"AAARGH!"
Amid his miserable screams, another huge rusty red nail slowly pierced into Zabuza's waist and ribs!
Normally, once a person's pain reached a certain limit, they would go numb. But Zabuza could not feel even the slightest numbness. He could clearly feel the agony each nail inflicted inside his body. That pain surged into his heart and flooded his mind like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, leaving him desperate to live, desperate to die, unable to stop.
Genjutsu... This is Genjutsu. It's all fake. I can endure it. I can endure this!!
Zabuza clenched his teeth so hard that his gums bled, blood slowly trickling from the corners of his mouth.
The meridians, muscles, and tissues inside his body spasmed and cramped beneath that horrific "pain." Then feces and urine spilled out together, creating a ghastly sight.
He was clearly only caught in Genjutsu, yet it could reduce such a powerful Jonin to this state...
Kakashi's expression darkened.
He remembered how he had fought Zabuza several times before finally subduing him with the help of the Eight Ninja Dogs. Yet Houka had not even needed to show himself—one "look" had trapped Zabuza in Genjutsu, leaving him unable to escape.
And judging by his condition, if Houka did not release the Genjutsu, Zabuza might very well be "painfully" tortured to death!
This had already surpassed the realm of Genjutsu, hadn't it?
All this time, the strength of Houka's Sharingan had been displayed through Susanoo and the Mangekyou's two ocular techniques. He had not shown much "talent" in Genjutsu itself, but now it seemed...
"AAARGH!!"
Zabuza was in so much pain that he could barely tell whether he was in reality or Genjutsu anymore. He only felt as though his entire body was being torn apart, with every nerve