Mizuki had never once considered redeeming Kabuto Yakushi.
Could all past misdeeds be forgiven as long as someone sincerely repented?
How could it possibly be that easy?
Forgiving that guy was the job of some magnanimous savior. Mizuki merely wanted to chop off his head so he would stop blocking his path.
"Still as bad-tempered as ever. But I'm no longer the weakling who couldn't fight back."
"Yes. You may have gained the ability to fight back, but you're still weak."
Mizuki formed hand seals with both hands. Pitch-black stone pillars burst through the lava lake, twisting around one another to form a forest of stone vines. The Third Kazekage, Shimura Danzō, Kō, Blue B, and Itachi Uchiha all stood safely atop the vine forest, avoiding being swallowed by the lava lake. As for the searing heat that ordinary shinobi would find unbearable, their immortal bodies did not care in the slightest. As long as they were not burned, it did not matter whether it was hotter or colder.
Then Mizuki turned his gaze toward the lava lake below.
"You think you can fool my sensory abilities? You dare use such a petty trick and make a fool of yourself..."
With a thought from Mizuki, the Third Kazekage's Kekkei Genkai, Magnet Release, activated. Iron Sand formed an enormous triangular pyramid and plunged straight into the lava lake below.
Sure enough, a golden mass of metal suddenly rose from the lava lake beneath, blocking the Iron Sand pyramid. It was gleaming Gold Dust.
"The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa?"
Mizuki was greatly shocked. He had long sensed something unusual below, but he had never expected it to be this person.
When Gaara had the One-Tail Shukaku extracted from him, Mizuki had led a Konoha squad to rescue him and fought the Impure World