The Martial Unity

"Good, you've understood the procedure." The doctor nodded as Rui explained the procedure perfectly. "Have you made sure to satisfy the conditions for being viable for the procedure? Have you consumed alcohol in the past week?"

"No, I haven't." Rui confirmed.

"Have you consumed psychedelic drugs in the past forty days?" The doctor asked.

"Not at all."

"Did you get two nights of natural normal sleep without having consumed any mental rejuvenation potions?"

"I did." Rui assured.

The medical procedure required him to be awake till the procedure ended. Being asleep increased the probability that a complication would occur. The medical team would also be using rejuvenation potions before the secondary bonding occurred in order to ensure he was at his peak, mentally. However, an abuse of mental rejuvenation potions before the procedure began would reduce the effectiveness of the mental rejuvenation potions administered to him during the procedure, increasing the probability of failure of the procedure.

"Good. We'll be verifying this anyway with a few quick blood tests, of course." She smiled at him.

They quickly drew some blood with a special syringe that was able to pierce his conditioned skin. Thankfully, the results came within an hour.

"Good news, you're fit to undergo the procedure." Doctor Heela told him. "We'll begin shortly. We need to inject a few serums before you're ready for the implantation."

instruments. Soon he was injected with a

the initial bonding of the symbiote with the brain goes as smoothly as possible." Doctor Leela informed him as she injected the final one, explaining their purposes. A few minutes later,

spot on his wrist was rubbed with an antibacterial

begin the implantation of the Mindmirror

thick needle of the syringe plunged past his conditioned

wound." Doctor Heela instructed as a nurse duly administered a healing potion to him, to stop the bleeding and close the

immediately turned their attention to the projections on the screens behind him,

entered the bonding site." Doctor Leela

that, but he suspected it was likely esoteric technology that allowed them to keep track

lay unmoving patiently. He had already known it was going to be a long process and

Doctor Heela noted. "Prepare the

nurses however swiftly prepared certain potions, ready to administer

hand didn't feel a thing despite the fact that the Mindmirror Symbiote had already bonded with his brain according to doctor Heela's remarks. That was even scarier than if he had been

hour passed before he got

doctor nodded. "The development

but he didn't feel all that rejuvenated. The reason was, of course, known. All

that you feel."

nodded briefly. He found it rather amazing that he still wasn't able to feel anything quite yet. Yet there was a technical explanation for that as well, of course. The brain didn't have

his brain. It would take quite some time before the