Sorry for the late update, guys! That trip to China really messed up my schedule but it's been five years since I visited my family there, so it was a long overdue trip.
Anyway, since I know we're all ~so mature~ on the internet here, a penetration tester is someone who works in information security and tests if a website or workplace is safe from getting its data stolen or compromised, not the dirty stuff. Frey doesn't actually work for the university's infosec department, he's just pretending to be a person of authority in order to social engineer Vance into working for him. The touch on the shoulder is also strategically placed to distract Vance from focusing too much attention on Frey's fake work ID.
Vance just wanted to make the most out of his college experience under a totalitarian regime, and if that meant hacking into the university to assign himself a hot female roommate, then so be it. The last thing he expected was to be dragged into a crazy conspiracy to overthrow the government by his most-definitely-not-female roommate. College was meant to be exciting, but not this exciting. Between failed dates, failed grades, and successful hacks, Vance will slowly begin to question the morality of his actions and the true price of freedom.
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