Eventually the tale of Mori's courage spread, and later when Aliman got to know Mori-who gained the nickname "friend of the Bunun" in his lifetime and was a harsh critic of Japanese oppression of Taiwan's Aboriginal people-he befriended him. "Aliman celebrated the fact that he had not killed Mori, which he would then have regretted.
隨後這位「布農之友」森丑之助的英勇事蹟傳遍各社，「日後阿里曼得知森氏為人，慶幸自己當年沒有殺到森氏而釀成遺憾。