In a last-ditch attempt, the nine-tailed fox appeared in Sadanobu's dream as a young woman and asked forgiveness, but Sadanobu thought it was a sign that the nine-tailed fox had grown weak and thus initiated the final attack.
最後の抵抗として九尾の狐は貞信の夢の中に現れ若い女性に化けて許しを願ったが、貞信はこれを九尾の狐が弱まっていると読み、最後の攻勢に出た。