"The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from enemies"
- Unknown
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The Phantom Thief was quick to react.
As the flames were about to reach him, he quickly removed his cloak and used it as a shield to block the approaching fire.
He then quickly stepped back in the opposite direction.
Phew!
The flames quickly consumed the white cloak.
Although Phantom Thief's cloak was made of lightweight bulletproof material and offered some protection, it can also be used as a shield in an emergency to temporarily block the flames from burning on the body.
But that doesn't change the fact that it can still catch fire.
"Not bad, you're quick to react. It makes things less boring."
A deep male voice spoke from the direction of the flames.
He saw a man in strange clothes and a mask walking over, holding a flamethrower in his hand and carrying a large tank of fuel strapped to his back.
The man's mask covered his entire face, with large eye openings resembling insect eyes and a unique breathing apparatus around the mouth.
And at the back of his suit, two huge black wings were placed on the shoulder blades on both sides, making his whole body look like an insect.
"You must be Firefly, the one who recently escaped from Blackgate Prison. Penguin must have been sent you, right?"
The Phantom Thief calmly asked, slowly glancing at his right hand from the corner of his eye.
The glove on his wrist was burned, and even a tiny surface of his skin showed signs of burns.
If he had moved half a second slower just now, his entire right arm would have been on fire by now.
"If I remember correctly, the museum's fire system has its own power supply. Although I cut off the main power, I didn't tamper with the fire alarm power supply."
The Phantom Thief looked up at the ceiling, where there happened to be a fire sprinkler.
"The temperature of the flames just now was too high. It is impossible not to trigger the sensor. Penguin must have done something to the fire system in advance. The purpose is to allow you to set the fire as high as possible."
Firefly didn't respond, as if silently accepting what Phantom Thief had said.
"I wasn't interested in you before, Phantom Thief. But since you've offended someone you shouldn't have, I will make you my latest masterpiece. While I prefer burning buildings, the screams of people in flames are also a beautiful melody."
Firefly said it in an intoxicated tone.
"Phantom Thief, if you try to use smoke bombs or hypnotic gas to escape in front of me, I suggest you give up those stupid ideas as soon as possible."
"My flamethrower has a range of fifty meters, and the only escape route you have in this narrow hall is the way behind you. Unfortunately, the way is at least twenty meters away from your current position... "
The Phantom Thief tilted his head slightly and glanced at the corridor behind him.
The only thing he could walk on was the path twenty meters away, and there was no door or vent in the middle for him to hide in.
The flames from Firefly's flamethrower were extremely hot, and even being within a meter of the fire flow could burn his clothes, and this corridor was only a little over four meters wide.
This meant that Phantom Thief could only dodge left or right, and the available space to dodge was small.
In fact, when he just came out of the exhibition hall and went to the corridor, Phantom Thief could have stepped back inside.
But the first attack from Firefly forced him to exit deeper into the corridor, and now Firefly was standing just outside the exhibition hall.
'The situation is not good. This is the perfect spot for Firefly to ambush me. He is not simple-minded. He must have studied my moves... Or maybe Penguin arranged for him here?'
Phantom Thief thought to himself.
'Why haven't Robin and Batgirl shown up yet? It's not my job to deal with supervillains!'
'I need to find a way to delay Firefly for a bit.'
After making up his mind, Phantom Thief put on a kind smile and said to Firefly.
"Hey, since Penguin promised you something, maybe we can make a deal..."
Before he could finish speaking, Firefly interrupted him.
"Don't waste your breath, Phantom Thief! You've already wasted enough of my time with your nonsense. I can't wait to witness you screaming in the flames."
As he spoke, a grin appeared on the face under the Firefly's hood, and he pulled the trigger of his flamethrower, and a raging stream of fire sprayed out from the head of the gun immediately.
Fortunately, the Phantom Thief was prepared and quickly dodged to avoid the flames.
"Tsk! Attacking before letting someone finish speaking! Sure enough, villains will always be villains."
The Phantom Thief sarcastically muttered to himself as the fiery stream grazed past him.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhh
The Phantom Thief, who escaped the fire, quickly took out his Card Gun and shot several playing cards at the Firefly.
However, the blazing heat of the flames quickly burned the playing cards and caused the high temperature to melt them in a matter of seconds.
"Hahahahahaha! Phantom Thief, are you scared and stupid? You actually want to use playing cards to deal with fire?"
Firefly burst into laughter, and he slowly understood why this person dared to offend Penguin because he was simply stupid!
But suddenly, just as the flames were about to completely consume the burning playing cards, they changed course and fled the flames.
These burning playing cards seemed to ignore gravity. Instead of falling, they flew straight towards the fire sprinkler on the ceiling!
Looking up, the direction in which these playing cards were flying was directly towards the fire sprinkler on the ceiling.
Of course, the poker cards didn't fly up on their own.
Firefly watched them carefully and saw that each card was connected to a thin steel wire. The Phantom Thief was holding the other end of each wire.
"Tsk! You know we tampered with the fire system, yet you still do something so meaningless..."
Firefly was growing more and more confused about what Phantom Thief was thinking.
Could this guy really be stupid?
What he didn't notice was that at that moment, the corner of the Phantom Thief's mouth slightly lifted, revealing a faint smile.
BOOM!
When the burning cards touched the fire sprinkler's sensor, the sprinkler blew up, showing the water pipe inside.
Then, even the water pipe burst open, and a massive stream of water poured out from the gap, flooding Firefly in an instant and burning down the flames from his flamethrower.
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A/N: Guys, we didn't reach 2000 power stone, I will give you all a chance if we reach 400 power stones. I will release an additional chapter.
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