Chapter 4: The Rich Guy's Illness

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"Oh my god, I'm such a fool.. Help me..." Luciano looked around in a panic, suddenly ran back to the living room, dropped to his knees with a loud thud, grabbed onto Jonah's sleeve, and begged with a face full of tears. "Doc! Doc, you figured out what's wrong with me right away. You must know how to fix me, right? I've been to the hospital for a month, and every doctor said they can't help me… I've tried everything, and now I've finally found you! Please, I'm begging you, save me!" "I'll help you," Jonah said with a grin. "Just drop the car repair bill, and I'll treat you. I promise you'll be as good as new!" "No problem, I'll drop the repair fee!" Luciano nodded like crazy, grinning ear to ear. "If you can really fix me, I'll give you fifty thousand as a reward!" Off to the side, Charlie and Ivory glanced at each other, both looking shocked. Their son had just graduated from medical school and hadn't even started interning yet - how could he know how to treat anyone? Was he just making this up? Ivory nudged Charlie, so he had to step up and whisper, "Jonah… can I talk to you for a second?" "Don't worry, Mom and Dad!" Jonah could tell what they were thinking, but he just smiled confidently. "Go do your thing and don't worry about this. I've got it covered!" Jonah took Luciano to an empty room. "Hang on, I'll go grab my tools." With that, Jonah headed upstairs to his room and grabbed a set of silver needles he'd bought back in his traditional medicine class. When Luciano saw Jonah coming down with some disinfectant and a box of silver needles, he couldn't believe his eyes and blurted out, "You're gonna treat my… STD with those?" "If you don't believe me, you can just leave!" Jonah was annoyed that his Helwick Sect skills were being questioned. "You think those regular doctors out there can compare to the Helwick Sect?" "Yes, yes, as long as you can cure me, you're the real deal!" Luciano nodded again and again. "Take off your clothes, just leave your boxers on, and lie down on the floor." Since there was nothing in the room but a few stools, Jonah tossed an old rag on the floor. "Just relax." Luciano didn't care about the dirt and just lay down, letting Jonah stick needles in him. This was Jonah's first time actually using the Helwick Sect's healing techniques on someone else, and he was a bit excited. He took a deep breath to calm down, and then, almost automatically, the steps to cure this kind of STD popped into his head. First, use acupuncture to open up the spots that need a burst of inner energy, then channel that energy to kill off the bad cells, and finally, prescribe three doses of traditional medicine to finish the job. "Damn, that's wild," Jonah muttered, holding up a silver needle. He then carefully inserted it into a point on Luciaono's waist, slowly twisting it until it was an inch deep, before proceeding with the next needle as his memory guided him. About ten minutes later, Jonah had stuck twenty silver needles into the guy, and it looked kind of freaky. "Okay, don't move! This is the most important part!" Jonah clapped his hands and gently grabbed two needles. He focused, and suddenly a warm rush of energy shot into his fingers, flowing through the needles into the guy's acupuncture points. "Whoa… why does it feel like something's rushing around inside me?" Luciano tried hard not to move, and soon he began to sweat all over. "It's so hot… My body's burning up! Damn, I'm drenched." Then, in a pained voice, he asked, "Is it over yet? What the heck is moving inside me? It's so hot; I can barely stand it!" Jonah checked the time, comparing it to what he remembered. Once the guy started getting really hot and squirmy, that meant his inner energy had fried the virus. "Almost done." Jonah stopped channeling his energy, and the warmth faded. He pulled out the needles one by one. "Go home, take a hot shower, and after you take the three sets of medicine I'll give you, you'll be good as new!" "That's it? Are you sure you're not messing with me?" Luciano asked, turning his head. Jonah smirked. "Just try moving around and see for yourself." Luciano stood up and stretched. All the tiredness from the past month was gone- he felt full of energy, hungry as hell, and his mind was totally clear. Amazed, he grabbed Jonah's hand, looking at him like he was a miracle worker. "Thank you! Thank you so much! If any of my friends ever get sick, I'll send them straight to you. They're all loaded, so you can charge whatever you want! Oh, and…" Then, the man quickly got dressed and said, "Wait here, I'll go grab the cash from my car!"

Chapter 4: The Rich Guy's Illness

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