Perhaps the worst thing about Orochimaru is that he is both bark and bite. His words are equally as cutting as the serrated steel in his hands, and he can back up his threats with more power than one man should truly have.

Especially

a man like him.

He stole a Nara with an Uchiha fetus right from under their noses.

He is not an idiot.

The Nara and Uchiha are arguably the most dangerous Clans in Konoha, though the Nara will never show it. (As such, no one ever expects it.) While the Hyuuga and Uchiha went toe to toe in dojutsu and athletic ability, the Nara could tear you apart from the inside. Get in your head. Hide in the shadows. Plan. Wait. When a Nara came for you, they came to

win.

Orochimaru has the entirety of Konoha gunning for his head, and the directed wrath of Konoha 's powerhouses. You couldn 't say he didn 't care 'he knew how powerful both Clans were, having been both a Konoha shinobi

and