Xia Shang's guess was the only possibility that fit the current situation, but if the enemy could kill the Japanese warrior without a sound, it would obviously be difficult to fight against the enemy with 04 injuries, let alone chase him out alone.
Even if they were chased out, there should at least be some traces of the fight left nearby...
But from now on, there are no clues left around.
There doesn't seem to be any fighting happening nearby...
Xia Shang pondered, and really couldn't figure out what was going on around him. After some searching, he finally found some fresh blood stains on the ground.
These bloodstains were obviously left by the Japanese pirates, and they were very obvious. You can tell where the Japanese pirates went by looking at the blood stains.
The two of them followed the blood trail for a while, and Yoshiko already discovered the problem: "Are you going down the mountain? What is Si doing going down the mountain alone?"
"Just follow the blood stains. There will always be a result of what will happen."
A quarter of an hour later, Xia Shang suddenly stopped Ji Zi and pointed to a narrow mountain road ahead.
The appearance of the mountain path proved that we were very close to the foot of the mountain. In the center of the mountain path, a dark shadow was slowly walking down.
This shadow is not tall, but very thin. It holds a samurai sword in its hand. You can tell it is 04 at a glance.
He was the only one around, and after making sure there was no one else around, Jizi directly bypassed Xia Xia Shang and rushed towards 04.
"Si!"
Jizi shouted and ran, but Xia Shang did not stop him and followed Jizi vigilantly.
When they were less than three meters behind 04, 04, who had his back to the two of them, suddenly turned around, swiped his katana in his hand, and stopped Yoshiko who wanted to get closer.
Yoshiko was startled and stopped quickly. Fortunately, the opponent just used a knife to stop him and made no further moves.
Seeing this situation, Xia Shang blocked Ji Zi behind him.
Ji Zi shouted in confusion: "Si, what's wrong with you?"
"Go...go!" 04 shouted in a low voice in Chinese, followed by a string of bird language to say something to Yoshiko.
Yoshiko froze on the spot, seemingly not understanding what 04 meant.
Xia Shang raised the torch in his hand, and the firelight illuminated 04's pale face. His breath was very weak, and he felt that he might fall to the ground at any time.
But his eyes were a little weird, both good and evil, giving people a bad feeling.
Xia Shang couldn't figure it out either.
He grabbed Yoshiko and pulled her back a few meters, then asked: "What on earth did he say?"
Yoshiko was stunned: "He told us to leave quickly. If we continue to get closer, he might kill us. But... But Si can't hurt me! He can't hurt me!"
Yoshiko said very firmly.
Xia Shang frowned: "No matter how much you trust him, his current situation is indeed a bit weird, so we'd better not get too close to him rashly."
"But..." Yoshiko was still unwilling, her eyes full of worry.
At this moment, 04 in front seemed to have exhausted all his strength and suddenly fell to the ground, seemingly unconscious again.
Seeing this, Yoshiko couldn't care less, rushed up to pick up 04, and kept shouting.
But the other party seemed to have really fainted. Yoshiko shouted for a long time but there was no response.
The current situation was full of weirdness. Xia Shang scanned the surroundings, but no one else appeared.
In other words, there was only 04 going down the mountain from beginning to end, so how could the Japanese warrior who had been watching the night die?
Was it killed by 04?
Why did he do this?
And why go down the mountain alone?
And just now he said "may kill us".
There must be something wrong with this.
Fortunately, 04 has fainted, so there should be no threat.
Xia Shang reached Ji Zi's side and put his hand on 04's pulse.
04's pulse was very weak, and the energy in his body became very strange. It was obviously different from the last time Xia Shang investigated. It became more manic and the flow became more irregular.
This feeling...
It seems that it is not a burst of true energy at all, but some kind of... bugs running around in the body...
insect!
Xia Shang was shocked. He seemed to have thought of something. He rushed to Jizi and snatched 04 away. He tore his clothes and pressed various parts of his chest with his hands.
Jizi didn't understand what Xia Shang was doing at all, so he kept asking: "Xia, what are you doing?"
Xia Shang did not answer, and his expression became more solemn.
After some feeling, the strange dynamics in his body were not transmitted from the meridian system, but could be felt from every position in his body.
This also further illustrates that what affects 04's body is not a master's true energy, but a poisonous insect.
for a moment,
Xia Shangquan understood why the Japanese warrior died and why 04 suddenly went down the mountain.
All of these are abnormal behaviors caused by the influence of the Gu.
Gu insects can control physical behavior. It is estimated that 04 found that he would make some actions that were beyond his control and was worried that he would threaten Yoshiko's safety, so he chose to leave quietly.
However, this kid was able to keep his mind calm and make the move to leave despite being controlled by the Gu, which is considered an amazing feat of willpower.
Just when Xia Shang was amazed by the Japanese pirate boy's willpower, the Japanese pirate boy's hand suddenly raised and grabbed Ji Zi's throat.
Yoshiko didn't react, she just felt that her neck was clamped tightly by an iron clamp, and she couldn't breathe in an instant.
"summer……"
Jizi struggled to squeeze out a word, her pretty face was already red, tears were flowing out without listening, but her eyes were tightly closed.
Xia Shang was also a little unprepared and grabbed 04's arm with both hands.
Despite 04's thin body, there was no space between his arms and the iron block. With Xia Shang's strength, he didn't break his hands apart. Instead, he heard a crisp sound of bone cracking.
Even the bones were broken, but the hand still didn't move away!
Xia Shang then remembered something Xian'er had said about Gu insects.
Some voodoos can control the human body, and the body controlled by the voodoos is stronger than its own control, and can even make the body make some counterintuitive actions.
If you want 04 to let go, you have to cut off his hand directly with a knife.
It was urgent to save Jizi now. Xia Shang grabbed 04's saber and was about to cut off his hand with a knife.
Unexpectedly, 04 suddenly opened his eyes, with a ferocious expression, but slowly let go of his hand.
This simple action seemed to exhaust about 04's strength, and Yoshiko squatted on the ground and coughed loudly.
Xia Shang hugged Ji Zi and backed away again, taking 04's knife with him.
It felt like this thing would be a threat if it stayed with him.
04 was lying on the ground, not talking, just waving his hands constantly. Although the movements were very small, they seemed to be reminding the two of them to leave quickly.
"Si, what's wrong with you?" Jizi regained his breath and still didn't understand what had just happened.
Xia Shang hugged Ji Zi and whispered: "There are worms in his body, and now his behavior is no longer under his control."