Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3297904-20150315141751/@comment-3297904-20150318111617

@TheUltimate3 It was 60 children btw.

Ch261 Orochimaru: And that explains why you were chosen to watch over him. It would appear my experiments were of some help after all... I should think Konoha would be a bit more appreciative...Wouldn't you agree...Dearest guinea pig of mine? Kabuto: Guinea pig...? Just who is this person? Orochimaru: Well, you see, the first Hokage was a Shinobi processing the most unique of abilities...His Mokuton Ninjutsu...What's more...He was able to bend "Bijuu" to his own will...Oh how I coveted those gifts of his...Heh heh Orochimaru: Having obtained data on the first's Genome from his remains I carried out an experiment in which his genetic traits were spliced into the cells of 60 different children, my test subjects...But their bodies didn't seem to like the foreign DNA, to say the least...They died by the dozens, one after another...And here I thought they'd all shared the same fate...To think there was a lone survivor.

Emphasis on the bolded "Konoha" part. That implies that he was commissioned to do it. The only laughter btw is also on the "coveted" remains rather than #### like enjoying the kids screams and all other jack. In chapter which Danzo fights Sasuke it's even pointed out how he has Mokuton DNA and was implied to want to control the Kyuubi. If it was going to be for his benefit I also don't think he would have shared the experiment details with Danzo.

Also care to source that statement on Oro wanting to be Hokage for selfish reasons?

The narrative did point out somewhat that he felt traumatized by his parents death. >_> flashback during his fight with Sasuke: ch 344 (Lil Orochimaru at grave of parents) Orochimaru: What's this thing? Sandaime/Hiruzen:Ooh, good eye! That's a white snake's molted skin! I've never seen one before... They're extremely rare. Very hard to find. Orochimaru: How come it's white? Sandaime/Hiruzen: I don't actually know...No one's ever really thought to find out. But for years, they've been considered a symbol of good fortune, and rebirth. Orochimaru: Good fortune...And Rebirth... Sandaime/Hiruzen: ...The fact that you found it by your parents' must be a sign...perhaps they've been reborn in new bodies. So that someday, when you've grown up, they can see you again. Orochimaru: When's that gonna be? Sandaime/Hiruzen: I'm afraid I don't know that, either.

In Pain Assault arc ch 416 Jiraiya (of all people references the reasons): Naruto: You and Orochimaru used to be friends, right? Why'd he leave leave the village and then try to destroy it? Jiraiya: Orochimaru changed after his parents were killed. He became obsessed with learning forbidden techniques. He may have wanted to see them again..Or take revenge on Konoha forcing them into the situation that got them killed. And I don't know what it's like to have your parents killed. He said the same thing to me. That I didn't understand anything about him. May he was right...Maybe I didn't.

It's not just not nullifying personalities of the Edo Hokages but helping Karin, and Suigetsu against Tobi. Someone who treats thinks of subordinates like trash wouldn't do that.