The killing and screams went on for nearly half the night. The ground around Sunagakure Camp was a wreck.
Blood stained the churned earth in scattered pools, each one marking a ninja's life.
A faint groan sounded now and then. Those gravely wounded ninja had lain there for half the night and were not far from death.
Fugaku rose and walked across the ravaged ground of the Land of Rain. As he passed between the bodies, his kunai swept across the throats of ninja who had yet to die, ending their suffering.
No ninja could be seen moving around the camp. Those still able to move had largely fled beyond the area ravaged by the One-Tail.
But there was no hope of rebuilding Sunagakure Camp. The entire camp had become a ruin.
Supplies hauled out in haste lay scattered around the camp, thoroughly soaked and strewn apart by the rain.
In an open stretch of ground, only the One-Tail remained, venting its excess energy.
Fugaku used the Body Flicker Technique several times in succession and appeared before the One-Tail. His Mangekyo Sharingan slowly turned as he met the raging beast's eyes.
He unleashed his genjutsu at full strength. The One-Tail's frenzied expression vanished at once. Its eyelids slowly sank, and it finally fell fast asleep.
He took a vessel inscribed with a Sealing Formula from a scroll. It had been made expressly to seal a Tailed Beast.
Moving around the One-Tail, he swiftly drew a Sealing Array on the ground. It was not until just before dawn that the enormous array around the sleeping beast was complete.
Fugaku placed the sealing jar at the center of the array and formed hand signs.
"Seal."
The Sealing Formula sprang to life. Its markings crawled across the ground and intertwined densely over the