However, the four Kage had already prepared themselves mentally and did not voice any objections to the matter.
After a long silence, Ōnoki was the first to speak up:
"A Ninja Alliance is not out of the question, but how exactly would this alliance be structured, and who would serve as its Alliance Leader?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng felt that Ōnoki certainly knew how to play along, so he said directly:
"I personally propose establishing one Alliance Leader and five Deputy Alliance Leaders. The Deputy Alliance Leaders would, of course, be the Village Kage of each village. However, to further unite the Shinobi World, the Kage title will be abolished and become the name of a strength ranking, much like 'Jonin.' As for the position of Alliance Leader, the five Deputy Alliance Leaders will nominate candidates, and the Ninjas of each village will make the final decision by voting. For fairness, however, voters cannot choose a Ninja from their own village. Whoever receives the most votes will become the next Alliance Leader. What do you all think of this method?"
Hearing this proposal, the four Kage exchanged bewildered looks. They had not expected this method of selection.
They had assumed that Ye Feng would use his overwhelming strength to forcibly appoint someone from Konoha as Alliance Leader. They had never expected him to let all the Ninjas vote. This method greatly diminished Konoha's advantage and even put it at a disadvantage, because Konoha had more Jonin, yet they could not choose a Ninja from their own village.
In fact, even Minato Namikaze froze when he heard this election method. It would greatly increase the obstacles to Naruto becoming Alliance Leader and offered Konoha no benefits whatsoever.
But since Ye Feng had proposed all this, Minato Namikaze could hardly go against