Versus Vandread
It was like entering a toy store when looking at the inventory of gadgets that Blimpo kept on him, with Joel becoming engrossed as well as he paid close attention to each one that the elf pointed out.
As always, Blimpo came prepared with an onslaught of compact, specialized tools, one of which was a net infused with spikes that shot out of a tiny sphere, another was a dubious cylinder that shot out gelatinous liquid that quickly solidified into steel-like material.
"Hmmm…" Emilio pondered.
Blimpo smiled, juggling some of his gadgets, "Any of them catch your eye?"
It wasn't as though the majority of them seemed useless, but against a resourceful, highly-masterful combatant like Vandread, simple tricks and traps would hardly be reliable.
'Even if I try to play him at his own game, I can't be as crafty as him. That's practically his own speciality—being inhumanly adaptive to any situation. Still, I can do this,' he thought.