"Roar!!!"
Naruto had thought that when the monster's tentacles were burned by Amaterasu, its cries had been at their most miserable.
But now, with what remained of its entire body engulfed in Amaterasu's flames, its screams were more miserable than ever before.
When the flames of Amaterasu went out, the monster had already fainted, barely clinging to life.
Sasuke flung out a shuriken with steel wire wrapped around it. Under his control, the wire coiled around the monster.
With a tug, Sasuke dragged the monster before him.
Without much trouble, Sasuke wrapped the monster tightly in a Sealing Scroll, turning it into the shape of a gourd.
Sasuke opened the tool pouch at his waist. Miraculously, when the sealed monster approached the pouch, its body began to shrink, and Sasuke placed it inside.
Seeing the monster sealed away, both Sasuke and Naruto let out a sigh of relief.
By the time they had spent some time climbing out of the fissure, Sakura was already waiting beside it.
"Are you two all right? Has the monster been sealed?"
Sakura had merely asked out of habit. While standing by the fissure, she had already sensed that Sasuke and Naruto's Chakra was perfectly normal, while the monster's presence had grown weaker and weaker until it vanished.
"Yeah. I sealed it."
Sasuke patted the tool pouch at his waist.
"That's good."
Sakura also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's head back!"
Naruto's face was smudged with dust, but the uncontrollable delight on it was still obvious.
"No." Sakura's expression turned more serious. "There's still one place we haven't gone."
"What place? ...That cave?"
Sasuke asked Sakura, "What did you see inside the cave?"
Sakura shook her head. "I didn't see anything. I never reached the deepest part of the cave."
Sakura had only brought