Chapter 70: Hilda
Chapter 70: Hilda
Sun Jack writhed on the floor, clutching his prosthetic arm as his face contorted in pain. Groans escaped his lips. “AA! AA! Quick! Take this prosthetic off!”
AA, curled up in the sink, blearily rubbed her eyes and woke up. The moment she saw the situation, any trace of sleep or drunkenness disappeared from her face. She leapt down, grabbed her toolkit, and swiftly disassembled the prosthetic. Soon, Sun Jack was back to being one-armed.
But even without the prosthetic, Sun Jack could still feel intense pain in his missing right arm and hand.
“Boss, this isn’t a prosthetic issue—it’s phantom limb pain,” AA explained.
Kneeling beside him, AA pulled out a painkiller from the strap on Sun Jack’s leg and injected it into the stump of his arm.
As the medication coursed through his body, Sun Jack exhaled deeply. His face was pale, and his upper body was drenched in sweat. Taking the cup of water offered by Tapai, he panted heavily before asking, “What’s phantom limb pain?”
“When a person loses a limb, their brain’s cortex undergoes functional reorganization. The sensory area for the face expands into the area that used to represent the missing arm,” Tapai explained matter-of-factly.
“Speak human, will you?”