Chapter 2

Wait?

What binding!

Dong Yeohwan suddenly woke up in shock, but he still couldn't control his body.

However, unlike before when he felt drowsy and on the verge of losing consciousness, he now felt as if his soul had been soaked in water, his mind calm and peaceful.

Binding?

Could this be the other party's ability?

Dong Yeohwan, regaining consciousness, tried to calm himself down, but before he could think more, the binding progress bar had already completed, and a clear voice in his mind continued to speak.

[Binding complete... Generating cover page...]

[Generation complete]

Sin Manual:

[Name: Dong Yeohwan (Male)]

[Race: Human]

[Current Attribute Template]

[Strength: 11.3 (Extremely Weak)]

[Agility: 21.7 (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)]

[Ability: Shadow Instant Sequence 98]

[Title: Follower of Justice (Sin Value x10), Duration: 30 minutes]

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

[Attribute Points: 0]

[Origin Points: 1 (Newcomer Reward)]

Dong Yeohwan was a bit dazed looking at the panel, and the "Extremely Weak" labels after each attribute made his eyes twitch involuntarily, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Might as well call me a weak chicken...

Unexpectedly, the next moment, a warning sound suddenly blared in his mind.

[Warning: Target Detected!]

[Sin Manual 001]

[Name: Charlotte V. Prudence]

[Gender: Female]

[Race: Sky Tiger Hybrid]

[Racial Talent: Sky Tiger Six Styles]

[Ability: Sequence 89 Crimson Eye (Growable) — Control the opponent's body with mental power, issue absolute commands, and with sufficient rank, even modify memories]

[Character Rank: Third Rank, First Level]

[Sin Value: Half Star]

[Character Profile Image (Clickable to Open)]

[Generating Random Selectable Mission... Generation Complete: Capture the Sky Tiger girl Charlotte V. Prudence who stole jewelry, and based on the sin value, randomly obtain one of the criminal's abilities]

Mission Description:

[Temporary Allocable Attribute Points: 5 (Sin Value 0.5 x 10)]

[Capturing the criminal and returning them will convert the sin value into 0.5 permanent attribute points, to be freely allocated by the host]

...

Sky Tiger girl?

Wait!

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

Uh... This doesn't seem to be the main point. The main point is this mysterious Sin Manual in my mind and this randomly generated capture mission. Could this be like in those web novels from my past life...

Dong Yeohwan didn't read many novels before, but he knew some internet jokes from years of surfing the web, like being transported to another world with a system, and beautiful subordinates coming one after another.

These are all basic operations.

Phew!

He tried to calm down, thinking that this might be... Spit! This must be the system that has finally arrived for me as a transmigrator!

But it's a bit too late...

Dong Yeohwan carefully read the selectable mission again. He didn't mind the reward, but the mission difficulty was a bit high.

He was clearly caught off guard the moment he met her.

Capture?

How to capture?

Can't just charge in recklessly, right?

At this moment, Dong Yeohwan suddenly noticed a note below the mission issued by the [Sin Manual] in his mind.

[Note: The honorary title [Follower of Justice] can provide the host with 10 times the sin value in temporary free attribute points, lasting for half an hour. After allocation, please act quickly, as justice cannot wait!]

5 temporary free attribute points?

Mission buff?

Hmm, half an hour is enough, but are 5 temporary attribute points too few?

According to the note, the more sin value the opponent has, the more attribute points. It seems this cat-eared thief isn't evil enough...

Shaking his head, Dong Yeohwan didn't want to be ungrateful. He carefully scanned his attribute panel.

His various attributes looked pitiful, with only agility getting a "Weak" rating, but even 21.7 agility wouldn't change much with just 5 points added.

The opponent is a rare mental ability user, and he was caught off guard the moment they met. Could he really withstand this Sky Tiger girl now?

Or should he think differently?

Dong Yeohwan knew that although abilities in this world are ranked by sequence number, the sequence number doesn't necessarily represent absolute combat power. Abilities of similar ranks can also counter each other.

Since the Sky Tiger girl has the ability [Crimson Eye], which is a mental ability, he could focus on increasing his willpower by allocating all 5 temporary attribute points to it...

He understood the comparison between attribute points and ability user ranks, but maybe he could withstand it for a bit longer?

While Dong Yeohwan was thinking, the darkness around him gradually faded, and the surroundings gradually became visible—his body was slowly moving backward, and the girl was quickly walking toward the exit at a speed of about "five centimeters per second."

Dong Yeohwan soon found the reason.

Time outside didn't stop when he entered the Sin Manual; it was flowing at a rate of about 1:60, meaning one minute inside was one second outside.

Even so, if he hesitated for ten minutes, the Sky Tiger girl would probably be out of the station gate in about ten seconds. He couldn't afford to delay...

Go for it!

Dong Yeohwan had been cautious in this unfamiliar world for half a year.

Even at school, he was careful and low-key, mainly because he knew his own strength and followed the "survival" strategy from his past life.

