"I don't have much time to waste with you, so talk soon," I complained, wiping the blood from my knuckles.
"Fuck off, bitch," the Iwa ninja said.
"I see," I said, noticing that I still had two guys I could get information from.
Without wasting any time, I punched him in the ribs. My fist shattered all his ribs on the right side, also crushing his lung with the blow.
All three guys had chakra seals, so they couldn't mold it, meaning they were as normal as civilians right now.
The ninja I just punched writhed in pain, vomiting a large amount of blood. I had cut off his hands, so I had him restrained with hooks through his wrists, which looked like they were about to break.
With a kunai, I cut the rope holding the hook, which made the ninja fall to the ground.
Blood was pouring from his body; he wouldn't live much longer, but I wasn't going to let him go without making him suffer for everything he told me while I tortured him.
I grabbed his hair and dragged him in front of his two companions; they also had several wounds and bruises I had inflicted and were tied up in better condition than the guy I had.
"I don't have much time, so let's keep this simple," I declared, leaving the guy face down in front of the two of them.
I sat on his back and lifted his head, put my fingers inside his mouth, and began to force it open, pushing harder than a person could.
The guy's groans of pain could be heard. I tried to stop myself, but since I had no hands, I couldn't try to grab my own to stop myself; I could only try to close my mouth to avoid suffering more, something that failed miserably.
I looked at the other two, watching in horror as I slowly and painfully split open their companion's skull.
The man's groans turned into screams. His cheeks ripped open, leaving a bad impression of Ledger's Joker. His face was no longer human but rather resembled that of a monster from a horror movie.
The ninja just kept throwing blood in my face, trying to stop me, but I simply ignored him.
Getting fed up with this, using all my strength, I broke his jaw, shattered half his skull, and in one swift motion, split his head in two, holding his upper teeth in my hands and his jaw still attached to his body.
Blood began to spurt everywhere.
Both ninjas were terrified, seeing what I had just done, not to mention what I had done before.
"Good," I said, tossing the guy's severed head aside like trash to stand before one of them. "Can you tell me what they're doing here, more specifically why Onoki is bringing so many troops to the border?"
"No," he hesitated; the fear in his voice was very noticeable. "I won't tell you anything, witch." His voice didn't sound brave; he was very doubtful about what he was doing.
I just sighed before this.
"I don't have time for games," I exclaimed, forming three hand seals.
I stood face-to-face with the guy, and with my cheeks full, I spat a quick, futile stream of mist into my mouth.
The moment the mist touched the guy's face, he started screaming.
"AAAAAAH!" he began to scream and writhe in great pain.
The guy's face began to melt, his skin began to slough off his body like liquid, and his eyes began to disintegrate.
The ninja's face was disappearing; Instead, a fleshy face, full of muscles and nerves, appeared in all its glory.
"MY FACE, MY FACE HURTS, AAAAH, KILL ME, SOMEONE KILL ME," came his screams.
I glanced at the other guy; he was hyperventilating, his whole body trembling. He was staring blankly at a point, avoiding seeing how his companion was slowly melting away.
Just as I was about to ask him something, he opened his mouth.
"Tchusikage said it was a training exercise in preparation for a possible war; from what I understand, we'll soon be able to do something big again, but I don't know exactly what that thing is, but he decided to prepare with what he already has," he mumbled without me having to say anything. "Regarding the jinchūriki, I'm taking this opportunity to send them to this place at the request of the civilians who were afraid that the beasts would go out of control and destroy the village."
I was going to ask another question, but I heard an explosion in the distance.
My attention was completely drawn to that place, ducking down and ignoring the screams of the faceless guy; I focused all my concentration on that spot.
I sensed Jiraiya facing a large group of ninjas, among them one with a vast amount of chakra.
Kosuke and Minato were also heading that way, along with another ninja who also possessed a significant amount of chakra.
From the information I gathered, only two people fit the description I already knew: the two jinchūriki of Iwa, specifically the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails.
I ignored the writhing man and the one I had traumatized and went outside; I didn't care if they were still alive afterward. I didn't care about gaining even more notoriety with Iwa; I already had it. I was on their Bingo Book for a reason.
I jumped, leaving behind all the evidence of my torture, just to torment the Iwa ninjas, if it wasn't destroyed by what was likely an area riddled with mines—and when I say mines, I mean Tailed Beast Balls.
I ran quickly toward the chaos, but on my way there, I was intercepted by multiple Iwa ninja.
This was annoying; I barely knew any offensive lightning ninjutsu to take them down quickly. I'd have to do it the old-fashioned way, even if it took a while.
Releasing the Yin Seal and using two fingers on each hand, I performed the signature jutsu of a certain loudmouthed blond ninja; a large number of shadow clones appeared, one for each Iwa ninja.
The moment a pair of clones killed a ninja, they would back up two more, and so on for a few minutes. I took down 13 enemy ninjas using pure taijutsu and shurikenjutsu, Minato-style.
