There was however, a different opinion, for there was a testimony by a person inside the house who heard a sound 'like throwing coals' when HONMA and the assassins were fighting with swords.
但し異説もあり、屋内にいた人物が本間と刺客が刀で打ち合う「炭をぶつけ合うような」音を聞いた、という証言もある。