Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20160409062530/@comment-25771935-20160727004449

Danzo used Kotoamatsukami on the Fire Daimyo to secure the position of Hokage. The situation in some ways mirrored the 5 kage summit (and in the anime the previous time he could have taken it after Hiruzen stepped down). He couldn't let this opportunity slip away as it was the perfect time to sway the people to his radical ideals. And like he told Mifune the situation was too important to take a chance on him not picking him. And we saw how much the Fire Daimyo liked the idea of Kakashi, student of Minato who learned under his fave Jiraiya. And how he was visibly afraid of Danzo.