Ever since Orochimaru had abducted him last time, Gua had been a bundle of nerves.
After all, Orochimaru had said Gua had killed those two Root operatives.
Gua had no idea whether Orochimaru had found any evidence, so the next day, when no one was around, he sneaked back to where he had buried the bodies.
Criminals often returned to the scene of the crime.
When Gua, the "criminal," returned to the crime scene, he discovered, to his horror-
The bodies are gone?!
Gua had been scared stiff.
For the next two days, Gua appeared as calm as ever, but only he knew how terrified he was every single day.
He kept wavering between hoping for the best and defecting.
Defect?
Or take a gamble?
That was the question.
Gua chose to gamble!
He figured that if the bodies were gone, Orochimaru must have dug them up!
And Orochimaru clearly had a favorable impression of him...
Taking all that into account!
Gua decided to take a gamble on Orochimaru's conscience!!
Orochimaru, I'm putting my trust in you! You'd better not let me down!!
Gua really had no other options.
Defecting took tremendous resolve. He would have to abandon his village, his clan, and his parents.
Gua clearly lacked that resolve.
One day, two days, three days...
After three days, Gua became numb to it.
Whatever happens, happens!
If I can live, I'll live. If not, screw it!
Gua finally stopped worrying altogether.
He went to school and came home on schedule every day.
Until he ran into Kakashi.
"Gua-kun, what a coincidence."
Running into Kakashi on the way home from school was unexpected. Gua had no idea what was going on with him.
Because this was already the third school day on which he had "happened to run into" Kakashi.