Black Mist spread, engulfing Fenghuo in the blink of an eye. Fugaku seized him and vanished.
All that remained was the wrecked Training Ground. Several Security Force ninja appeared and began cleaning it up.
After leaving the Training Ground, Fugaku stopped in a forest. He set Fenghuo down and lifted his eyelid, bringing Fenghuo's eye directly before his Mangekyo Sharingan.
Unconscious, Fenghuo could offer no resistance. He fell instantly into the Genjutsu Fugaku had created.
Guangtai was imprisoned in a dark cell. Fenghuo appeared outside it.
They seemed to be in separate worlds. Darkness surrounded Fenghuo.
"Guangtai! Guangtai! It's me, Fenghuo! I'll get you out right now!" Fenghuo shouted.
He tried to move, but he could do nothing. His body seemed fixed in place, and Guangtai could not hear his cries at all. He remained silent.
Then a masked Cloud shinobi appeared and began subjecting Guangtai to one cruel punishment after another.
Screams filled the entire space. Fenghuo watched every torture the Cloud shinobi inflicted on Guangtai.
"Stop! Come at me if you dare!" Fenghuo screamed.
But nothing in the cell showed any sign of stopping. The torture went on.
Guangtai was covered in blood. A day slowly passed before the Cloud shinobi tormenting him finally left the cell, leaving him bound in place and silent.
Blood kept dripping from Guangtai's body. After witnessing a full day of torture, Fenghuo could no longer speak.
Traces of blood appeared at the corners of his eyes. On the second day, the brutal torment resumed, and Fenghuo grew more frantic than Guangtai, who was enduring it all.
By the third day, the Cloud shinobi had begun using Guangtai for inhuman experiments. The pain was even worse than before.
Fenghuo had no tears left. Unable to say a word, he could only watch in