On June 29, a person called HADA no Kuma rode a horse, being disguised as a messenger, to the camp of Otomo no oji and spread a false news saying, 'Takechi no miko (Prince Takechi) arrived from Fuwa (Prince Takechi's base in Mino Province, the southern part of Gifu Prefecture).'
6月29日、まず秦熊が使者のふりをして馬に乗って馳せ、「高市皇子が不破から来た」と誤報を言った。