In fact, after defecting from Konoha, Orochimaru had harbored no great ambitions. He had only wanted to find a few secluded places where he could conduct human experiments in peace.
When he did venture out occasionally, it was only to abduct a few people with unusual constitutions or kekkei genkai and bring them back as experimental subjects.
But just as Orochimaru was settling down to his research, the leader of the Akatsuki, who called himself a god, had come knocking and used extremely forceful methods to make him join.
Under the pressure of the Rinnegan, Orochimaru had found himself in a rare state of utter helplessness.
Although Orochimaru had later seized an opportunity to leave the Akatsuki, it remained one of the memories he preferred not to revisit.
And only now, from Shin Uchiha, had Orochimaru learned that the godlike man had actually been Jiraiya's former student.
In other words, if Jiraiya had not taken on students so indiscriminately, the man who called himself Deva Path Pain would never have grown that powerful or reduced Orochimaru to such a sorry state.
That was what had gotten under Orochimaru's skin.
Still, Orochimaru was no ordinary man. Under Shin Uchiha's gaze, he quickly composed himself and asked in a hoarse voice:
"Then was Deva Path Pain, the one who awakened the Rinnegan, the Child of Prophecy Jiraiya found?"
At that, a mocking smile appeared on Orochimaru's face, and he continued:
"From the looks of things, that fellow has already slipped beyond Jiraiya's control. He won't be saving the world anymore..."
Orochimaru had spent some time around Deva Path Pain and knew quite a bit about him.
In his eyes, Deva Path Pain was an outright madman, and the Akatsuki he had founded was a terrorist organization that stood against the entire world.