Edward Harris knows that thing, which is said to be called the greatest invention in the police world three hundred years ago—the ability suppressor.

Once an ability user puts it on, their superpowers are restrained. Some ability users who haven’t trained physically aren’t even a match for an ordinary strong man, which greatly reduces the difficulty for the Metropolitan Police Department to detain ability users.

Of course, this also depends on the situation.

The higher the rank of the ability user, the weaker the suppressor’s effect. To detain them, manpower and resources are needed to make up the difference—the “good news” is that high-ranking ability users are extremely rare, and even if they commit crimes, they’re not so easy to catch.

However, when the members of the Third Investigation Unit took away Charlotte, Edward Harris inadvertently glanced at the first fugitive he had personally captured. He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but he seemed to see a look of relief and ease on the girl’s face.

Hmm?

Was it guilt during her escape?

Or relief after being caught?

As Edward Harris was pondering, a sound of pages flipping suddenly echoed in his mind. The 【Sin Handbook】 had turned past the cover and stopped on the first page, on Charlotte’s profile.

【Congratulations, host, capture mission complete】

【Starting settlement...】

【Attribute point reward: 0.5 (freely assignable)】

【Ability reward: Crimson Eye (can be advanced by consuming source power points)】

Crimson Eye?

“Did I just get a skill book drop?”

Edward Harris recalled the system’s earlier mention of the mission and rewards, and quickly realized what was happening. His heart immediately began pounding violently.

Everything had happened so suddenly just now.

At first, he had only stepped forward for the sake of that little bonus, not wanting his efforts to go to waste. Who could have expected the other party to control him with just a glance, and at the critical moment, a 【Sin Handbook】 would pop up in his mind.

Now, although the rewards had appeared in his mind, he still felt uneasy. The ups and downs of life had come so suddenly that, thinking back, it all felt a bit unreal.

So... should I try adding points?

Edward Harris glanced at the attribute section of his character panel:

[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, lightning, light, dark... (0)]

[Abilities: Shadow Blink, Crimson Eye (can be advanced 0/1)]

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

[Physical Status: Human Limiter (released)]

[Attribute Points: 0]

[Source Power Points: 1 (newcomer reward)]

At present, perhaps because he possessed the ability 【Shadow Blink】, only his agility stat was somewhat decent, earning a “slightly weak” rating.

Edward Harris was well aware that balance sometimes meant mediocrity. With limited attribute points, he had to make choices to maximize his strengths.

So there was no need to hesitate.

He decisively put all 0.5 free attribute points into agility. The moment the thought arose, the agility column on the panel instantly showed +0.5↑.

Agility: 22.2 (slightly weak)

Even though it was only a 0.5 increase, at that moment, Edward Harris felt as if a strange current surged through his body, a tingling sensation in his mind, and his whole body suddenly felt a bit lighter.

It actually... works?!

Edward Harris was instantly delighted, and with his active mind, he quickly fell into thought again.

He knew his attribute panel was a mess except for agility, which was probably higher thanks to his ability 【Shadow Blink】.

But as everyone knows, Shadow Blink is an ability that cannot be advanced in the ability sequence.

But now, by increasing agility through adding points, does that mean he could, by boosting agility, forcibly enhance the sequence of 【Shadow Blink】 in reverse?

Logically, that seems plausible...

Sure enough, the heavens wouldn’t just throw me into this bizarre world and leave me to die—he had completely forgotten how many times he’d cursed the heavens when he first arrived in this world, down and out.

At this moment, Edward Harris wasn’t in a hurry to exit the 【Sin Handbook】. His gaze shifted to the ability column on the handbook panel, where the 【Crimson Eye】 had dropped from Charlotte.

In this world, ability users are divided into those born with powers, those who awaken them through training, and those who use ability fruits created by research institutes to awaken.

By comparison, gaining abilities through ability fruits is much like being a lab rat—it’s dangerous, hard to control, and there are countless cases of people dying suddenly from ability disorder.

It’s basically gambling with your life.

But regardless of the method, most people can only awaken one ability—there are almost no cases of awakening a second, and even in over a thousand years, such cases are extremely rare.

He now possessed the ability 【Shadow Blink】. Was this mysterious handbook in his mind really so miraculous? Could it actually let him have a second ability?

Edward Harris didn’t hesitate at all. With a thought, a strange sensation surged in his left eye, as if he had become a demon manipulating people’s hearts, and he quickly canceled the ability.