Quote Originally Posted by Sam98034 View Post
I would expect the leader of Akatsuki to be this overpowered. Look at the other guys in Akatsuki--that's the competition he had to beat out.
I don't remember a single instance of Akatsuki members fighting to find out who should be their leader. It's more than clear that most of them would never consider the others friends or anything even remotely like that - they are villains after all - but there's no profit in fighting amongst themselves. Oro's fight against Itachi was to steal his eyes, not to climb ranks.