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Summary
Afterwards everyone would assume it was deliberate, intricately planned to such an extent that the specifics escaped them as they tried to make sense of the steps.
Truthfully, Orochimaru wasn't sure he knew what he was doing at any point along the way, but you can only balance on the fence so long before falling one way or the other. Where he wound up when he fell is another question entirely.
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Orochimaru hesitates and ends up staying in Konoha under suspicion instead of fleeing when his experiments are discovered. Things spiral out from there.
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