But this was a regular race venue. As long as he ran outside the service bay, he would be safe.
"I... I worked at the master's estate for four years. I was only recently assigned to Miss Li Yizi."
384 had just said that once already.
So Shen Qi repeated what he had said as well. "I'm from Island 6. Back when I hauled goods, I often went to Island 5 to make deliveries to the Luxury Resort."
384 was a phonetic pun often used in anime circles before Shen Qi transmigrated, a nickname for the butlers commonly named "Sebastian" in anime: 384.
Six years ago, Team Rocket had attacked the Luxury Resort on Island 5. Miss Akiho, who had been keeping the business afloat alone, had escaped under her butler's protection.
When the "The End of the Android" emotional script had just begun, while Shen Qi and Akiho waited on the beach for the Security Bureau to find the source of the mysterious radio waves, she had mentioned the butler who had drawn Team Rocket away alone and whose whereabouts remained unknown.
Sebastian.
Chapter 407: Let me share your burden
"Mr. Shen..."
"It's nothing. I just thought of home and mentioned it in passing."
What 384 showed was discomfort and inner conflict, not aggression or any other extreme emotion.
He was not a bad person. He merely had something he found difficult to speak about, or perhaps he had not expected Shen Qi to point it out so directly and did not know where to begin.
Shen Qi did not press him further. In fact, 384's reaction had already provided the answer.
He was the butler who had disappeared from the Luxury Resort six years ago, the Sebastian whom Akiho had been desperately searching and waiting for.
"Let's go