He had a long history of low tolerance for the hypocrisy of violence or competition for power among religious groups. In addition, some scholars claimed that he feared the incident could cause a large-scale uprising in the Kinai. The Nichiren priests ignored his order so Nobunaga consented to the discussion.
Nobunaga had a long-standing aversion to the duplicity of violence or competition for power among religious groups, and some scholars believed that he feared this incident could spark a large-scale uprising in the Kinai. As a result, despite initial resistance from the Nichiren priests, Nobunaga ultimately agreed to engage in a discussion.