The answer was the west where the army of IKI no Karakuni came from, so the gods' prediction came true; however, the battlefield was too far from Fukei's army's camp Kanazunanoi or from Fukei's base Yamato City; considering the distance to the battlefield and the date of the battle, Fukei's army might have gone to challenge Karakuni's army which was camping at the far west of the basin to prevent Fukei's advance.
西の壱伎韓国との戦いが先だったという点で予言は正確だったが、その戦場は金綱井や倭京からみて盆地の西に離れており、距離と日付を照らし合わせれば、進撃を止めて陣を張っていた韓国に対し、吹負の方から進んで戦いを挑んだと解せる。