Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25516007-20141008201906/@comment-26302001-20141023092127

He left after Minato became Hokage and after Kabuto became a Genin, Kabuto was 10... 55 - 24 equals 31, he was in his prime as Kakashi is 31 and you could never say he was in his prime. Same with Jiraiya. No excuses at all for Jiraiya losing to Orochimaru as Orochimaru didn't want to kill him either, he just wanted to leave so he beat Jiraiya then left.