After the Exams, Deal with Him!

Hokage's Office. "Orochimaru..." Upon hearing Anko Mitarashi's report, Hiruzen Sarutobi's hand holding the pipe froze. The curling smoke seemed to blur his eyes. How long had it been since he last received news of his beloved disciple? If Orochimaru had not gone astray back then, deviating from the path Hiruzen had arranged for him, he would not have had to betray Konoha and become an S-rank missing-nin of Konoha. More than ten years had passed.