Chapter 8: Burning Duct (2)
"Pizza...."
In the end, I got caught by Scarlet and found myself walking alongside her toward her workshop.
Honestly, if I had really decided to run, there was no way a netwitch like Scarlet could have caught up to me. But she had dangled a carrot in front of me, and I had taken the bait.
The carrot she offered was a "special pizza"—something I had never tasted before.
She seemed to enjoy my company, smiling from ear to ear as she glanced at me.
She casually swept back her red hair, but then, as if a thought suddenly struck her, her expression shifted to one of concern.
"Hey... You do know you're not supposed to follow a suspicious old man just because he offers you pizza, right?"
Her words were so absurd that I wondered if her circuits had shorted out a bit. I let out a sigh.
"...."
Scarlet looked at me as if I were some naïve kid easily lured by candy, so I returned a look that clearly said, Don’t be ridiculous.
But after thinking about it for a moment... if such an old man actually existed, I probably would follow him and eat the pizza.
Well, with my level of physical ability, it wouldn't be a problem.