Goten held Deidara by the scruff of his neck with one hand and tossed him onto the sand.
He landed hard.
A foot came down on his face, neither lightly nor heavily, but hard enough to give him a mouthful of sand.
"Ptooey, ptooey! You barbarian! Hmm!"
Deidara struggled to roll over, but the moment he lifted his neck, that foot pressed him back down.
Goten crouched, braced one hand on his knee, and tilted his head at him.
"Let me ask you something."
"Is the boss of your organization a woman?"
Deidara froze completely.
What kind of question was that?
"Is she pretty? Does she have a good figure?"
Kakashi rushed up from behind and grabbed Goten's arm.
"Goten!"
"Goten! Interrogation takes skill! You need psychological tactics to break down the other person's defenses step by step..."
Goten glanced at him. "Let me finish asking first."
Deidara seized the chance to grit his teeth and shout.
"You... won't get... any information out of me!"
Goten lightly ground the toe of the foot he had planted on Deidara.
"Pretty tough, huh?"
He bent down and extended a finger, a gentle golden glow lighting up its tip.
"Aah-!"
The next second, Deidara let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered.
The sound was shrill and distorted, nothing like anything a human could produce.
The agony of having his soul repeatedly crushed between millstones sent every nerve in his body into frantic spasms.
He wanted to pass out, only to discover that his mind was clearer than ever.
Goten withdrew his finger, and the golden light went out.
Deidara was drenched in sweat, gasping for breath.
Only then did Goten look up at Kakashi and grin.
"My method seems to work better than your skills."
Then he looked back at Deidara,