"No fun at all."
Elise gave Link a deep look, then proactively changed the topic that made Link a bit uncomfortable. She said, "I called you here because I want to cooperate with you."
"What kind of cooperation?"
Link responded immediately, secretly letting out a sigh of relief.
He didn't want to keep facing Elise's relentless questioning.
Pretending to be stupid could only work for so long.
"A cooperation related to the research topic you're currently working on,"
Elise responded calmly.
"How to cooperate? Who's participating?"
Link continued to ask, trying to grasp more details.
"Me and a few of my buddies, we'll supply the experimental materials, and then we'll jointly sign the resulting research papers,"
Elise said, "We guarantee it won't be less than what the academy gives you, and we'll also provide some funding. We only ask to be the first author for one 'paper' and second or third authors for a few 'papers'."
