However, Obiko no Mikoto encountered a strange occurrence and returned from Wani no Saka (Tenri City, Nara Prefecture), an event which led him to become aware of the prediction made by Princess Yamatototobimomoso Hime no Mikoto that Takehani Yasubiko (the son of Emperor Kogen) was plotting an act of treason.
しかし、大彦命だけは異変を察知して和珥坂（わにのさか、奈良県天理市）から引き返し、倭迹迹日百襲姫命の予言から武埴安彦（たけはにやすびこ、孝元天皇の皇子）の叛意を知ることとなる。