[{"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-495":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},2225553,4113,"Chapter 495: Niten Ichi-ryu","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-495",495,"\u003Cp>\"Speaking of which, the ingredients in your Japan are too scarce; no meat, no sugar, no oil. I searched many households, buying and robbing, just to find some raw rice and fish, and couldn't even put together a decent meal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang grabbed a handful of raw rice, pressed it between her two hands, and the rice flour fell down *patter, patter*. She put the rice flour in a bowl, added water, and mixed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I originally thought our Great Shu’s commoners lived miserably enough, but compared to you Japanese, it’s just like moaning without an illness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nana-ko and Miyoshi Ryota sat at the table, staring blankly at Lu Wushuang working, without saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nana-ko was a Buddhist believer, and today she had seen too much of Buddhism’s filth, and it was done by monks from Enryaku-ji, the holy land of Japanese Buddhism; for a time, her concepts were impacted, and she couldn't accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miyoshi Ryota was because Lu Wushuang had explained everything to him, including her and Li Miao’s identities, and the information about the Original Intent Sword Art inheritance revealed in the monk’s words today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information was complex and of great importance, and the emotional ups and downs were too fast and too urgent, baking the brain of this young man who hadn't seen much of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang mixed the dough, stretched it into strips, and put it into boiling water. She grabbed a live fish from the jar nearby, threw it into mid-air, flicked her hand, and cold light flashed; *swish, swish, swish*, the filleted fish meat fell neatly, and the fish bones were picked into the noodle soup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It can only be like this for now; a clever housewife cannot cook without rice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang covered the pot and clapped her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With just these ingredients, it doesn't show my skills. If the Lord thinks I’m a woman who doesn't touch the spring water with her ten fingers, it would be bad... *sigh*, backwater, it really delays things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned around, scooped out the cooked millet rice from the jar nearby, filled two bowls, and pushed them to Nana-ko and Miyoshi Ryota.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat, and after eating, go to sleep. I have serious business; I don't have time to serve you two little brats.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nana-ko and Miyoshi Ryota didn't have any intention of being picky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Japan was too influenced by religion; both Buddhism and Shintoism regarded meat like pork, beef, and mutton as unclean, so they rarely appeared on ordinary people’s tables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for sugar, salt, eggs, and milk, it went without saying; they could only eat seaweed, miso, tofu, fish, shrimp, and wild vegetables. The scene of drinking wine in big bowls and eating meat in big mouthfuls in the Great Shu *Jianghu* was like a legendary story in the eyes of ordinary Japanese people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man and girl finished a bowl of rice mechanically. Nana-ko said \"I’m full\" in a low voice and went to the inner room to rest, leaving only Miyoshi Ryota and Lu Wushuang staring at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, Miyoshi Ryota hesitated and opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is everything you said true?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My swordsmanship is the inheritance of Central Plains martial arts, the inheriting patriarch is Master Jianzhen, and he died in the territory of Enryaku-ji, and his remains are at Toshodai-ji... you are not the descendants of the other three schools, but people from the Central Plains imperial court who came to Japan to kill and destroy the country?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you worth me lying to?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miyoshi Ryota choked and couldn't refute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no reason more convincing than this; whether it was unwilling, reluctant, or dare not, there was no sentence that was not convincing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you want to get from me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miyoshi Ryota said in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This question should be asked by me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She carefully arranged the fish fillets on the plate, decorating the flowers and plants carved from various vegetables one by one, her expression a hundred times more serious than when she was killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You yourself are nothing; what you know is not that important to us. Martial arts, schemes, intelligence, background—your value to us is not as good as Nana-ko’s.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are going to Toshodai-ji to dig out the things about the Original Intent Sword Art, and by the way, investigate Master Jianzhen’s affairs. That monk also said that the fellow disciples you are looking for have long been wiped out. Unless you follow us, you have no ability to do anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether it’s seeking the truth or revenge, it’s you who needs to give us a reason to take you, this burden, along, not you asking us what we want from you—you are nothing, I hope you recognize this point before you speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang was carefully preparing food for Li Miao, not even looking at Miyoshi Ryota... at least on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did it on purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dealing with a hot-blooded youth like Miyoshi Ryota who didn't know the world, one had to first belittle him to be worthless; when he pinned all his hopes on others, he would hand over everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Li Miao’s previous life, this set of methods was commonly known as \"PUA,\" which could be considered a unique skill that stood the test of time and was long-lasting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, Miyoshi Ryota was silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deeply believed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly because the methods Li Miao revealed were too terrifying, completely shattering his confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long time, he suddenly raised his head. \u003C\u002Fp>",933,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e1c2156cf0682961a0259c7f3effcc6d9be8382698d68d3bb023ca53d918edcd","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-496","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-494",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]