it's convinent that Shikamaru turned out to be in the family forest even though they were going after the akatsuki duo from the start, and I doubt that the bountyhead collector set up his shop in the middle of the forest.. though, even if he had, it still won't be as stupid as what Hammer did...

anyway, we can complain all the time about the time/space continunicy in naruto, and it won't ever matter...