A little over ten months had passed since Sanhiro Kimza left Konohagakure and joined the Shinjiro Ten-Ja Group after being freed by Hazuko. In those months, the village remained unaware of the Kimza's whereabouts, but were slowly believing that he had abandoned the village and was not captured. Naruto Uzumaki, the Sixth Hokage, had recovered from the wounds inflicted onto him by Asura of the Four Guardian Beasts of Hell's Gates, but his chakra network was still debilitated by the curse seal cast upon it. For the time being, the role of village leader was passed to Otoshi Nagare as the Seventh Hokage Candidate. There had been many attempts to elect Otoshi as the full Seventh Hokage, but efforts by the village jōnin had kept Naruto in the full position. There was also reports that the once l