Orochimaru returned to Konohagakure with two White Zetsu.
On the main battlefield, Minato Namikaze had already rendezvoused with Kakashi, Rin Nohara, and Jiraiya.
Only then did Orochimaru learn that Kakashi had contacted him before.
Was the world's corrective force truly impossible to stop?
Compared to the original timeline, he had become far, far stronger, yet he had still been stopped by Madara Uchiha using Impure World Reincarnation and failed to prevent the tragedy.
Then what about the next Hokage?
What about the Nine-Tails Incident?
Orochimaru was, after all, a ninja with an unwavering mind. He quickly cast aside those worries.
I will become Hokage. Who can stop me?
A mere Nine-Tails has no place causing trouble on Orochimaru's territory!
As long as he kept growing stronger, until he became stronger than even the Sage of Six Paths, this world would sooner or later be in his grasp! At that point, every truth in this world would be laid bare before him!
"What did you say? Madara Uchiha!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi did not even notice when the pipe in his mouth fell onto his foot.
"Impossible! He died at the hands of the First Hokage!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi stared fixedly at Orochimaru, hoping that Orochimaru was merely joking with an old man like him.
"Then where is Madara's body?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi fell silent.
Even now, the battle between the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha still left him with lingering fear.
He had only been a teenager then, but he had already become an outstanding ninja.
Yet even from miles away, the aftershocks of the battle between the First Hokage and Madara had made his heart tremble.
It had been a battle between gods!
"I admit it, Orochimaru. Your strength has already surpassed mine, but that is Madara Uchiha! Even we might not