 Upon learning of the plot, Yoshioki compelled Takeakira to commit "seppuku", while Takahiro narrowly escaped to the protection of the Ōtomo clan in Bungo.Over a long period, the Ōuchi clan battled against the Ōtomo and Shōni clans of Kyūshū to expand their influence.Ōtomo Masachika wed the younger sister of Ōuchi Masahiro to form a political alliance, and her son, Ōtomo Yoshisuke, inherited the clan.