Chapter 200. A Battle of Wits?

Of course, Ryan knew it.

Naturally, he didn't lift up Mjolnir through the power of magic, as his clone said. It was purely the effect of [Imagine Breaker], which directly suppressed the magic Odin had placed on the hammer. Simply put, when Ryan picked up Mjolnir, it was a simple hammer with no magic that could neither fly nor send out lightning.

Of course, only Ryan knew about it.

On the surface, of course, he answered as mysteriously as he could in order to be able to show Phantom Thief's bravado even more.

"Sorcery?! "

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Fittingly, upon hearing the reply from the Phantom Thief, Thor was easily duped.

In the antique shop, Ryan couldn't help but smile as he looked at the points that were once again flashing on the data panel.

Sure enough, the decision to get involved with Mjolnir was the right one.

"Sticky Fingers!"

Not giving Thor much time to question, with a soft whisper from Bucciarati...

The grey and blue Stand emerged from behind him, shouting his unique yell that no one could hear. It waved waving its fist, storming towards Phantom Thief.

"Huh?"

Although Phantom Thief couldn't see the Stand, he, who was also a clone, knew exactly where the Stand would attack. With a nimble flip, he stood on top of the bar table and looked at Bucciarati. He spoke with fake seriousness, "An invisible attack? That's dangerous."

If possible, Ryan would like to see if the power of [Imagine Breaker] could also erase Bucciarati's clone. However, for one thing, the [Kamijou Touma] card had limited use, and for another thing, the seemingly fierce fight in front of them was actually just an act.

Totally not worth Ryan wasting one precious use of [Imagine Breaker].

"You're equally remarkable. As an ordinary person, you could detect a Stand." Looking directly at the Phantom Thief in front of him, Bucciarati whispered back, deliberately revealing the existence of Stands.

"Stand?"

Thor heard Bucciarati's words and couldn't help but mutter a question.

He had experienced the effect brought on by Sticky Fingers before, so he was quite curious about Bucciarati's ability. Now, he finally knew the name of the ability.

Ryan was well aware that laying set-ups first was always better than revealing something directly.

Therefore, after setting up the Stand's eventual stage appearance, he then controlled Bucciarati to launch a fierce attack on the Phantom Thief, "But sensing it won't help you much in dodging the attacks."

As Bucciarati's words fell, the Stand, Sticky Fingers, unleashed its ability.

Instantly, the table underneath Phantom Thief's feet took on a soft cloth-like consistency under the effect of the Stand's powers, followed by a large and small zipper appearing on top of the table.

Pulling the zipper, the otherwise sturdy table suddenly fell apart.

"That's your attack?"

Standing among the scattered table pieces, Phantom Thief raised his eyebrows and looked at Bucciarati provocatively, "If it's just this, it won't hurt me."

"Of course not."

In the face of Phantom Thief's provocations, Bucciarati still had the same look on his face.

"Sticky Fingers!"

In the next moment, with a soft cry, the Stand that had been lurking around Phantom Thief Kid reappeared, pulling the separated zippers. The table that had been scattered suddenly turned into a particularly strange net, enveloping the Phantom Thief, who was standing in the middle. Bucciarati actually used the characteristics of his Stand's ability to turn an otherwise ordinary table into a large web of zippers.

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'Such a pity.'

In the antique shop, Ryan looked at the points displayed by the system, and his face couldn't help but show some regret.

As the saying goes, in the entertainment industry, if a stand-in successfully stood out, they were a failure.

Bucciarati's Stand had a mind-boggling ability, but there was also a huge flaw. Under normal circumstances, ordinary people couldn't see the amazing special affects the Stand could dish out. This resulted in Bucciarati and Phantom Thief Kidd fighting back and forth in a desperate battle on one side while those watching on the other side, including Thor and others, had a blurry look of confusion.

After all, from the perspective of Jane and the others as ordinary people, they could only see Phantom Thief Kid constantly dodging and fighting against the air, although with Bucciarati's ability, zippers would pop out of nowhere. However, placed in the eyes of ordinary people who cannot see a Stand, there was still a significant limitation in seeing the entire fight. Naturally, this made the points provided by the crowd in the bar low.

It felt like his painstaking set-up and acting were all in vain.

In the antique shop, Ryan was somewhat speechless.

Faced with the odd table that Bucciarati had turned into a net using zippers, the Phantom Thief deliberately acted as if he had been careless and was directly covered by it.

"Got you."

Looking at the Phantom Thief, who was covered by zippers, Bucciarati's usually indifferent expression turned into a smile.

"That's quite a bothersome ability, but I never expected to escape." Although he was caught, Phantom Thief didn't seem to show much concern. On the contrary, he still had a leisurely expression, as if he wasn't the one who was caught.

"This time, no matter what, I won't let you escape."

Through Bucciarati's mouth, Ryan easily laid out another set-up.

"That's not necessarily true; escaping has always been my forte." Lowering his head slightly, the wide top hat concealed Phantom Thief Kid's face, and he replied with a slight hook of his lips and a confident tone.

"Then I'll remove your limbs. Let's see if you can still escape like that."

As he said that, Bucciarati controlled the Stand as if he were about to do so.

However, at this moment, from outside the bar, there were the sounds of sharp car brakes and the clamour of footsteps.

Bang --

In the next moment, the door of the bar was flung open.

Hawkeye led the agents into the bar.

Hawkeye swept his sharp gaze across the bar, lingering on Thor's face for a moment, before shifting away to look at Mjolnir, that had fallen from the table to the floor because of the previous fight between Bucciarati and the Phantom Thief. He said, "Okay, guys. The show's over; we're taking over from here."