Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-44829986-20200109180620/@comment-43403813-20200123215227

I can't remember if this is only in the games, but there's a scene on Orochimaru's first encounter with the Akatsuki, and Orochimaru knew a majority of Sasori's techniques, to which Sasori retorted "You studied well" or something along those lines.

I'm not using this as a point for Orochimaru since I'm not sure if its confirmed or not, but it would explain why this rendezvous set-up was concocted by Orochimaru and Kabuto in the first place. Why would they plan this if they weren't too sure if they would win?