Yoritomo noticed this and let Tomomitsu YUKI arrest Toma and examined him closely, so Toma said "Sanshu (Noriyori) is in deep lamentation because he didn't get an answer after he submitted a kishomon so I came here to survey the current situation."
気配を感じた頼朝は、結城朝光らに当麻を捕らえさせ、明朝に詰問を行うと当麻は「起請文の後に沙汰が無く、しきりに嘆き悲しむ参州（範頼）の為に、形勢を伺うべく参った。