> The military asked me to defuse a bomb using neural synchronization, promising that my daughter wouldn’t feel a thing.
> “This is the latest technology. Painless, completely safe,” the technician said.
> I put on the helmet and started the synchronization program.
> The countdown began, and I worked the laser cutter with precision.
> Suddenly, my daughter’s scream pierced my brain through the neural link.
> “D-Dad! It hurts!” she sobbed in agony.
> I jerked my head up. The technician had vanished.
> A cold System alert appeared on the screen:
> [Pain-blocking module forcibly disabled remotely]
