Hearing Bulma's compelling analysis, Uchiha Hikaru quickly nodded and continued along her line of thought:
"He really did have such intentions. But even if he cooperated with me, it wouldn't have been easy for him alone. Leaving aside how easily I saw through his scheme, bringing the people from his planet over here would also have been a troublesome matter."
Uchiha Hikaru then took out his transparent little cube, gathered the Chakra energy in his hand into his palm, and muttered something under his breath. The Chakra energy in his palm shot toward the little "410" cube in his hand like a grasping hand.
In no time, the blue Chakra energy emerged wrapped around something.
That thing flew into Uchiha Hikaru's hand. It was the plain little wooden box from before.
When Bulma saw the little wooden box in Uchiha Hikaru's hand, she was startled as well. She leaned closer to examine it carefully, then asked him with a puzzled expression:
"What is this thing?"
Uchiha Hikaru smiled and opened the box, revealing the jade-like bracelet inside. Then he said with a smile:
"This is no ordinary bracelet. This is the Gate of Time and Space that those two ill-intentioned fellows wanted to activate on Earth."
Seeing that this bracelet was actually the Gate of Time and Space, Bulma was clearly shocked. She looked up at Uchiha Hikaru in confusion and voiced the question in her heart:
"How can something like this serve as a Gate of Time and Space? Can it bring everyone from their planet over here?"
Uchiha Hikaru nodded, acknowledging her words.
"I just put my specially made alcohol into that fellow's sake. In vino veritas—he told me everything. This thing was forged from a special material from their home planet, and he used his own energy