[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday":3,"chapter-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-449":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Imperial Hound on an Eight-Hour Shift",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2225507,4113,"Chapter 449","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-449",449,"\u003Cp>\"I was wondering why I couldn't find the trace of Cult Leader Ji for two years; it turns out she went to Japan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao said, narrowing his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Tianrui tossed and turned twice, and both times she almost destroyed the entire Great Ming along with Li Miao. Being lazy was one thing, but no matter how carefree Li Miao was, he wouldn't just wait for her to use her methods again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For these two years, he threw the huge mess to his subordinates and disappeared into the Jianghu himself. Although there were some factors of his personality and laziness, the root cause was actually tracking Ji Tianrui’s whereabouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao had long guessed about Ji Tianrui’s whereabouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cooperated with An Qisheng to extract information about Monk Zhangren, so she probably also knew about Xu Fu, so her whereabouts were likely related to Japan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao appearing in the southeast coastal area was not an accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meeting Wu Mingxiao was not an accident either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that before confirming Ji Tianrui’s whereabouts, he couldn't easily leave the Great Ming and go to Japan. That would take at least half a year, and if Ji Tianrui hadn't left, it would be equivalent to handing the Great Ming over to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is Cult Leader Ji doing in Japan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qinyu hesitated for a moment and didn't speak for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao didn't talk nonsense, and without any movement, the internal organs that were strangely fixed in place in Lan Qinyu’s open abdomen began to twitch inexplicably—as if an invisible giant claw was gripping his internal organs and squeezing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of pain, I’m afraid no one else in the world had experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until a cup of tea later that Lan Qinyu suddenly relaxed, lowered his head, and sweat poured down like rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he heard Li Miao say slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't I say that you don't have the right to hesitate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What to say, how to say it, is it up to you to deliberate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qinyu suddenly woke up and said tremblingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, my lord... I was just thinking...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I escaped back to the Central Plains when that demoness just arrived in Japan and hadn't settled down, so I don't know much about what she is planning over there...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plus, at that time, she also noticed my intentions, so she didn't entrust me with any truly important tasks, so I only know a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qinyu deliberated for a moment and slowly spat out three words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shinto.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before I left, the task that demoness gave me was to replace a priest in the Ise Grand Shrine of the Japanese Shinto, and I took the opportunity to escape then... So her plan should be related to the Japanese Shinto.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for more... I don't know...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, Lan Qinyu lowered his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt that he had already told everything he knew, and now he only hoped that Li Miao would give him a quick death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao didn't speak for a while, just sitting there supporting his face and thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shinto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Japan’s indigenous religion, the concept was somewhat similar to Shamanism, believing that all things have spirits, but also had main gods, subordinate gods, and their own creation myths, but overall, compared to the Bright Cult, it was a relatively normal religion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was not mainstream in Japan; at least as far as Li Miao knew, it was being beaten up by Buddhism from the Central Plains a few years ago. I don't know what Ji Tianrui was planning with such an indigenous Japanese religion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, this was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing where Ji Tianrui was and knowing what she was specifically planning, at least the goal was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that Japanese giant one of Ji Tianrui’s people?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao stood up and asked one last question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qinyu shook his head, then nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, my lord, if he were the demoness’s person, he would only kill me. But today he came to the door because of witchcraft, so he is likely related to the demoness... As for the rest, I don't know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brushed his sleeves and was about to walk out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wail from Lan Qinyu came from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>",723,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","387ee82ef1165a12e0f9647737a99daaeb8997388d10d7450040dabcb0fab8c6","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-450","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-448",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]