On the other hand, there was another theory that he only stayed as the head of a left-behind team to prepare for the attack on the quarter of roshi in Nagato Province during the Ikedaya Incident.
しかし一方で、池田屋事件では長門国浪士の屯所襲撃に備えて、残留組の最高責任者として残っただけとする説もある。