Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-33030270-20170909171417/@comment-33308438-20171013103224

^^you dont have proof he was holding it, thats the most likely scenario. There's no reason minato should compliment him afterwards if his feat wasnt noteworthy. Minato was observing him from the start as he already planned on teleporting which is fact. So my scenario is the most likely. Tsunade chose kakashi as successor, when exactly? He was the strongest ninja at that time. The village needed someone to replace the leader. It was a crisis back then. So I dont understand why you're comparing naruto with kakashi, you what happened.