[center][i]Baji stood there and listened to the man's introduction, it was great to have a guide to help them get through this journey.  After hearing Yuudai's suggestions, he began walking around in circles scratching his head and tapping his chin.  Jiang was weighing out all possibilities, one wrong decision and that could cause them the whole mission.[/i]  [color=royalblue]"Uta is another village belonging to Shima.  Maybe they would go there if there was something else worth stealing.  Ru is a place where we have no jurisdiction, there may be similar treasures worth stealing to them and thus would be their next target...however, if they know or even suspect that we are onto their trail then they would expect us to either go to Uta since it would be easier to get people to cooperate with the search and we would have a better chance of knowing who doesn't belong there or expect us to go to Ru because that would be the obvious choice of where they would flee...but they could expect us to know all of this already and take the obvious escape route, expecting us to expect them to take the less obvious one."[/color]

[i]In the midst of his verbal brainstorming he was instinctively posing and stretching around the area.  Jiang Baji stopped moving and stood in one spot on one foot with that knee slightly bent and the other leg off the ground with it's ankle resting on the other knee as if he was making a [url=http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/sites/default/files/4sports.png]figure 4[/url] and leaning forward.  He thought some more until he came with a bright idea, or at least a good question to ask their guide.[/i]  [color=royalblue]"Aha!  Takumi, I am Jiang Baji, The Dog of Shima and I have a question for you!  Surely as a guide you and your brethren have been approached and employed by shady individuals who wish to disappear without a trace!  Are there any places, any roads or hidden byways that a criminal or anyone may take around here if they wished to disappear discreetly without a trace?"[/color]  [i]He didn't know if there was such a place, but if it existed then it may be worth giving that a try, maybe that's what the thieves decided, to take an unknown route so we would be behind regardless of where we went.[/i]  [color=royalblue]"If not then I say that we check Ru, if they didn't go there yet, then they may be a target in the future if they have something similarly valuable."[/color][/center]