"Do—you—know—what—you're—saying?!"
Each word came out slowly, his fury erupting like a volcano that had lain dormant for a thousand years.
"Madara."
"I told you long ago. The Eye of the Moon, a world without losers... I'm not interested in any of it."
Kamizuki looked back, a smile tugging at his lips. "Failure and I have nothing to do with each other."
"Aren't I already living in a world without failure?"
"Is that so..."
The anger gradually faded from Madara Uchiha's aged face. He smiled.
"I've been waiting for this day too."
"Someone like you won't understand how cruel reality is until you suffer a crushing defeat."
A soul needed time to grow substantial.
Kamizuki had regained basic mobility soon after his fight with the Raikage.
But showing himself before his body and soul had fully settled together was too dangerous. If an enemy exploited that weakness, his soul might be forcibly torn from his body.
Forbidden techniques targeting the soul existed in the Shinobi World, such as the Spirit Transformation Technique. He had to guard against them, not to mention forbidden sealing techniques like the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
Kamizuki was arrogant, but he was no mindless brute.
First, there was Kumogakure. If they learned he was still alive, they would come after him in full force, sparing no expense to take revenge.
Then there was Konoha itself...
Danzo was hardly worth fearing. Sarutobi Hiruzen was the one Kamizuki had to consider.
There was no hiding the fact that Kamizuki had extracted the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and he wasn't deranged enough to kill Kushina and Minato to silence them.
Sarutobi Hiruzen would let such details rest out of respect for the dead. But if Kamizuki returned alive...
The Konoha leadership might say nothing openly, but they would certainly watch him