Unexpectedly, John Watson did not scold his daughter tonight as he usually did when he saw her.

Instead, he walked over, lifted Emily Watson high above his head with both hands, stared excitedly at her little face as he spun around, then set her down and ruffled her hair messily, laughing heartily:

"Little 未梨, look what delicious food Daddy brought you."

Emily Watson glanced down timidly, but a hint of joy suddenly appeared on her little face.

"Wow! Sushi! Emily loves sushi the most."

"I know you like it, so tonight you can eat as much as you want."

Laughing as he spoke, John Watson also noticed Edward Harris, and scratched his head in surprise, "Eh? This young man... looks a bit familiar."

Edward Harris rolled his eyes inwardly.

For Emily Watson's sake, and since they lived on the same floor and saw each other often, he politely said, "Hello, Mr. Watson, I live on the east side, my name is Edward Harris. Now that you're back, I'll leave 小未梨 to you."

"Oh, oh, so it was you taking care of my daughter? Haha, I really don't know how to thank you."

"No need to be polite, 小未梨 is very well-behaved."

After Edward Harris finished speaking, he greeted the beaming Emily Watson goodbye, picked up his bag from the floor, and turned to leave. As he walked away, he heard Emily Watson's childish voice behind him:

"Daddy, why did you get off work so early tonight? No overtime?"

Heh... so this guy has been gambling after work and lying to his daughter about working overtime?

"No overtime! No overtime tonight! Hahaha, Daddy never has to work overtime again." John Watson's answer was as excited as if he'd won the lottery.

"Really? That's great!"

Emily Watson got excited, bit her finger, and suddenly remembered something.

"Oh right, Daddy, today Uncle 新垣 from downstairs came up and asked me... asked when we would pay the rent. He also said if we don't pay next week, he'll really kick us out. Does that mean we won't have a home?"

Upon hearing this, John Watson snorted through his nose!

"That bastard! So what if we owe him half a year's rent? Don't worry! In a couple of days, Daddy will pay him everything. Then Daddy will take you to move to a big house. Who cares about this dirty, broken place?"

"Wow! Really?"

"Of course it's true! Oh, and from now on, don't play with strangers, okay... There aren't many good people living in a place like this."

"Ah... but Daddy, the big brother, he..."

"......"

Edward Harris entered the room on the east side of the hallway, feeling a bit amused but not bothered. He was just surprised at where John Watson got the money for rent—probably got lucky gambling tonight.

Come to think of it, the reason he looked after Emily Watson at first was simply because the little girl was both cute and pitiful.

Plus, he was new here and didn't know anyone. Rather than saying he was looking after her, it was more like two lonely souls keeping each other company.

......

After entering his room, Edward Harris set down his bag and went to the bathroom to wash up—the room was about twenty square meters, one bedroom and one bathroom, no living room, kitchen, or separate bathroom. Edward Harris slept on the tatami in the middle.

After showering and changing clothes, it was 10:30.

Edward Harris took out a can of coffee from his mini fridge. Usually, after drinking it, he would fall asleep right on time, and the caffeine would kick in the next morning to help him wake up.

A regular and healthy routine.

But today, after helping Walter Bennett with a side job, running into a cat-eared girl... no, according to the Crime Manual, it seemed to be a young thief from the Heavenly Tiger tribe, earning a bounty, and now there was a mysterious [Crime Manual] in his mind...

All of this happened so fast and so suddenly.

It was only now, lying on the tatami at home, that Edward Harris could finally process everything.

Thinking about it, his consciousness entered the [Crime Manual] again.

[Name: Edward Harris (Male)]

[Race: Human]

[Current Attribute Template]

[Strength: 11.3 (Very Weak)]

[Agility: 22.2 (Weak)]

[Constitution: 8.6 (Very Weak)]

[Perception: 9.7 (Very Weak)]

[Willpower: 15.9 (Very Weak)]

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

[Ability: Shadow Step]

[Title: Follower of Justice (Crime Value X10)]

[Status: Human Limiter (Released)]

Attribute Points: 0

Source Power Points: 0

......

After today's actual combat, Edward Harris more or less figured out what the title was for—it gave him buffs during battle, and the more "evil" the opponent, the stronger the buff.

Unfortunately, the female thief he met tonight didn't seem evil enough, or maybe his basic stats were just too weak, so he only managed to overpower her by exploiting a bug.

Hmm, but what is this Human Limiter?

Is it a released state?

Edward Harris was puzzled, and as he focused his mind on it, a new piece of information suddenly appeared in his head.