Once the command authority had been decided, everything else became much easier.
Before long, the group had worked out the core structure of the Allied Shinobi Forces in front of a pavilion amid the ruins.
Supreme Commander: Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze.
Leaders: the five Kage present.
Advisors: Nara Shikaku and Mabui.
Nara Shikaku's strategic brilliance had already begun to show during the Third Shinobi World War. As for Mabui, she was the Fourth Raikage's secretary—capable and efficient, but utterly unable to compare with Nara Shikaku in terms of strategy.
In Houka's view, Mabui had probably been placed in the advisory division because the Fourth Raikage did not trust Nara Shikaku. After all, Shikaku was far too intelligent. If he harbored malicious intentions, Kumogakure might not even know how it had died. Only by placing his own secretary there could the Fourth Raikage feel at ease.
Commander of the Allied Forces: Uchiha Houka!
The Fourth Raikage had originally intended to fight for that position, but Houka provoked him into a blazing rage with just a few words.
The other Kage took one look and thought: That temperament won't do. He was too easily provoked and too impulsive—he could easily ruin things on the battlefield. No, no, he could not be the commander.
Besides, Houka's strength had already placed him among the pinnacle of the shinobi world, and he had no weaknesses in any area. When they had been enemies, merely seeing him had made their scalps tingle. But now that he was an ally, he seemed exceptionally dependable!
The Fourth Raikage sulked to himself. He considered himself a wise man, yet every time Houka provoked him, he got heated and lost his reason. He did not know why himself. Of course, even if he said that aloud, no one else would