Throughout the last part of the war, all of the characters that would be leaders of the Shinobi Alliance have basically been taken off the board.
The five Kages are down.
The HQ has been destroyed (Shikaku and others)
Now Kakashi is off fighting Obito.
Kakashi told Naruto to take care of things against Madara and Obito.
My theory is that Kishi is systematically eliminating every person that would logically be the head of the Alliance in order to open the door for Naruto to be the leader of the Shinobi Alliance.
This would be a way to show that Naruto could be a effective Hokage, or something like that.
He has been the voice of the Alliance throughout the fight against the 10 tails, and Madara openly referred to him as the heart of the alliance when Obito almost broke him.
When the Hokages show up they may ask who is in charge and everyone points at Naruto because who else is left.
The five Kages are down.
The HQ has been destroyed (Shikaku and others)
Now Kakashi is off fighting Obito.
Kakashi told Naruto to take care of things against Madara and Obito.
My theory is that Kishi is systematically eliminating every person that would logically be the head of the Alliance in order to open the door for Naruto to be the leader of the Shinobi Alliance.
This would be a way to show that Naruto could be a effective Hokage, or something like that.
He has been the voice of the Alliance throughout the fight against the 10 tails, and Madara openly referred to him as the heart of the alliance when Obito almost broke him.
When the Hokages show up they may ask who is in charge and everyone points at Naruto because who else is left.