If this assumption is correct, Yamanobe no Okimi and Ishikawa no Okimi were thought to be those people who did not make up their minds so that they were not targeted from both sides.
もしこの推測が正しいとすれば、山部王と石川王はどちら側からも殺されずにすみそうな、態度のはっきりしない人物と考えられていたことになる。