194 Chapter 194: Ambush
"Dreams don't work unless you do."
―John C. Maxwell
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Looking at Batman's attitude, it seems like he doesn't really care about that ocean gem.
Thinking about it, if he really cared, he wouldn't use this thing as bait to lure out the Phantom Thief.
"Oh, oh, oh! What do I see? Batman is chasing the Phantom Thief!"
"This is amazing! I've been dreaming of seeing this day for months. Thank God, I finally get to see it!"
"When that incident at the Gotham City Stadium happened, I thought I would witness Batman chasing the Phantom Thief, but unfortunately, Batman only showed up after the Phantom Thief escaped. Now, I finally get to see it!"
In the virtual livestream room, the media in Gotham became excited when they saw this scene.
They weren't there in person; but what they saw today was even more than what they usually saw when they went to the scene themselves.
It was even more thrilling.
The grudge between the Black Mask and Bruce Wayne, the showdown between the Phantom Thief and the Black Mask, and Batman's chase of the Phantom Thief.
In just over ten minutes, the twists and turns happened so quickly.
To the point where they couldn't figure out how to write tomorrow's front-page headlines.
It's not that they couldn't come up with any; rather, they had too many options, all of which were great headlines, and it was difficult to choose.
What shocked them even more was that Batman managed to crack the Phantom Thief's "smoke disappearance technique," which was once believed to be teleportation or magical space manipulation.
It turns out that the Phantom Thief used smoke to cover himself and disappear, and in that instant, he quickly changed into clothes that were hard to notice.
At the same time, he released something that would divert everyone's attention, such as the previous realistic dummy or, this time, the suit and gem.
Phantom Thief's suit was white, and the smoke bombs he used were also white smoke.
When something white disappeared, people instinctively looked for something white. In addition, white things would stand out in the night, which means that dark things are easier to ignore.
Therefore, when the Phantom Thief took off his white suit and changed into the dark night suit, he became almost invisible.
The person in the white suit will still be noticed by everyone, even those who are aware of this trick.
It takes a few seconds to a dozen seconds to adjust before they start searching for someone wearing dark clothing.
During this time, the Phantom Thief can easily escape the scene.
This showed just how sharp Batman's perception was.
He never allowed himself to be distracted by anything the Phantom Thief left behind. Batman kept a vigilant eye on every move the Phantom Thief made.
In Robinson Park, two figures in white and black quickly moved between the trees and made a flock of birds fly away in panic.
Due to the limited airflow in the forest, their gliders were also very limited in how high they could stay in the air. In normal circumstances, they couldn't glide at all.
However, the gliders used by Phantom Thief and Batman weren't ordinary gliders, and they could glide without limitation.
Phantom Thief's custom-made glider from his system seemed to fly a bit faster than Batman—not very much, and definitely not enough to leave behind Batman.
During the chase, Phantom Thief keeps throwing things at Batman, such as flash bombs, smoke bombs, and dummies with gliders.
However, they weren't very effective, and Batman wasn't fooled.
When Phantom Thief saw Batman put on a transparent mask to protect against tear gas and sleep gas, he knew that things like tear gas and hypnotic gas wouldn't work on Batman either.
Batman's suit is incredibly strong in defense, with no weak spots. The Phantom Thief would need some items from the system to beat him.
Robin and Batgirl's suits may be strong, but they're no match for Batman's.
Of course, Batman wasn't just chasing without doing anything else. He was also skilled at using various gadgets to disrupt the Phantom Thief's actions.
His tools were often sneakier than the Phantom Thief's too.
He uses batarangs and guided tranquilizer darts with tracking technology, strong glue that can stick gliders to tree branches, and even non-lethal shock bombs that could paralyze a person with a single explosion.
The Phantom Thief tried every trick in the book and used all his abilities to dodge all of Batman's attacks.
Fortunately, he had superhuman reflexes, and he could react quickly to any of Batman's actions, or he would have likely been caught a long time ago.
In addition to feeling lucky, Phantom Thief was also feeling quite frustrated.
He was so frustrated that he even considered whether he should temporarily buy something from the system to give Batman a taste of what the system could do.
"Batman! Are you sure you want to keep playing this cops-and-robbers game with me? Aren't you worried that Black Mask and False Face Society will take the opportunity to escape?"
The Phantom Thief shouted loudly without looking back, reminding Batman that there were more than just the two of them in the forest.
"For a few of them, it will take at least three hours for the fastest to wake up. We have plenty of time to 'play the game'."
Batman calmly responded from behind.
"Tsk!"
The Phantom Thief clicked his tongue and narrowed his eyes as he looked ahead at the edge of the forest they were about to reach.
"We're about to burst out of the forest... Can't escape me, can you?"
Phantom Thief slightly shifted his body to the side, estimating the distance to the trees ahead, and tilted his body slightly forward in advance.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
At the moment he rushed out of the forest, a propelling gadget suddenly appeared behind Phantom Thief's glider and flew him to the sky.
However, just as Phantom Thief was about to fly into the sky, a huge dark shadow suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked his path in the sky!
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