The sound of pages flipping echoed crisply like a book being rifled through. Suddenly, a handbook with a pitch-black cover appeared abruptly in the center of his mind. In an instant, it rapidly flipped through countless blank pages from back to front, finally freezing on the title page.

At the same time, a mechanical, ethereal voice rang out from deep within his mind.

【Sin Handbook has detected the presence of a host in this world】

【Initiating scan... Conditions matched】

【Beginning binding】

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Wait a minute?

What binding!

Edward Harris jolted awake, only to find he still couldn’t control his body.

But now, unlike before, he didn’t feel drowsy as if about to lose his last shred of consciousness. Instead, it was as if his soul was being bathed in water, his mind filled with peace and calm.

Binding?

Could this also be the other party’s ability?

Regaining his awareness, Edward Harris tried hard to calm himself, but before he could think further, the binding progress bar had already completed, and the ethereal voice in his mind continued.

【Binding complete... Generating title page...】

【Generation complete】

Sin Handbook:

【Name: Edward Harris (Male)】

【Race: Human】

【Current Attribute Template】

[Strength: 11.3 (Extremely Weak)]

[Agility: 21.7 (Slightly Weak)]

[Constitution: 8.6 (Extremely Weak)]

[Perception: 9.7 (Extremely Weak)]

[Willpower: 15.9 (Extremely Weak)]

[Energy Particle Affinity: Water, Fire, Wind, Thunder, Light, Dark... (0)]

[Ability: Shadow Blink, Serial No. 98]

[Title: Follower of Justice (Sin Value X10), Duration: 30 minutes]

[Body Status: Human Limiter (Locked → Unlocked)]

[Attribute Points: 0]

[Source Power Points: 1 (Newcomer Reward)]

Edward Harris stared at the panel, a bit dumbfounded. The “Extremely Weak” labels after several attributes made the corner of his eye twitch uncontrollably—he felt a little embarrassed.

Might as well just call me a weakling...

But in the next instant, a sudden warning blared in his mind.

【Warning: Target detected!】

【Sin Handbook 001】

【Name: Charlotte V. Prudence】

【Gender: Female】

【Race: Celestial Tiger Clan Hybrid】

【Racial Talent: Six Forms of Celestial Tiger Martial Arts】

【Ability: Serial No. 89, Crimson Eyes (Growth Potential) — Use mental power to control the opponent’s body, issue commands of absolute obedience, and with sufficient rank suppression, even modify memories】

【Character Rank: Tier 3, Stage 1】

【Sin Value: Half Star】

【Character Portrait (click to open)】

【Generating optional mission... Generation complete: Capture the Celestial Tiger girl thief Charlotte V. Prudence and bring her to justice. According to the sin value, you may randomly acquire one of the criminal’s abilities】

Mission Description:

【Temporary assignable attribute points: 5 (Sin Value 0.5 X 10)】

【Capture the criminal and bring her to justice; the sin value can be converted into 0.5 permanent attribute points, freely allocated by the host】

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Celestial Tiger girl?

Wait!

Wasn’t it supposed to be a cat-eared girl?

Uh... That doesn’t seem to be the point. The point is this inexplicable Sin Handbook in his mind, and this randomly generated capture mission—what the heck is this? Could this be just like those web novels from his previous life...

Edward Harris hadn’t read many novels before, but after years of surfing the web, he still knew a few memes—like transmigrating to another world and having a system descend from the heavens, with beautiful followers lining up to serve.

That’s all basic stuff.

Phew—!

He tried to calm himself, thinking that this probably, maybe, perhaps... pfft! This damn thing must be the system that comes late for transmigrators like himself!

It’s just... it came a bit too late...

Edward Harris carefully looked over the available mission again. He didn’t mind the reward, but the difficulty seemed a bit high.

He had clearly been taken down in just one encounter.

Capture?

How to capture?

He couldn’t just charge in recklessly, could he?

At this moment, Edward Harris suddenly noticed a line of notes below the mission issued by the 【Sin Handbook】 in his mind.

【Note: The honorary title “Follower of Justice” grants the host sin value X10 temporary freely assignable attribute points, lasting for half an hour. After allocation, please act quickly—justice waits for no one!】

5 temporary freely assignable attribute points?

A mission buff?

Hmm, half an hour’s duration is enough, but isn’t 5 temporary free attribute points a bit too little?

Judging by the note, the higher the opponent’s sin value, the more attribute points you get. Looks like this catgirl thief just isn’t evil enough...

Shaking his head, Edward Harris didn’t bother to complain, and instead carefully scanned his own attribute panel.

His attributes looked pitiful—other than agility barely earning a “slightly weak” rating, even with 21.7 agility, adding 5 points probably wouldn’t make much difference, right?

The opponent was a rare mental-type ability user. He’d been taken down in just one encounter—could he really withstand this Celestial Tiger girl if he went out now?

Or maybe... try a different approach?