So far, Operation Hot, Drunk and Anonymous was going surprisingly well. Over two hundred people, nearly everyone who hadn't been publicly disqualified, had congregated in a relatively small area outside the mansion's main entrance. After making sure that the staff had followed the guests out (they certainly weren't going to stay within the area of effect of scary ninja magic if nobody else was), a conscientious maid pushed the doors closed behind them as if trying to keep the mysterious heatwave confined to the inside of the building.
Thanks to Hyūga's help, Hazō had an exact count of how many people had been inside—Noburi insisted that she was trustworthy and he had simply run out too fast for her to give him the relevant information, and Hazō was sure there was no bias there from Hyūga being an extremely attractive girl who seemed to like him. While there were still a few stragglers around the grounds, the majority of them were making their way into the trap as well, having worked out by inference that everybody was here because it was the coolest place. Meanwhile, Noburi and Keiko were enjoying some iced water with Teams Clanless, Asuma and Kurenai in a marquee in the north-east corner—Uji the Pimp had forced Hazō to give up all of his useful tactical information, such as hidden role identities and known cliques, in order to buy Team Asuma's identities. Naturally, Uji the Pimp had then turned out to be Nara. On the plus side, Akimichi had generously donated some chakra in exchange for an explanation of the operation, putting Hazō up to around a third of his total with Noburi's aid.