The forests are quite dense, even if they're not quite up to Konoha standard. And considering it's summer, there's plenty of foliage casting shadows and hiding any familiar shinobi from view.
Besides, now that the hunt has gotten to this stage, Gai's taking painstaking efforts to double back every now and then, to jump into the shrubbery in case of any ambushes, and to constantly check behind him.
After all... Kakashi might show up at... any time, right... ]
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The forests are quite dense, even if they're not quite up to Konoha standard. And considering it's summer, there's plenty of foliage casting shadows and hiding any familiar shinobi from view.
Besides, now that the hunt has gotten to this stage, Gai's taking painstaking efforts to double back every now and then, to jump into the shrubbery in case of any ambushes, and to constantly check behind him.
After all... Kakashi might show up at... any time, right... ]