Without knowing exactly what had happened over there, Shikaku did not want to jump to conclusions.
In fact, Shikaku had suggested sending people over to keep watch.
If anything unexpected happened, they could report back at any time.
But Bai Ye had refused.
His concern at the time had been that the effects might spread too far, leaving him unable to keep track of their situation and causing other unforeseen incidents.
Although Shikaku felt Bai Ye was simply making excuses.
After thinking it over carefully, however, he realized that if Bai Ye activated that thing, it really might catch their own people in the fallout.
So, after giving the matter some thought, he had suddenly felt there was nothing wrong with that decision after all.
But the situation over there was still unknown.
"What happened over there? It was actually pretty entertaining. I brought that thing back, too, though it was a bit disappointing."
Bai Ye then explained what had happened to Shikaku.
Shikaku had originally assumed there would at least have been some danger.
After all, the Box of Ultimate Bliss was supposedly a ninja tool once used by the Sage of Six Paths.
It had also supposedly come close to helping the Grass Ninja conquer the shinobi world.
But to Shikaku's surprise, this was how things had actually turned out.
So the Grass Ninja had just been boasting about that thing?!
After all that hype, anyone who did not know better would have thought the Grass Ninja had actually created it themselves!
More importantly, from what he could tell, Bai Ye had apparently faced no pressure whatsoever during this war.
Even when he had previously learned how Bai Ye captured the Two-Tails' Jinchūriki.
Bai Ye had apparently barely used any of his strength.
He had captured the target