Chapter 18
Translator: FenrirTL
Editor: Greedy
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< Chapter 18 >
“Sealing away the self you want to protect, keeping it deep inside. Even ordinary people without mental control training sometimes forget memories or develop split personalities due to a shock. In our case, we’re doing it consciously.”
Ilay explained additionally. My expression grew even darker.
It wasn’t that I couldn’t understand the theory. But it didn’t seem like something I could actually do. The mind doesn’t divide neatly like the body. If control slipped even a little, it would collapse, merging together like a fluid.
“That it’s possible... Damn, if you’re saying it, it must be possible.”
I sighed.
“Luka, when we smile, the brain thinks something happy is happening even when there’s nothing happy going on. Our brain’s simpler than you’d think. If you try to fool it, it can be fooled. Psychological evaluations only probe as far as surface-level consciousness.”
“So, how do you do it?”
Ilay paused briefly, then spoke.