Stormy Night in Nibelungen

Black Suit continued:

"Dear Mr. Su, Ms. Jiang.

I came as a messenger this time at Vice Dean Fararera's request to invite you two distinguished guests,

to attend a grand banquet."

Faced with this sudden development,

Su Wen coolly cut straight to the heart of the matter:

"A gathering that hasn't been approved by Constance?"

Hearing that,

the man in the suit merely shook his head:

"No, you misunderstand.

It is only a 'small' banquet, not enough to alarm the dean.

Of course,

this invitation is exclusively for newly enrolled teachers. It is for this unique opening ceremony that I specifically came to invite the two of you."

Hearing him say that,

Su Wen instead spoke slowly and meaningfully:

"The Old Days Ark has shown no unusual activity.

At the very least, I can see Void Light Fararera's sincerity.

But what exactly can we gain by attending this so-called banquet?"

"As expected of the Deep Sea Research Institute's finest young researcher. Since you are being so forthright, I naturally will not beat around the bush.

Participation authorization for the entangled light tunnel construction and spacetime information transmission experiment.

As a planetary-scale communications transmission research project,

this authorization—

would it be enough to demonstrate our sincerity?"

The man in the suit smiled and bowed.

But Su Wen merely refused:

"While it is certainly an enticing invitation,

we will remain in Lorenz Riel for no more than half a year, and our research project has already been determined.

So,

that alone is not enough."

Hearing that,

a strange flicker passed through the suited man's eyes, though he seemed to conceal it well:

"Then what do you want?"

"I need all of Lorenz Riel's records concerning the Storm Titan 'Typhon,' or rather, 'Typhoeus.'"

Su Wen clasped his hands together and asked without the