"What? Orochimaru came to Konoha? What is he here for? Could it be that he wants to kick us while we're down now that Konoha has suffered?"
Tsunade was the first to rise and voice her guess.
Ever since Orochimaru had defected from Konoha, Tsunade had held a major grudge against him.
"Mm~, Tsunade, don't get worked up yet. Maybe things aren't what you think."
Seeing Tsunade already cracking her knuckles, Jiraiya hurriedly stopped her.
Unlike Tsunade, Jiraiya still held a sliver of hope for Orochimaru.
After all, the relationship between Jiraiya and Orochimaru was somewhat like that between Naruto and Sasuke.
Moreover, in this timeline, Orochimaru had not only never launched the Konoha Crush Plan, but Minato's revival had also been Orochimaru's doing.
That left Jiraiya with even less resentment toward Orochimaru.
"That's right, Tsunade. Calm down first. I also don't think Orochimaru came to Konoha at a time like this to provoke us."
The Third Hokage also spoke up at the appropriate moment.
Orochimaru was his disciple, after all, and the Third Hokage believed he understood him to some extent.
If Konoha had not been destroyed, Orochimaru might have come to stir up trouble.
But Konoha had practically been wiped out now. The Third Hokage truly did not believe Orochimaru would go looking for trouble and make things difficult for himself at a time like this.
Though Konoha's destruction had left all Konoha Ninja suppressing their anger.
That anger was clearly directed at the Akatsuki Organization.
As for Orochimaru, he was not really within the range of those Konoha Ninja's hatred.
If even the Konoha Ninja reacted this way, then the ninja of the other four great shinobi villages naturally had even less reason to care.
Orochimaru was a Konoha rogue ninja. What did that have to do