Blue Lake Estate, Eden Garden.
In the main laboratory, Richard sat at the circular experiment table, silently pondering over the recent events he'd experienced.
After ten minutes of contemplation, he sighed lightly, confirming that his previous actions were reasonable, and indeed, there was no better way to handle Long Mei'er's order to close the mine. After all, for Long Mei'er to mention closing the mine indicated that he had already picked up on some clues, and any sneaky actions like agreeing on the surface while secretly continuing mining wouldn't fool him.
Given this, Long Mei'er's orders left him with only two possible responses: to adopt a resistant attitude as before or to comply and completely give up resisting.
Comparing the two, even if the former failed, he would have a 15-day respite, which he could use to extract as much remaining uranium from the Shambhala Mine as possible.
As for why it was exactly 15 days, that was the result of careful consideration.
