Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.

Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"

With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.

Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"

If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.

But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.

Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"

Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"

Seeing that he was