Sasuke used Kagutsuchi once more, controlling the Amaterasu flames on Killer B and extinguishing them before they burned him to charcoal.
A jinchuriki had to be captured alive. If he died, the tailed beast would die with him, making the capture a disastrous failure.
Sasuke did not want to fail.
The black flames on Killer B faded. His Eight-Tails form had been burned away completely, leaving only his true body in the lake, with nothing but a pair of trousers left on him.
Killer B sank into the lake, seemingly unconscious.
Karin exclaimed, "What powerful dojutsu! Even someone as strong as the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki couldn't withstand it."
"Sasuke, you're just so cool!"
Cool he might have been, but the price was steep.
Sasuke pressed hard against his eye socket. His eye hurt so badly that it felt as though it had been gouged out.
The side effects of the Mangekyō Sharingan were simply too severe.
No wonder Itachi had always looked so sickly. No wonder he had so often pressed a hand to his eye socket.
So this was why—it hurt too much!
The Uchiha Clan's power came with pain, not just physical pain, but emotional pain as well.
Sasuke glanced at the devastated Killer B.
Jugo had excellent sensory abilities. He said, "The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki is still alive. He's only unconscious."
"Good!"
Sasuke nodded.
With that, the capture of the Eight-Tails was a success.
Jugo walked over and hoisted Killer B onto his shoulder, carrying the unconscious Suigetsu with his other arm.
Karin was in poor shape too, and even the badly injured Sasuke had to help support her.
There had been plenty of surprises during this mission. Each of Killer B's three stages had given Sasuke and the others a grueling fight.
He had even beaten them like