More than ten days after Harano arrived at Nagano Castle, the city's operations were basically back to normal under the cooperation of a group of new Magistrates. This made it clear that no one in this world is truly irreplaceable—even a high-ranking Head of the Family can leave without impacting the bigger picture. In fact, the departure of Lin Xiuzhen and most of the old guard Household Retainers, in a sense, gave young people their opportunity; Oda Nobunaga's young Personal Attendants began entering the core of power, and gradually gained control of Nagano Castle.
In these turbulent times, Oda Nobunaga instead truly became the City Lord of Nagano Castle. From now on, no one could restrain him. He finally wielded absolute power.