Amakusa Shirou, as a Heroic Spirit, might not possess exceptionally powerful combat abilities.
His physical strength was nothing remarkable, his speed was not particularly high, and even his Mana capacity could not be described as abundant.
However, he possessed an extremely powerful Noble Phantasm, Twin Arm – Zero Compulsion (Twin Arm – Zero-Order Convergence), whose operation relied on both of his arms.
Both of his arms were connected to the Leyline.
When the Magic Circuits in his arms were overloaded with excessive Mana until they went berserk, he could refine artificial dark matter that eroded and swallowed everything around it—a Noble Phantasm of destruction that could almost be regarded as a small-scale black hole.
Because it required an enormous amount of Mana, the conditions for using this Noble Phantasm had once been extremely demanding.
Only after Amakusa Shirou obtained the Holy Grail did the abundant supply of Mana from the Holy Grail finally allow him to launch the Noble Phantasm at will.
However, there was no way he could bring himself to throw out such a terrifying Noble Phantasm just to deal with a robber.
Using both of Amakusa’s arms simultaneously would produce the Noble Phantasm’s full effect, but when used separately, each arm also possessed different effects.
Right Arm – Evil Eater and Left Hand – Xanadu Matrix were abilities possessed individually by Amakusa’s right and left arms.
In order to give followers walking the path of suffering hope in their hearts, these two hands, which had once called upon miracles time and time again, had manifested as Noble Phantasms.
They served as universal keys capable of connecting to any foundation of Magecraft, allowing him to use any kind of magic.
At the same time, the right and left hands could each activate abilities resembling Mind’s Eye (True) and Mind’s Eye (False), as well as strengthen the Baptism Sacrament.
His right hand was primarily responsible for combat-support functions such as precognition, while his left hand was responsible for strengthening his own body and possessed an effect of immortality (Immortality).
As for the black sphere that had swallowed the robber’s gun earlier, it was an extremely tiny mass of dark matter created by Amakusa using Right Arm – Evil Eater.
Its size had been precisely set to be just large enough to erode and erase the gun.
The gun, which had been the robber’s greatest threat, suddenly disappeared, causing him to instantly panic and lose his bearings.
At the same time, Spider-Man, who had remained silent for a while, finally reacted as well.
He raised his hand and immediately fired a shot straight into the robber’s face.
A strand of web shot out, binding his hand before yanking him upward until he was instantly hanging above the ground.
The elderly man who had been held hostage was freed from his grasp.
After thanking Amakusa and Spider-Man, the old man immediately took off running and disappeared without a trace.
“Let me go!
Let me go!”
The robber hanging in the air struggled with all his might to free himself, but his efforts were futile.
After struggling for a while, he could only resign himself to his fate and surrender.
Seeing that the robber had given up, Spider-Man jumped down from the wall and looked at Amakusa with intense curiosity.
“Amazing!
How did you do that just now?
What was that black sphere?
How did it make the gun disappear just like that?
Could you actually be a superhuman?
Was that a black hole?
Or some kind of advanced technology, like a teleportation portal that moved the gun to another dimension?
Or did you just destroy the gun and turn it into dust?
Or was it something else?”
The moment the problem was resolved, Spider-Man had already started rambling again.
This left Amakusa somewhat speechless.
Although he had quite liked this amazing Spider-Man when he watched the movies back then, actually meeting him in person left him with only one way to describe him: an incredibly annoying Spider-Man.
Watching other people get annoyed by him could indeed be amusing, but when you were the one being annoyed by him, it was anything but funny.
At a loss for words, Amakusa raised his right hand toward Spider-Man, startling him so badly that he hurriedly raised both hands.
“Oh!
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Don’t do that, don’t do that!
I don’t have any bad intentions.
I’m just curious.”
“You have to understand, whenever humans encounter something new and unique, they naturally become curious.”
“I’m human, so of course I’m curious.
I’ve never seen anything like that before, so naturally I want to know.
I was curious, so I asked you about it, right?
I just want to know what you did back there.
We might even be the same kind of person!”
As a superhero, Spider-Man had yet to encounter anyone like himself in New York.
Therefore, after seeing the ability Amakusa had displayed, he was both extremely curious and excited.
Just as he had said, he might have found someone like himself—someone who could even become a fellow fighting alongside him.
“That is Magecraft.”
Amakusa could only give an extremely brief answer.
“Magecraft?
You mean the kind of stage magic they show on television or on Broadway?
Really?
Isn’t that just a fake trick?
If it’s actually magic, then where did you move the gun?”
“Can you show it to me?
You have to understand, after all, that was a gun.
It’s a very dangerous thing.”
“Oh, right, right.
I know you wizards must have your own secrets that you can’t tell outsiders.
Sorry, I forgot about that.
I didn’t mean anything by it.
I’m just curious about how you did that earlier.”
Yeah, this chatterbox was truly incredibly annoying.
Every time he spoke, he would launch into an extremely long sentence without stopping.
“It’s not the kind of stage magic you know.
It is magic that embodies mystery—the kind of magic you see in movies.
Understand?”
“Magic like the kind in movies?
Don’t tell me you mean actual magic?”
“More or less.
It’s just that mine is called Magecraft.
The name is simply different.”
Amakusa’s explanation left Spider-Man pleasantly shocked.
“Amazing!
“You know, I really love watching Harry Potter.
The magic in there looks incredibly fascinating.
Can you use spells like that?”
“Oh, no, you said it’s Magecraft.
It’s just a matter of terminology!
A matter of terminology.
Can you use Magecraft like that?
Even though I’m super strong and pretty good at crawling on walls, I’ve always thought that magic like that was the coolest thing.
Just standing there and reading a few incantations, then beating up bad guys—that’s seriously cool!”
“Wait a second.
I saw you using magic, so you’re not going to use some spell to erase my memory, right?
Do you guys really have a rule that you can’t be seen by Muggles?
Oh, wait, I shouldn’t count as a Muggle, right?
After all, I’m New York City’s superhero!”
“Don’t worry.
I won’t erase your memories.”
Black lines seemed to appear across Amakusa’s forehead.
He was genuinely getting somewhat irritated and could no longer stand it, so he decided to change the subject.
“But Spider-Man, shouldn’t you be delivering that pizza?
You said you had twenty minutes left earlier.
Now it seems like you only have about ten minutes left.
If you don’t leave soon, you’ll really be late.”
“God!
I completely forgot about that!
Thanks a lot, buddy, for reminding me.
I have to go now!”
“I’ll leave this guy to you.
Please help contact the police.
I’ll be going now.
Let’s get in touch again sometime!
I want to be friends with you!”
After finishing his rapid-fire string of remarks, Spider-Man immediately fired a strand of webbing and used it to propel himself away, leaving Amakusa and the robber hanging from the web.
Amakusa was very satisfied with how things had turned out.
The next step was for him to complete his mission.
Walking toward the robber hanging from the web, Amakusa put a smile on his face and folded his arms before speaking in a warm tone.
“You know something?
I have always believed in one thing: a pitiful person must have an aspect that people hate, and a hated person must also have an aspect that makes them pitiful.”
“I think this is the first time you’ve ever done something like this.
Can you tell me what drove you to take such a risk?”
Today, Amakusa would be playing the role of a life mentor!