In the same trial, when commanders and warriors of the Tokugawa side condemned him for not having committed suicide by the sword and instead being captured, he said 'I hold my life dear. If I can have my life and right hand, I can make Ieyasu and Hidetada into the same form as I am now.' and he begged for his life saying 'I will become a priest.'
同じく白州において、自刃もせずに捕らわれたことを徳川方の将兵が蔑むと「命は惜しい。命と右の手がありさえすれば、家康と秀忠をこのような姿にもできたのだ」と言い、「出家するから」とまで言って命乞いをしている。