Second Brave nodded repeatedly and took off his down jacket as he spoke.
Hearing this, the others also began taking off their clothes.
At the same time, I brought the Tong Ghost Sword close to Second Brave's body, sliding it from top to bottom almost against his skin like a security scanner.
There was nothing at first, but when I slid the Evil-Slaying Flowing Cloud Sword over Second Brave's abdomen—
Second Brave's expression suddenly changed. He cried out, "Ow!" and clutched his stomach, looking distressed.
I hurriedly withdrew the sword.
"What's wrong? Does your stomach hurt?"
Second Brave nodded.
"Yeah! It suddenly hurt, like a cramp. But now, now it doesn't hurt anymore."
Hearing that, all of us narrowed our eyes.
This was far too abnormal.
"Stand still. Let me check again."
Second Brave was a little frightened as well and stood properly again.
I brought the sword close to his abdomen once more, and Second Brave couldn't help crying out again.
"Ow! It hurts, it hurts..."
Seeing this, it meant that there was an eighty or ninety percent chance that Second Brave had also been infected with Gu, though it had yet to flare up.
"Ningzi, my Second Brave will be okay, right?"
"Yeah, Xiao Ning, please take a good look at my Second Brave. He's my only son, and you two were so close when you were kids. You have to make sure he's all right!"
Second Brave's parents had both noticed something was wrong with him and spoke to me in turn.
I nodded and said to the distressed-looking Second Brave, "Second Brave, take off your thermal underwear first. Let me check again."
Second Brave took a couple of breaths, then nodded in agreement.
After he took off his clothes, we discovered that red bloodstreaks had appeared