Relocation
I think that we should really reconsider sending the Minamoto Clan to Uncle Zhang's Summer Camp:
It must have been taught to you in your studies. In fact, you recall hearing something like this, now that Yu has jogged your memory, but the details do not come to you. “If that is the case, the prefect should be dealing with it, or should have submitted a report to the Court for action. Why is he not here, with a Tang fleet to subjugate a single band of pirates? We do have a navy and it has not seen any action in… what, a century?”
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“The government will not aid us in this venture. The prefect has sent a letter detailing his approval of our actions and his gratitude, but there will be no money or ships forthcoming.”
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“The prefect of Yangzhou, at least, knows of us, and he exacts tribute in return for the navy turning a blind eye to our deeds. Furthermore, your eunuchs and ministers did not want to be seen as interfering with the internal affairs of other nations. It was not widely announced, and this island was of no value to anyone. A perfect place to dump some political exiles and forget about them. But we had to take what we could get. We were in no position to negotiate.”
Okay, so we've got a situation in which the Court utilized a third party to deal with a situation that they couldn't involve themselves in for fear of diplomatic incident (and because they're ineffectual and stretched thin). The Court isn't going to pull out a navy that they haven't used in a century to attack a group of around 200 foreigners - it's a stupid move, why would they do that? Furthermore,
we were the ones that fought the pugilist force,
not the Minamoto Clan, which gives the government even less incentive to involve themselves in the situation. Our actions have effectively taken the heat off the Minamoto Clan and put it all on us, which means that it's much safer for them to stay on this island than it is for them to relocate.
Also, keep in mind that even if you ignore Zhang's general insanity and unpredictability, relocation will still take weeks, which is unnecessary because they've already started getting comfortable here. Really, given our actions during this incident, having the Minamoto stay is pretty much the best bet for Shun to recruit them. I would much rather our bro not risk an encounter with the Southern Maniac; remember, just because Zhang allows the Minamoto Clan to stay on Yinhu, it doesn't mean that he allows any other trespassers, even if they happen to be the Crown Prince on an incognito inspection.
Technique & Skill Choice
After having thought about it further, we
really do need to go for the stealth technique. We need to remember that (1) we are very vulnerable right now, and (2) we are universally hated by anybody remotely respectable. Some wannabe do-gooder could gain a lot of fame by trying to take us out, and he'd have a pretty good shot at it considering our physical stats and our powerful
neigong are not at our disposal for now.
The perception technique that Zatoichibro has is probably significantly better for us in the long-run, but we need to remember that we are completely on our own in most of the challenges we face since we are not part of any sect; the only thing that we can truly rely on are our own skills. What this means is that we need things to work
now, rather than at some unclear point in the future. Now, I'm sure that the Reikan technique, like all stat-boosting techniques, is very rare, but I'm really concerned with how to avoid trouble now that we are a wounded outlaw with an infamous reputation.