The moment Daimio pushed open the door, Hellboy recognized the demon inside.
"Baba Yaga! She's the demon in there!" Hellboy exclaimed, his face grim. It was he who had personally banished this demon to this dimension and taken one of her eyes.
"That thing that looks like a broken puppet?" Constantine quipped, then strode in, patting the wary Daimio on the shoulder.
"That's the one."
Hellboy stepped inside, and the house immediately stood up, blocking their path of retreat. Not far away, from something resembling a wooden barrel, a wizened, shriveled head emerged. Her expression clearly indicated displeasure.
"I thought it would just be you, Hellboy," her voice grated like two pieces of glass rubbing together, sending shivers down their spines.
"Well, you should have expected this when you opened that rift," Constantine said, flipping Baba Yaga the middle finger without an ounce of respect.
Hellboy knew this demon, and Constantine was also familiar with her. This creature, known as the Demon of the Woods, most loved to slaughter children. For a demon not particularly known for her combat prowess, Constantine had no interest in small talk.
"Baba Yaga, tell me your purpose now, and then you can choose how you die! Otherwise, I'll make you experience the most agonizing torment! Also, my name is John Constantine! You know I can do it."
Constantine slipped on his brass knuckles and raised his fist at the old witch.
Finally encountering a weak opponent, he couldn't be bothered with schemes or tricks!
"Did I forget to mention, she's stolen a little bit of this dimension's power? Otherwise, she couldn't have opened the door for us." Hellboy smacked his forehead, then spoke.
"Of course I know that, but there are three of us here!" Constantine subtly moved behind Hellboy, loudly patting his arm.
"Heh heh~ What do you want to know from me?"
Baba Yaga ignored Constantine's threats and struggled out of her container. Her arm joints twisted unnaturally before them. She crawled forward on her back, her head inverted, staring at Constantine and the others.
"I need to know Ninue's location. I believe you know where she is!"
Hellboy walked over directly, towering over Baba Yaga, who was sprawled on the ground.
"Well then, I've prepared dinner.
Will you join me?
We can discuss this over a meal." Baba Yaga suddenly stood up, her inverted head twisting 180 degrees like an owl's.
"As for these two, they can stand there. The food I've prepared is only enough for the two of us." With that, the hideous old witch hobbled towards the dining table not far away.
"Hm? If you think it's fine, go ahead. I'll just look around here."
Constantine walked over to Daimio, took a cigarette from his pocket, and lit it. He casually pushed down Daimio's raised pistol-hand, giving him a meaningful look.
"Come and taste it, the soup I just finished cooking." Baba Yaga presented the clay pot on the table to Hellboy as if it were a precious treasure. The large man walked over silently and sat down at the table.
Constantine pulled Daimio past the dining table and headed towards the kitchen at the back. Hellboy watched Baba Yaga open the clay pot and stir the soup with a spoon; the hand bones within were still clearly visible.
"Are these human children?" Hellboy asked, maintaining a calm demeanor and a seemingly indifferent tone.
"Of course, I'm a demon, and so are you. Eating people is perfectly normal…" Baba Yaga's sentence was cut short as a brass-knuckled fist slammed directly into her head. Simultaneously, two specially made bullets pierced her calves.
"How regrettable. I've changed my mind! Regardless of whether you tell me anything, I'm going to smash every single one of your bones!" Constantine straddled Baba Yaga, his brass-knuckled fists raining down blows, like mincing meat for meatballs.
Constantine's surging magical power, amplified by his complete soul, was fully unleashed, pinning the Demon of the Woods to the floor and brutally pummeling her. The moment he and Daimio entered the kitchen, the horrific sight before them had ignited an immeasurable rage. A child's body hung on a hook like pork, and so the attack came like a deluge!
Baba Yaga's body erupted with a rapid succession of bone-shattering cracks. Then, like a centipede, she crawled out from under Constantine, moved swiftly under the dining table, and snatched two strange curved blades from a pillar by the door!
"If you give me a kiss, and Hellboy is willing to trade what he took from me, I will tell you what you want to know!" Baba Yaga's bones seemed to flow and shift, making the shriveled and withered old witch an unsettling sight.
"You're dreaming. I remember your tongue is covered in barbs and smells of corpses!" Constantine flipped over the table and strode towards Baba Yaga. Daimio's gun fired again, but the old witch dodged it with incredibly twisted movements.
"I think finding Ninue's location is the most important thing right now. The cost doesn't matter to me." Hellboy immediately intended to agree to her terms, but he didn't stop Constantine's actions.
"Guttama, god of darkness…"
Constantine muttered a spell. Even though he loathed using magic, when faced with Baba Yaga, the demon was even more detestable!
As the incantation drew to a close, the brass knuckles on Constantine's hand began to emit a dark, ominous glow.
Although the knuckles were engraved with a cross and a Bible, there was no conflict.
Even Constantine didn't know why he instinctively chanted such a dark spell first, as it didn't match the weapon in his hand. But an inexplicable feeling told him it would work, so he did it!
Constantine executed a slide tackle, avoiding Baba Yaga's swinging blades. Then, a heavy punch landed on the old witch's jaw. With that single punch, a series of crisp bone-snapping sounds erupted from Baba Yaga's body.
"I told you, I'm going to break every bone in your body!"
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