Norimori's reaction to this decision was to tell Kiyomori that he himself would renounce the world and become a Buddhist monk if Kiyomori were to execute Naritsune, whereupon Kiyomori finally relented, agreeing to put Naritsune under Norimori's charge.
これに対して、教盛は出家して隠遁するとまで言いだし、それならばとようやく成経の身柄を教盛に預けることを許した。