Canary in the Cage (6)

Even before learning that the megacorp chairman’s destination was Mars, Michael had said it.

He said there was no particular reason for us—Hotdog Man—to help the mesugaki AI, and that he was extremely skeptical about it.

I agreed with that opinion to some extent as well.

I felt a moral responsibility, but that was all there was to it.

Rami, whose ties to the Velltech International Solutions we feared had been severed, was merely an ordinary cyber web broadcaster.

I still hadn’t heard what was going on behind the scenes, but it was undeniable that Chairman Frederick, who had apparently been involved with Rami romantically—at least according to her—had suddenly cut off all contact and was trying to leave for Mars.

But.

Why was I rushing like this?

“Th-there’s someone, someone up ahead!!”

“Ahaha, nice joke. How could a creature jaywalking across an eight-lane road like this be a person? That’s a water deer.”...