nehan is of the opinion that they have to do this themselves. this is their first skirmish since arriving and he thinks it's going to set the tone. if they cant do it themselves, win or lose, they wont stand a chance when all four factions get into a war in the future.

also he's def going to tell tenkohime about the proposal to talk to sutoku. i thought about it and he thinks the faction is weak (in overall strength and also organized crime tactics/thinking) thanks to the convos here so he'd be like "hey boss can you find a way to whip the clan into shape so no one even thinks about suggesting this bullshit again". i'm gomen for the mess he may bring