Of course, this turn of events had exceeded Orochimaru's expectations. It was mainly because of those two little brats, Naruto and Gaara, who could wield part of a tailed beast's power.
Now that the Four Violet Flames Formation had shattered, Orochimaru was in a very bad mood.
Because it meant that Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure—the three great shinobi villages—could interfere with his plan to hunt Itachi Uchiha at any time.
"If it really comes to that, I'll just let the First Hokage regain some of his consciousness!"
This thought began to take root in Orochimaru's mind.
After all, if he did not do that and the Kage of all three villages attacked together, his plan would be declared a complete failure.
How could Orochimaru, who had plotted for so long, possibly accept that?
Who could have imagined that mere Chunin Exams candidates would cause his plan such enormous trouble? Orochimaru certainly never had!
The dust on the battlefield had yet to settle. The Konoha Anbu, who had originally been on standby around the Four Violet Flames Formation, would not act recklessly before receiving new orders from the Third Hokage.
Because one wrong move could easily interrupt the Chunin Exams.
Normally, that would not be much of a problem.
But one had to remember that the Chunin Exams were nominally jointly hosted by Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure, and shinobi from every smaller village had been invited to participate.
If the second exam was interrupted halfway through...
It would be a serious blow to the prestige of the three great shinobi villages.
And Konoha would suffer the most!
Konoha was, after all, the host of these Chunin Exams. If anything went wrong, would it not have the greatest impact on Konoha?
There was no question about it!
If that really happened, Iwagakure