Wait, the hat kid survived? I thought he died during the war from getting his throat slit? For that matter, both of the 7th survived? Lord Blair was the missing Kunoha? So then it wasn't the 9th on a secret mission to destroy the 4th branch? But then how did Ains know it would be taken down? Speaking of, the sudden shift to a modern blouse and blazer is a hell of a whiplash.
And sadly, this is where the story ends for now.