After that, I continued killing every Iwa ninja I came across. It's worth noting that where Jiraiya was, I sensed that Minato and Kosuke had already arrived.
I was the furthest from Jiraiya; hence my delay. Thanks to that, I was finding all the scattered ninjas around.
Once I reached the area where all the chaos was, I saw Minato, who was about to be attacked by a jinchuriki in his second tail.
Without wasting a second, I slammed my palm into the ground, creating a column of earth that sent the jinchuriki flying. I also pulled out a kunai with multiple explosive talismans and threw it at him.
The massive explosion damaged his chakra cloak and sent him flying, landing in a more secluded spot.
"Thanks, you saved me some chakra," Minato said, getting up from the ground.
"You took a pretty rough beating; what happened?" I asked.
"When there are two tailed beasts and several enemy ninja, it's harder to dodge everything," he replied, getting into a fighting stance as an almost unstoppable force approached, stopping shortly after in the clearing.
It was the other jinchūriki of Iwa; it was also his second tail.
When he saw us, he glared at us, only to take a step back, dodging a fireball from Kosuke, who was perched on a tree branch.
"You're here," he said, jumping down to where we were.
"Where's that perverted toad?" he said, already molding my chakra as he saw the other jinchūriki arrive, standing beside one of us. "The other enemy ninjas multiply like ants, appearing more and more without stopping," Kosuke complained, forming hand seals.
Minato could get us out of here quickly, but he needs Jiraiya with us for that, and even though he can sense it, it doesn't mean he can go there.
"Kosuke, go to Jiraiya and get him to come here. We need Minato to get us out; I can take on one tailed beast while Minato distracts another," I explained.
I saw him hesitate, but there wasn't time, as we were distracted by the transformation of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails into their most bestial forms, with a blood-red cape and black eyes.
"Damn it," I said, watching the Five-Tails charge at full speed toward us. "Wood Release: World of Tree Walls."
The jinchūriki crashed into the wall of trees, slowing it down but destroying the wall nonetheless.
When he looked around and saw none of the three of them, he did notice a three-pronged kunai. In a flash of yellow light, a large number of booby traps appeared, launching the jinchuriki in my direction.
Taking advantage of this, Kosuke went to find Jiraiya so he could escape.
I stamped my foot, clenched my fist, and punched him directly in the stomach, making the beast roar and sending it crashing into several nearby trees.
Ignoring the pain in my hand, I turned to see the monkey in mid-air, hurling a ball of boiling lava at me.
With a hand seal, I created an ice shield that intercepted the lava, creating a smokescreen that allowed me to reposition myself.
Using five hand seals, he created a water dragon that attacked the jinchūriki directly, but the jinchūriki, using only his hands, stopped the attack.
What a monster! Even I'm tempted to be a jinchūriki, but if I were, I'd have to keep it a secret.
I don't know what a big deal it is if Konoha has two tailed beasts, but honestly, I don't care.
I heard a large explosion in the distance; this distracted me for a second, just long enough for the jinchūriki to open his mouth and begin forming a bijudama.
"So fast, I see you consider me a worthy opponent," I said.
I wanted to fight the tailed beast without using wood release, but against the bijudama, I had no other choice.
I prepared myself by forming hand seals.
"Wood Release: Four-Tails Jutsu," I announced, creating a wooden dome with a chilling face on its surface.
The moment the jinchuriki launched the Tailed Beast Ball, it struck the dome, but instead of exploding, it remained there for a few moments. Using the doors of this jutsu, I opened them, throwing the Tailed Beast Ball to the side, far from where I was, creating a massive explosion to my side that devastated the entire area where the bomb landed.
At that moment, the Four-Tails appeared above the dome, entering the area and destroying everything in its path.
Being trapped, I had no choice but to fight the jinchuriki with my bare fists.
Just as I was about to land a blow, I made a last-minute substitution, rushing out of the wall.
With a powerful blow, the colossal fourth of the dome blasted a large hole.
"I'm not finished yet," I said, forming hand seals. "Ice Release: Frozen Field," I said, freezing the entire floor, including his feet. "Not yet, Ice Release: Ice Pillar." A massive pillar of ice appeared above the jinchuriki and crashed down upon him.
The Four-Tails instinctively raised his hands, stopping the attack, but that was part of the plan.
"Ice Release: Ice Prison," I announced. At that moment, the ice around the jinchuriki's feet began to rise, freezing the Four-Tails and encasing him in a rectangular prism of ice.
I didn't see any movement, thinking I had won, only for the ice to begin cracking; the Four-Tails began to thrash about.
Suddenly, the ice shattered into thousands of pieces, revealing the true tailed beast in all its glory—not its frenzied, red chakra cloak form, but Yonbi himself.
"Will I have to use it to stop him?" I asked myself listlessly, seeing how my combination of ice jutsu had failed.