Think about it like this, would it still be his fastest punch if he got way faster? Would Usain Bolt say someone outsprinted him at his fastest if the moment in question was a race in his elementary school days far from his prime? Doesn't make much semantical sense, does it?
They didn't fight as Kage, at least not verifiably. Minato only became Hokage
after the war was over.
His nerve transmission and reaction speed are stated to be on par with Minato, not his movement or combat speed. Cee's also not that good a source but I'm fine if you wanna take the statement as an author insert.
Well he did
box with Gyuki and would've been stronger than Bee at the time (who had
seemingly attained Bijuu Mode and was just working on his Bijuudamas)
considering he became Raikage, so it wouldn't be inconsistent
His headband is stopping it from flowing fully, you can see that the sides of his hair are still flowing which they don't in V1 afaik
Also, I don't know why you keep acting like Ay was some kid at the time and is only an adult in Shippuden. He was almost 30 during the war
I had a feeling this would be an argument. I see the logic and I agreed with it myself for a long time, but I don't think it's concrete or consistent with other scalings.
One part of the statement is describing a specific scene, but then it branches out to talk about the LCM's speed in general. V1 is a fanmade term after all, it's not like there's an actual different jutsu being used when he goes into "V2." A statement that's hyping up the overall technique's speed only being in reference to a suppressed version of it would be odd to say the least.
But more importantly, Minato scales to KCM Naruto as you said yourself, who
is comparable to BM Bee, and even at 1/14th of his maximum chakra is
at least comparable to Base Bee. This is essential because Bee
scales to Suppressed V2 Ay, who would naturally be beyond FP V1 Ay. Thus Jonin Minato~KCM Naruto>>Fatigued KCM Naruto~/>Base Bee~Suppressed V2 Ay>V1 Ay.
There's also the fact that
3T FKS Sasuke reacted to and tagged V1 Ay, and even though he had a Chidori amp, that's still
3T FKS Sasuke, compared to KCM Naruto who's like 2 solid tiers faster. Not to mention mfing
JUGO reacting to V1 Ay, if barely. That guy is not a FP KCM Naruto rival.
I'm not sure what you're arguing with this part?