[{"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-471":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},2225529,4113,"Chapter 471: Challenging the Dojo","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-471",471,"\u003Cp>Japanese religion, excluding those local gods and wild shrines, consisted of only two serious religions that could cross classes, identities, and regions from top to bottom—Shinto and Buddhism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shinto was Japan's indigenous religion, with the Sun Goddess Amaterasu as the main deity, and it was said that successive Emperors were her descendants. For a very long time, it occupied an unshakable dominant position in Japan, only gradually declining starting three or four hundred years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buddhism, on the other hand, was introduced to Japan from Korea during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period. Initially, it only circulated among the nobility, later gradually developing and growing. By now, it was basically hanging Shinto up and beating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Japan today could be said to be the world of Buddhism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanako was a believer in Buddhism, so when she heard Lu Wushuang relay Li Miao's question, she instinctively didn't want to answer—until Li Miao turned his head and gave her a faint glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's... Shinto...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what was said just now, that Kotesashi Yasutsune, is a believer in Shinto...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanako didn't tell the truth; both Lu Wushuang and Li Miao could easily see this. For a young noble girl who had never seen the world to try to lie in front of an intelligence peddler and a secret police chief was simply too whimsical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, both of them were too lazy to point it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who to kill first, where to start killing, how many to kill—it was all the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the benefit of being in a foreign land, and a country with a blood feud at that. Li Miao was now completely liberated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Nanako would realize how much trouble this lie of hers would bring to certain people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they spoke, the three arrived at the foot of Hirado City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Japanese cities were not as vast as those in the Central Plains; this so-called Hirado City was roughly similar to a county seat in Great Shu. There was no one guarding the city gate, and the three walked into the city very smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They immediately attracted almost everyone's attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For no other reason than that Li Miao was too conspicuous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Japanese people were naturally short, generally about five feet tall. Li Miao walking on the street was simply like a giant. Coupled with the fact that he wasn't wearing a smile on his face now, the fierce aura he usually hid became even more prominent, making people feel cold just by looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, chickens flew and dogs jumped, and the crowd scattered wherever he passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Which way?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao asked casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanako behind him pointed in a direction tremblingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Li Miao stepped forward, and a moment later, he saw from afar a courtyard that was completely different from the surrounding civilian houses. A wooden plaque hung outside the gate with the words \"One-Heart Dojo\" written on it, and the gate below the plaque was ajar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally, just as Li Miao stepped onto the steps, the gate was suddenly pushed open, and several young men wearing loose hakama with wooden swords at their waists walked out laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the leading young man could turn his gaze, he felt as if a wall had appeared in front of him, and a shadow covered his entire body. He turned his head, then looked up, and only then did he see Li Miao's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Li Miao's figure was too terrifying, his clothing style was unusual, and his temperament was cold and sharp, he instinctively reached out to stop his companion, while his other hand moved toward his wooden sword without changing his expression, asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish his sentence, the man in front of him glanced at him, and then a sharp pain suddenly came from his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man was like a giant hammer hitting his chest, and his whole body flew backward, falling into the center of the courtyard along with his companions and the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough, pfft...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man spat out a mouthful of blood and tried to crawl up to resist, but was shocked to find that he had no strength left in his whole body, and even the slight \"sense of Qi\" he had honed over several years had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if... he had suddenly become a weak, ordinary person!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was trying desperately and in horror to command his limbs to move, the tall man walked in, his dark black cloak like a dark cloud, blocking all the sunlight in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no expected show of force or mockery; that cloak passed over him as if stepping over a pebble, and never cast another glance at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the largest and only sword technique dojo in Hirado City, and with the dojo master being a high-ranking official of the Hirado Daimyo, the \"One-Heart Dojo\" had quite a lot of disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, more than half of the samurai in Hirado came from the \"One-Heart Dojo.\" Even though it wasn't leisure time, there were fifty or sixty disciples practicing in the dojo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the commotion, they all ran out at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bastard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people rushed out of the dojo, saw Li Miao walking slowly in the corridor, and while rushing toward this side, they cursed in unison. Some clever ones ran back to the dojo, swapped their wooden swords for real ones, and ran back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go to hell!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first person raised his sword and slashed at Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang flashed forward, intending to deal with these people for Li Miao, but just as she rushed to Li Miao's side, she was suddenly stopped by Li Miao raising his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang turned to look at Li Miao in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn't been interested in Li Miao for just a day or two, and with An Ziyang feeding her information, she naturally understood Li Miao's temperament, knowing he was lazy and arrogant, and extremely picky about his enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Japanese people in front, whether in quantity or quality, or even in terms of how much he disliked them, shouldn't have sparked Li Miao's interest in taking action. Otherwise, why would she have overstepped her bounds?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could get an answer, she saw Li Miao suddenly raise his hand, reaching toward the slashing wooden sword, while saying indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What, didn't little Anzi tell you what I came to Japan to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang was stunned, hesitating as she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regicide and destroying the country... isn't it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao snatched the wooden sword, slashed the Japanese person who was stunned after being disarmed, and then, at an extremely slow speed—like a stroll for him—exchanged a move with the next Japanese person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Li Miao's \"Trash,\" another Japanese person was sent flying, smashing through the wooden wall next to him, leaving only half his body outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not entirely. Rather, it's just incidental.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao stepped in leisurely, waving the wooden sword casually, exchanging a move with almost every Japanese person who rushed over, then casually sending them flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it were just Japanese pirates, it wouldn't be worth me coming in person; sending a few subordinates would be enough. Although Japanese sword technique has its unique points and is stronger than the Central Plains Jianghu, it's not a problem that the Embroidered Uniform Guard can't solve.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I came for two people and one thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, the wooden wall on the left side of the corridor was already filled with moaning and wailing Japanese, and there were only three people left in front of Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three Japanese holding real swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were also the three strongest in the dojo at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>",1293,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","8162fff51b9be367a833a438dbb3eb9678448a332d1e5463a70245a1b9cc8fbe","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-472","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-470",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]