"Ahem, there's a research project coming up. Whoever succeeds will have a chance to transfer to the research institute in the Imperial Capital!"
Wang Yao scratched his head and quietly explained the situation.
"That's a good thing. Just give it your best, then."
Ye Qing shrugged, unable to figure out what he meant.
"Ah, not quite, not quite."
Wang Yao glanced at Ye Qing, then leaned toward his ear and said, "There's only one spot, and they want us to research Unown!!!"
Unown?
Ye Qing gave Wang Yao a somewhat surprised look. Strictly speaking, the guy had started out as a Trainer and had never gone to university for advanced studies in research. Wasn't sending him to study Unown just sending him to his death?
After all, Unown were mainly found in ancient tombs. Apart from those places, they were hardly ever seen anywhere else.
With a look that said, "Now you get it," Wang Yao patted Ye Qing on the shoulder.
Ye Qing rolled his eyes at him. "If they want you to research them, then go research them. Why come to me?"
"Come on, buddy, you know perfectly well why. With this scrawny body of mine, if I actually went down into a tomb, wouldn't whatever's inside suck me dry?"
Wang Yao sighed, wilting like an eggplant hit by frost.
"You want me to go with you?"
Ye Qing spelled out what he meant.
Wang Yao patted his chest in assurance. "Yeah. Don't worry, buddy, I won't make you work for nothing. We'll split the research funding thirty-seventy. Seventy for you, thirty for me!"
"No need to be so formal. We can discuss this in detail later. If I have time, I'll help."
Ye Qing gave Wang Yao a light punch in the chest. He ought to help