[ The man recoiled as if physically struck. "The truth?! I am telling the truth! I wasn't... I didn't plan this, I simply...! These farmers don't recognize us, anyway! They see us as usurpers, foreigners!"

And more importantly, they (or at least some of them) didn't give this man what he so clearly felt that he deserved -- respect. Deference. The absence of which was still stung after his personal fall from grace.

Majima had heard enough. ]

I think this guy's tellin' the truth. At least as he sees it.

Even if he was part of a larger plot, I can't see that anyone'd trust him enough to tell him what was really goin' on.