Steady might win, but reckless will definitely lose.

But now it's different.

There's a chance to change his life right in front of him.

Go for it!

As Dong Yeohwan added 5 temporary attribute points to his willpower, the willpower on his personal attribute panel in the [Sin Manual] immediately rose from 15.9 to 20.9.

At that moment, he felt as if some invisible black mist tentacles were probing his mind, spreading out like smoke in all directions, but they quickly stopped, and his willpower became unprecedentedly firm.

At the same time, he slightly moved his mind.

The surrounding scene receded like a tide, and the noisy voices, distant sirens, and various images filled Dong Yeohwan's senses again. This feeling of being separated and then reinserted was both novel and incredibly strange!

At this moment, under the command of the [Crimson Eye], Dong Yeohwan's body was still moving backward, but as he regained consciousness, he suddenly stopped, and his back foot kicked hard, and a duplicate of his own figure appeared beside him.

Shadow Instant! Activated!

The next moment, the two figures shot forward like arrows, rushing toward the girl in front of them, drawing astonished and surprised looks from the surrounding passengers.

At the station gate, Charlotte's heart suddenly tightened, and her slender, petite body instantly tensed up due to the Sky Tiger's instinct. When she suddenly turned her head, her large eyes widened in shock.

How... How is this possible?

After a brief moment of surprise, Charlotte immediately reacted, her pupils focusing like a camera aperture, turning into a strange dark red, and she stared intently at one of the figures.

"Back off!!!"

In the girl's sharp cry,

A silent energy wave rippled out!

Dong Yeohwan felt a buzz in his mind, and his vision went dark, almost losing consciousness.

No!

He immediately realized that even with 5 points added to his willpower, bringing it to nearly 21, he could only withstand a moment longer against a third-rank, first-level mental ability user, giving him a reaction time.

He would still suffer a heavy blow!

What to do?!

In a critical moment, a flash of insight suddenly crossed Dong Yeohwan's mind.

In his past life, he was a player of the Chinese server of World of Warcraft. What were Chinese server players best at?

Operations, techniques, awareness?

Wrong!

Just as his remaining consciousness was about to fade, Dong Yeohwan's mind moved, and he was unexpectedly pulled into the independent space of the [Sin Manual].

In a flash, he again moved his mind, and his consciousness instantly left the Sin Manual and returned to his body, making him suddenly fully awake!

In and out!

That's right!

What Chinese server players are best at...

Is exploiting bugs!

...

Charlotte, who was concentrating and putting all her effort into it, noticed the gradually dispersing pupils and the sudden halt in the boy's steps. Before she could relax, her pupils suddenly narrowed, and her heart skipped a beat.

The next moment, she watched in disbelief as the boy's face stiffened, then suddenly smiled, and he rushed forward, pushing her down, and then pressed his whole body on top of her...

"Congratulations... You're arrested!"

As she fell backward, feeling the weight of the boy on top of her, his voice echoed in her ear.

...

On the cold marble floor, Charlotte stared at the boy on top of her, her hood falling off to reveal her silver short hair and pointed cat ears.

At that moment, many passengers who were attracted by the sudden scene let out suppressed exclamations, followed by low murmurs.

"What's going on? Is it a Celestial?"

"Huh? It seems to be the thief on the recent wanted list!"

"It's her, no doubt!"

"Phew! We almost let the cunning Celestial get away!"

"..."

Amid the noisy murmurs, hurried footsteps approached, and then came to an abrupt stop.

As expected, the Third Investigation Unit had arrived in the first instance.

Although the Third Investigation Unit was nominally part of the Metropolitan Police Department, it was actually an independent organization directly responsible to the Prime Minister, with astonishing efficiency and speed, unlike the police who only clean up after the fact.

Under the dark blue windbreaker, the Third Investigation Unit's Thirteenth Squad Captain, Sugata, glanced at the thief 'subdued' on the marble floor of the station, but his brows remained furrowed as he said,

"Notify everyone to be on alert! Check the surroundings to prevent any accomplices from hiding. Send someone to stall the Celestials from the Government of Celestials who are here to negotiate, I have a few questions to clarify."

"Yes! Captain Sugata"

Beside him, a young intern girl, Shinagawa Mai, with a long ponytail, responded, quickly relaying the order through the wireless channel, her gaze filled with admiration and envy for Sugata.

Graduating from the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Superhuman Academy, one of the four major academies in Neo-Tokyo, and becoming a fifth-rank superhuman with the green ability [Ghost Cry] ranked 51, Sugata was also a powerful swordsman with the potential to earn the [Sword Master] title. He was promoted to squad captain within two years of joining the Third Investigation Unit.

His life had never known failure or setbacks.

In contrast, she had barely graduated from the private college in Takehara, and was only admitted to the Third Investigation Unit through her father's connections. However, after completing the order, Shinagawa Mai's gaze swept across the station and suddenly focused on the boy pressing down on the girl.

