Chapter 501 Give Them One Week

“What about the other two? I don’t remember Mr. Parker talking about them before.”

While everyone was talking, the door slowly opened.

Dane came in, followed by Tilda and the others, all wearing lab coats.

Manfred was with them, too.

Everyone immediately went quiet and turned to welcome Dane and his team.

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Manfred introduced the newcomers one by one–their names, specialties, and what assignment they would do.

Mystro studied chemistry, and Liam chose electronics.

Each of them would use their own skills to work with Dane on building the lithography machine.

Tilda, on the other hand, would become Dane’s personal assistant, working right by his side on the front lines.

After giving out the assignments, Manfred gave a polite nod. “Good luck to all of you.”

Then he left.

Tilda looked a bit worried and spoke up. “Mystro, Liam, even though you studied these majors before, it’s been a long time since you worked in them. Will you be alright?”

“Don’t underestimate us, Tilda. If Mr. Harvey chose us, there must be a reason, right, Mystro?” Liam smiled and looked at Mystro.

Mystro said, “Tilda, we knew this would be a really hard job from the start. But for our country and for Dane, we still came.

“Now that we’re here, we’re not going to drag anyone down. We’re going to give it our best.”

“Alright!”

After that, everyone got back to work.

Time passed slowly, little by little.

One day, Tilda was busy writing detailed notes while Dane worked nearby.

At that moment, Riley Danton, head of the Chemistry Department, and Aiden Froning, head of the Electrical Engineering Department, who led Mystro and Liam, came to see Dane.

Riley stepped forward, glanced at Tilda, and lowered his voice. “Professor Kerrigan, may I talk to you in private?”

Dane took out his notepad and wrote, “No need. Just say it here. Tilda isn’t an outsider.”

Riley continued, “Alright then. Professor Kerrigan, it’s about your two juniors. To be honest, they know the basics, but when it comes to something as precise as the lithography machine, they don’t have enough knowledge.

“If this keeps going, it’s only wasting time. I’d suggest you think about this.”

“Yeah, Professor Kerrigan. I agree with Professor Danton,” said Aiden, looking uneasy.

At first, they thought Dane’s juniors must be very talented–since Manfred let them join such a secret project.

But in the past few days, all they had done was watch from the side, take notes, and study the hard parts.

They couldn’t actually help with the research.

Dane wrote, “Are they getting in your way?”

“No, not exactly … You can see they really want to help and are working hard to learn.

“But making a 4nm chip lithography machine is extremely detailed and complicated. We are stuck right now. If they’re only watching and learning here, how much can they really pick up?

“We’re worried it’s wasting time, and we don’t have time to train them ourselves.”

Dane wrote, “That’s enough. Give them one week. You’ll be amazed at what they can do.

“If the project really falls behind because of this, I’ll take full responsibility.”

“What?! Professor Kerrigan, that’s not what we meant!”

Riley and Aiden panicked when they saw Dane’s steady attitude.

They believed in Dane’s intelligence and skills so much it was almost like he was their hero.

Without him, this whole project would never have started.

The only reason they were here was because they trusted him.

They didn’t want to burden Dane with this decision.

Tilda also stepped forward. “Professor Danton, Professor Froning, I agree with Dane. Please give my two seniors one week.

“In one week, they’ll show you the results you expect.

“If they fail, I’ll take the responsibility too, the same as Dane.”

Her voice was firm and full of confidence.

“Ms. Tilda… ”

Since both Dane and Tilda had spoken with such certainty, Riley and Aiden could only give in and leave.

Dane looked at Tilda and wrote, “Tilda…”

Tilda remarked, “It’s fine, Dane. I trust you, and I trust Mystro and Liam.

“We trained together. We know what each of us can and can’t do. They’ll succeed.”

Dane wrote, “Yes. Let’s just do our part and believe in them.”

He gave Tilda a gentle pat on the shoulder.

Then they went back to their unfinished research.

The week passed faster than they realized.

That day, Riley and Aiden hurried over with a stack of reports in their hands.

But they were told that Dane and Tilda were in the middle of an important test.

No one could enter or disturb them until they were done and gave the signal.