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."

medical team prepared all the devices and instruments. Soon he was injected with a

brain goes as smoothly as possible." Doctor Leela informed him as she injected the final one, explaining their purposes. A few

his wrist was rubbed with an antibacterial as

begin the implantation of the Mindmirror symbiote."

the syringe plunged

nurse duly administered a healing potion to him, to stop the bleeding and close the

their attention to the projections on the screens behind him, carefully watching it

entered the bonding site." Doctor

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

more time passed, as Rui simply lay unmoving patiently. He had already known it was going to be a long process and had long prepared

has begun." Doctor Heela noted. "Prepare the RP-154

instructions that Rui failed to comprehend. The nurses however swiftly prepared certain potions, ready to administer them to him the moment

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 able to notice

hour passed before he got an update on

succeeded." The doctor nodded. "The development

physical rejuvenating potions and nutrient potions, but he didn't feel all that rejuvenated. The reason was, of course, known. All of the energy and nutrition supplied to his body was inevitably consumed by the Mindmirror

you feel."

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 any sensory nerve endings

Mindmirror Symbiote still had a very shallow connection with his brain. It would take quite some time before the secondary brain of the Mindmirror