Taking the Medicine

"Don't worry, it's exactly what you're thinking." Freud smiled. "It concerns classified matters, so I won't discuss it here. Come to my office afterward and we'll talk in detail. Also, although we're only in charge of distributing a small project, if you do it well and quickly, it will greatly help with your future promotion. If there's anywhere suitable to publish a paper, I'll put your name on it. An SKW-level journal—what do you think?"

SKW was one of the Empire's first-tier academic journals concerning body frames.

Being credited on a paper published there would be more than enough capital for Wei He to rise from a security consultant and assistant researcher to an official researcher.

If he were promoted, Wei He would gain a certain degree of funding authority. He could designate small research directions himself, use resources within his authorized limits, and complete the research he wanted to conduct. Of course, Warsaw University would claim half of the results.

But that was already very good. That was the treatment afforded to talent.

Most importantly, after being promoted, the information and authority he could access would rise as well, and he would be able to come into contact with higher-level body frames.

The highest-grade body frame Wei He was currently assisting with research on was only a Storm Class body frame.

He was already deeply familiar with this third-tier sonic body frame. Once his psychic energy reached the required level, he could swiftly wear it and absorb the essence of the Storm body frame.

"Also, aren't you going to take part in the city's temporary patrol later?" Freud added. "My granddaughter happens to be participating too. I'll have you form a team together then, so you can look after each other."

"Professor, whether we can team up isn't something