The Miracle of Mental Illness

The "operation" went smoothly.

After Antonio's "operation," Ailanka's split mind had been perfectly reunited on a physical level, and he had recovered from a mental illness to become a theoretically normal human being.

"How do you feel now?"

After waking from the anesthesia, Ailanka furrowed his brow.

"It feels strange."

It was still the same answer as before, but its meaning was entirely different.

As Reilo and Antonio observed him like a pair of lab mice, Ailanka focused his thoughts—and a beautiful mental creature suddenly appeared in midair inside the cave!

It floated there in silence.

"Superhumans!!!"

The sight was so unbelievable that when Reilo saw the flame trailing azure mental ribbons, he instinctively murmured the word.

"No."

Reilo held his breath and stared fixedly at the azure glow—the Superhuman capable of surviving inside the Star Curtain World.

He soon noticed what made it different.

"It's dead now, and has become Ailanka's summoned creature. Or rather, after Ailanka devoured it, he gained its evolutionary mutation as a talent. The invading Superhuman didn't take control of Ailanka. Instead, it became a secondary personality under the control of Ailanka's dominant personality. All the fantasies he once had as his second personality have become real abilities!"

Nearby, Antonio suddenly held out his right hand.

He, too, compared his mental light with the aura of this bizarre, otherworldly creature, his expression growing more and more grave.

"Ordinary physical attacks have almost no effect on it, unless..."

Antonio said gravely, "Unless its shell—the body it inhabits—is destroyed."

The shell in question was naturally the Superhuman corpse Reilo had obtained: the particle smaller than a sesame seed.

Otherwise, ordinary physical attacks would have practically no effect on a purely mental creature like this.

A moment later, Antonio continued, "But even energy attacks would probably struggle to