Among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, if ranked by strength, Konoha was unquestionably first. Kumogakure could only rank second; even if the second- and fifth-ranked villages joined forces, they might not be stronger than Konoha!
Therefore, if the Five Great Shinobi Villages truly formed the Allied Shinobi Forces, the command authority had to be held in their own hands!
Indeed, in the original story, the Fourth Raikage became commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces. But at that time, the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, had been gravely injured, while the so-called Sixth Hokage, Shimura Danzō, had been killed by Uchiha Sasuke. Naturally, the position of commander had fallen to the Fourth Raikage.
But now, Minato Namikaze was sitting here safe and sound. How could they let someone else take that position?
One should not harbor the intent to harm others, but one must be wary of being harmed.
If the Fourth Raikage held command and developed selfish motives, wanting to balance the strength of Konoha and Kumogakure, he had plenty of ways to weaken Konoha. When the time came to campaign against Akatsuki, Konoha would surely suffer devastating casualties!
Minato Namikaze was kind, but not kind enough to gamble his own village on the Fourth Raikage's character.
"Lord Raikage!"
Minato Namikaze said in a deep voice, "Whether in terms of strength or knowledge of Akatsuki, Konoha far surpasses Kumogakure. So how could command be handed to you?"
Just as the Fourth Raikage was about to retort, Houka spoke again. "Yesterday, the Fourth Raikage was making grand boasts, declaring that he would crush Akatsuki all by himself. Heh, then how about we split into two groups? One group will be the Allied Shinobi Forces of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, while the other will be the Fourth Raikage alone. Let's see who wipes