This guy... looks familiar?

Is it him who caught the cat girl?

...

Dong Yeohwan also noticed the people from the Third Investigation Unit.

He glanced down at the silver-haired, cat-eared girl, Charlotte, whom he had caught by exploiting a bug—she was now glaring at him with her small tiger teeth clenched, but she didn't seem to have the intention to resist with her ability again.

Clearly, she had given up.

At that moment, two uniformed members of the Thirteenth Squad, armed, walked through the gate.

Dong Yeohwan slowly stood up as they approached to ask for his identity.

He simply pulled out the city moral committee badge from his pocket—a blue background with three white bars, a sword and shield emblem in the middle, and a circle around it. The people around recognized it.

However, no one thought it was normal.

Instead, they were somewhat surprised.

Moral committee?

Isn't that like the volunteers who help maintain traffic and public order at street intersections? There are actually moral committee members who take the lead in fighting crime?

This... is really rare!

As Dong Yeohwan stood up, Shinagawa Mai outside also reacted.

She stared straight at Dong Yeohwan, her mouth involuntarily forming an "O"—Isn't this the Hokkaido high school student who rents the attic of my house and always looks like he's starving and freezing?

He caught the cat girl?

...

Dong Yeohwan, who was a part-time moral committee member in Neo-Tokyo and a student at Takehara South High School with a verifiable record—although he was at risk of being expelled—quickly completed the identity registration.

As for why he was immune to the cat girl's mental control, the students at Takehara South Private Academy were all kinds of ability users, so he must have his own unique qualities.

The attention of the Third Investigation Unit quickly shifted from him to the female thief on the ground. They cautiously pulled Charlotte up, and someone immediately came forward to quickly snap a dark golden collar around her neck.

Dong Yeohwan recognized the thing—it was said to be the greatest invention in the police world 300 years ago, the ability inhibitor.

Once an ability user put it on, their superpowers would be restrained, and some superhumans who didn't train in physical techniques wouldn't even be a match for ordinary strong men, greatly reducing the difficulty of the police in detaining superhumans.

Of course, this varied depending on the situation.

The higher the rank of the ability user, the weaker the effect of the inhibitor, and to detain them, it would require more manpower and resources. The "good news" was that high-rank ability users were rare, and even if they committed crimes, they wouldn't be so easy to catch.

However, when the Third Investigation Unit took Charlotte away, Dong Yeohwan inadvertently glanced at the first criminal he had personally captured. He wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but he seemed to see a look of relief on the girl's face.

Hmm?

Was it the guilt of fleeing?

Or the relief of being caught?

As Dong Yeohwan was pondering, a rustling sound of pages turning echoed in his mind. The [Sin Manual] flipped past the cover page and stopped at the first page with Charlotte's information.

[Congratulations, host, mission completed]

[Starting settlement...]

[Attribute point reward: 0.5 (freely allocable)]

[Ability reward: Crimson Eye (can be advanced by consuming origin points)]

Crimson Eye?

"Is this like dropping a skill book?"

Dong Yeohwan recalled the mission and rewards mentioned by the system and quickly understood, his heart pounding.

Everything happened too suddenly.

Initially, he only stood up to claim the reward and not let his efforts go to waste, but who would have thought that the opponent could control him with just a glance, and then a [Sin Manual] appeared in his mind at a critical moment.

Now, although the reward appeared in his mind, he was still uneasy. The sudden rise and fall in his life made him feel a bit unreal when he thought about it afterward.

Then... let's try adding points?

Dong Yeohwan glanced at his character panel's attribute section:

[Strength: 11.3 (Extremely Weak)]

[Agility: 21.7 (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)]

[Ability: Shadow Instant, Crimson Eye (0/1)]

[Title: Follower of Justice (Sin Value x10), Duration: 30 minutes]

[Body Status: Human Limiter (Unlocked)]

[Attribute Points: 0]

[Origin Points: 1 (Newcomer Reward)]

Currently, it seemed that his agility was relatively higher, possibly due to his speed-based ability [Shadow Instant], earning a "Weak" rating.

Dong Yeohwan was very clear that balance sometimes means mediocrity. With limited attribute points, he had to make choices to maximize his strengths.

So, there's no need to choose.

He decisively added 0.5 free attribute points to his agility. The moment the thought arose, the agility section on the panel instantly showed +0.5↑.

Agility: 22.2 (Weak)

Although it was only a 0.5 attribute boost, in that instant, Dong Yeohwan felt a strange current pass through his body, a tingling sensation in his mind, and his body suddenly felt a bit lighter.

It seems... it really works!

Dong Yeohwan was instantly delighted, and his active mind quickly fell into thought.

He was clear that his attribute panel was a mess, with only agility being relatively higher, likely due to his speed-based ability [Shadow Instant].

However, it was well-known that [Shadow Instant] was an unupgradable ability in the ability sequence list.

But now, by adding points to agility,