[{"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-499":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},2225557,4113,"Chapter 499","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-499",499,"\u003Cp>Although there had been some twists and turns, Miyoshi Ryota had finally found the person he was originally looking for, a successor of the \"Nen-ryu,\" one of the four original sword arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is just that most things in the world are like this: after searching for someone a thousand times in the crowd, in the end, either one's own heart has changed, or the person found has already changed their appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Miyoshi Ryota, it was both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked silently at the madman dressed in monk's robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang brought Nanako over; she was much smarter than Miyoshi Ryota. Without needing Li Miao's reminder, she understood the current situation after just one glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She put Nanako down and walked to Li Miao's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao tucked his hands into his sleeves and said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not knowing the language is indeed a bit troublesome. Starting tomorrow, you should teach me some Japanese as well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed a finger again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yesterday we missed three, and today another one has been delivered to our door. It's just that prying things out of a madman's mouth is a bit troublesome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang looked at the madman and said in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that he saw you and is feigning madness to avoid disaster?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, unless he has achieved the unity of the six paths and can adjust his body and mind to a level I cannot see through, no one in the world can feign madness in front of me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, it's not like I haven't interrogated a madman before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his foot and walked to the madman who was digging a hole with his head down, kicked him over, raised his hand, and condensed his fingers into a whip of true Qi, lashing it across the madman's head and face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The madman was suddenly whipped; he first began to roll and wail in confusion, rolling around to avoid it. And Li Miao, like a bully picking on a fool, chased him while grinning and whipping him continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had control over his strength; the true Qi whip left no scars on the madman's body, but every strike was aimed at an acupuncture point. The true Qi penetrated his body, traveling directly along his meridians, stimulating every meridian and nerve—even a high monk would have to howl under this method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The madman was already mentally unstable, and within just a dozen breaths, he was trembling uncontrollably, his tears and snot mixed with mud and dust, making his face look even more pitiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Miyoshi Ryota and Nanako couldn't bear to watch anymore. The point was that they didn't understand why Li Miao would perform such an act that looked like venting, or what the point of torturing a madman was, so they wanted to speak up to stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they could utter a second word, Lu Wushuang walked in front of them with her arms crossed and swept a cold glance at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it your place to interrupt when my lord is doing things?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanako was too timid to make a sound, but Miyoshi Ryota couldn't bear to see a fellow successor of the original sword arts being tortured, so he mustered his courage and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I just—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang sneered, interrupting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just what? Pity, sympathy, identification?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've used it in the wrong place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She half-turned and pointed at the madman who was wailing on the ground under Li Miao's whipping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you forgotten what that monk said yesterday? Among the four original sword arts, the Kurama-ryu died at the Hachiman Shrine, and the last successor of the Nen-ryu converted to Buddhism. Look at the monk's robe he's wearing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is that Nen-ryu successor who converted to Buddhism!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miyoshi Ryota took a deep breath and hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps it was forced by circumstances, perhaps something happened in between that we don't know about, he might not necessarily be a traitor standing on the side of Buddhism...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang shook her head with a cold laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you spend all of last night sleeping and not use your brain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spread her hands and said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at what this Tang Zhaotisi looks like now; could it have fallen into such decay in a single day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",720,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","8b58e03607c643300816950a62361bec95716fe0aedb2f932f688b1e355b20b7","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-500","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-498",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]