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 he was injected

are meant to ensure 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.

provided to doctor Heela. A spot on his wrist was rubbed with an antibacterial as a strap was tightened

the Mindmirror

thick needle of the syringe

the wound." Doctor Heela instructed as a nurse duly administered a

to the projections on the screens behind him,

the bonding

was likely esoteric technology that allowed them

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

noted. "Prepare the

few more instructions that Rui failed to comprehend. The nurses however swiftly prepared certain

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

passed before he

doctor nodded. "The development phase has begun. Begin the

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 energy and nutrition supplied to his body was inevitably consumed

anything that you feel." Doctor Heela told

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 as most organs did, thus it could

at this stage, the Mindmirror Symbiote still had a very shallow connection with his brain. It would take quite some time