He may have caused Honno-ji no Hen fearing that he would be punished if Nobunaga were to find out from later investigation that Mitsuhide did such a thing out of his desire to be promoted.
」とあり、もしも光秀が更なる出世欲等からこのような行為を行い、後の調査で信長がそれを知ったとしたら、何らかの罰を受けることになりそれを恐れて変に及んだ可能性もある。