[{"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-463":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Imperial Hound on an Eight-Hour Shift",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2225521,4113,"Chapter 463: Boring","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-463",463,"\u003Cp>\"Suke!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his beloved blade being so abused by Li Miao, Tanaka Shinbei let out a wail like a little girl; it was less like his weapon being gripped and more like his own crotch being pinched, causing him pain to the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You gave your weapon a name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk tsk tsk, this is a sickness, it needs to be treated, you know that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao laughed teasingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tanaka Shinbei roared, his legs left the ground abruptly, and using the Japanese sword as a pivot, he leaped up and delivered a scissor-kick toward Li Miao’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as his body left the ground, his vision blurred, and at the same time, a wave of uncontrollable heat and sharp pain came from his palm. A giant force that was difficult to resist was pulling the sword from his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I—absolutely do not allow it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roared, his arm muscles bulging abruptly, trying to forcibly twist the hilt and stop the other party’s action. But his arm turned, yet the hilt remained motionless, instead scraping his already shattered palm even more miserably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood made it slippery, and his palm went empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body flipped and landed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand was empty; just one face-to-face encounter, one resistance that couldn't even be called resistance, and he had been forcibly robbed of his sword—if he were an ordinary samurai, he should admit defeat and commit suicide now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his head in anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao was standing beside Qi Jiguang, holding the hilt in one hand, flicking his two fingers on the blade frivolously, producing a buzzing sound that made the veins on Tanaka Shinbei’s forehead bulge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, it is a good blade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao turned to look at Qi Jiguang with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you want it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Jiguang replied disdainfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A beast’s thing, how can a person use it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Lord, for your help, but your subordinate still needs to charge the formation, so I won't bother the Commander here anymore... Go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said this, he took the Qi Family Army and bypassed Li Miao, continuing to charge toward the edge of the Japanese pirate battle formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao raised an eyebrow and turned to say to Tanaka Shinbei with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think he’s right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since no one wants it—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly reached out and pinched the tip of the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Tanaka Shinbei’s shocked and angry gaze, he abruptly bent and folded the Japanese sword downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was worthy of being a famous blade; it was almost bent into a fishhook shape by Li Miao without breaking, but one could clearly see several cracks extending from the notches Li Miao had gripped, bursting out tiny fragments and making a tooth-aching sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening carefully, the sound was somewhat like a human wail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tanaka Shinbei couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed a Japanese sword from the ground, tucked it into his waist scabbard, and charged at Li Miao with red eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give my Suke—back to me!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yagyu Shinkage-ryu—Moon Shadow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extreme anger brought extreme speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thumb pushed the guard, and the blade light sprayed out from the scabbard, instantly outlining a moon several feet wide in the air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten *zhang* away, the young Japanese stopped his pace, muttering to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mushin-ken!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk! Even if he can slay the enemy, he will exhaust his strength, let alone go to pursue and kill Qi Jiguang! Where did the Central Plains get such an expert!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clearly we had already figured out the situation of this Dengzhou Garrison, how could there be so many accidents!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his thoughts raced, he gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he didn't know who the person forcing Tanaka Shinbei to fight for his life was, since Tanaka Shinbei had already used \"Mushin-ken,\" with the current level of the Central Plains *Jianghu*, trading him for the opponent should be a matter of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he only needed to take his personal guards to intercept the Qi Family Army, and the outcome of this time would still be in their hands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once his mind was set, he turned decisively, intending to pursue the Qi Family Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after taking only two steps, he stopped again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What happened ten *zhang* away finally made him widen his eyes and lose his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could this be!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is it possible!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tanaka Shinbei had swung a massive curved moon, attracting the gaze of everyone fighting nearby. The Central Plains soldiers were pale, but the Japanese pirates were all blushing, unable to help but open their mouths to cheer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"[Sword Saint]!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Tanaka’s martial luck is prosperous!\" \u003C\u002Fp>",768,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","844361a7c77e414a208beca130bb11cd22a85dd255f310285cd1905a50971544","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-464","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-462",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]