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."

prepared all the devices and instruments. Soon

as smoothly as possible." Doctor Leela informed him as she injected the

and provided to doctor Heela. A spot on his wrist was rubbed with an antibacterial

will begin the implantation of the Mindmirror symbiote." The

of the syringe

administered a healing

to the projections on the screens behind him, carefully

bonding site." Doctor Leela

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

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

process has begun." Doctor Heela noted. "Prepare the RP-154 and HP-C16

rattled off a few more instructions that Rui failed to comprehend. The nurses however swiftly

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 able to notice it himself,

hour passed before he

has succeeded." The doctor nodded. "The

with potions periodically. The potions were physical rejuvenating potions and nutrient potions, but he didn't feel all that rejuvenated. The reason was, of course, known. All of the

us know anything that you feel."

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 as most organs did, thus it could not experience the sensation of

shallow connection with his brain. It would take quite some time before