature will increase significantly according to science.

"And what if the slime devours the entire planet.." Maya pinched the bridge of her nose. "So, you're preparing to fight against this monster? But shouldn't it be sealed now?"

"No one can tell what's going to happen." Theo shook his head. "Have you seen the patterns from all these attacks, Maya?"

"The patterns?"

"Yes. Starting from the apocalypse!"

Maya tried to think about it but to no avail. She couldn't come up with a pattern.

Seeing her confused expression, Theo dropped a hint. "What are the biggest problems of humanity?"

"Trash, chemicals, and radiation!" Maya answered without hesitation before coming to a realization. "Ah, so that's how it is."

"Yeah. We have dealt with the trash problem for now and the radiation has been controlled. So, that leaves chemicals."

"I see. If that's the case, the slime looks like it's formed by chemicals." Maya looked down. "That mean our opponent this time is chemical?"

"Probably. But I don't know how this will link to the slime I've seen." Theo shook his head helplessly.

"That's true. If the chemical is related to this slimy stuff, what about the apocalyptic-level slime? I can't understand it. But if you're taking a look at this, doesn't that mean we're dealing with a monster related to humanity's mistake?"

"Yes. You can say it that way."

"How are you so convinced that the enemy this time is coming from the chemicals? What about the other problems such as.." Maya thought for a moment. "That's right. Pollution! How's that?"

"Then, how do you relate the pollution with this slimy monster?" Theo asked.

"That's.." Maya shook her head. "Let's change the perspective. Why do you relate it to chemical problems? What about the other problems?"

Theo simply stated, "To be honest, all those problems are pretty minor. It is not enough to reset this planet. Just think about the scale of the problems.. Radiation, Trash, then.."

"Ah, I see. Radiation can wipe out the entire union, while the Trash problem will wipe out all the big bases around the world. Meanwhile, the next problem will be something that affects humanity as a whole.." Maya sucked a cold breath. "If I think about pollution, it will be something related to tree monsters. So, it's not related to the slimy monster."

"That's how it is. We have to take care of the chemical problem instead of pollution since it's only about trees.." Theo suddenly fell silent while frowning.

"Theo?"

Theo fell into deep thought, not listening to Maya. "Wait a minute.. This problem might be bigger than I originally thought."

"What do you mean?"

"There are many trees appearing because of the apocalypse, right?"

"Yes. What about—No, wait. More trees? Are they.."

"Yeah. If the trees are evolving as well, there is a chance that the trees are going to be a big problem as well. But because they have a hard time moving, the problems can be handled in several ways. However, what if I say the pollution problem comes out together with the chemical?"

Maya dropped her jaw. "No way. It'll become an even bigger problem. Then, are you telling me that the slime might be related to chemicals, but there is another hidden enemy looming in the shadows?"

Theo nodded with a serious expression. "And I'm glad that I'm not showing my hand so early. I'm going to see the situation first before I ask you to do something."

"Understood."