UWP - Chapter 120 - Operation Capture Lolita

[ Item Name: Chains of Binding ]

[ Type: Special Accessory ]

[ Quality: Normal ]

[ To Use: Wearer must fasten this around their neck. ]

[ Effect: Binding. Wearer's abilities are sealed. ]

[ SE Consumption: None ]

[ Note: All people are slaves to Capital ]

The Special Accessory known as the Chains of Binding had cost Bai Zhi 100 Coins and had the appearance of a finely-crafted necklace. It seemed powerful, due to its effect, but was, in reality, a massive trap, for several reasons.

The Chains of Binding could only work on humanoids, and in order to activate the effect, the target had to put the chain on themselves. On top of that, the chain could be removed at will.

Imagine having a rat poison formula that was incredibly effective, guaranteed lethal at even the smallest nibble, but completely unappetizing to any rat. Thus, to deliver the poison, one would have to find a way to catch the rat and force-feed it the poison...

The Chains of Binding was just like that, except possibly worse.

Most importantly, the Chain itself was not particularly durable at all—a ten-year-old child could break it if they wanted to, so even after jumping through any number of hoops to put the Chain on a humanoid supernatural entity, it was something they could easily break... unless they didn't even possess the strength of a ten-year-old.

Besides, it was totally possible for them to simply stop wearing it any time, even without breaking it...

With all these caveats, the Chains of Binding was laughably limited in terms of practical usefulness. The price Bai Zhi paid for it at the Auction was, therefore, relatively cheap.

He'd planned to use it on the impostor campus belle, but after meeting this Lin XiaoYi, he was beginning to second-guess himself.

He owed a lot to Chu Tsi's newbie guide, to be honest.

Through Pluto (Enervated), he was unable to see anything out of the ordinary about the campus belle before him, but even without the aid of this equipment, it was worth noting that Bai Zhi's Perception stat was already at the

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Translator Notes

*A Japanese portmanteau of the phrase "Lolita complex", adopted from the pop psychology publication "The Lolita Complex" by Russell Trainer to describe feelings of attraction for young girls over adult women.

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