User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 17: May 2013/@comment-5580383-20130605090337/@comment-10425110-20130606235419

If Naruto be a hokage, Sasuke will be the new Madara and if Sasuke be the hokage, Naruto will be the new Pein.So, I prefer Sasuke sacrifies himself so no one will be the new bitch of the story.