He'd been hearing about Gai's efforts and honestly? He felt smug. More than a few people had come running in before Gai could get to them just so that they wouldn't have to be persuaded, and that more than worked for Obito.

It meant that they wouldn't even think to blame their Hokage for roping them into it, since they did it themselves. Grinning to himself, he'd ducked out for lunch, he spotted Gai going down another street at full tilt and took a couple steps sideways to intercept. "Busy day?"