About the name of Reborn, it's actually a canon idea (Amano Akira-sensei said it in an interview). Sorry for the error and thank to the person who indicated it to me.

The title means "Kleptomania" in French.


Chapter 11 :

K(leptomanie) :

Viper wondered how they had arrived there. In fact, they knew the whys and wherefores and it was because of Skull and of his kleptomaniac's tendencies which he had forgotten to speak. And that was supposed to be an easy mission, thought the esper while a cannon of pistol was pressed against its lower jaw.
The rest of the team was surrounded by the members of the Famiglia to whom they had had to steal information, Skull being in the center against the rail of the balcony of the building, his locks hiding his eyes while his shoulders trembled.

- I'm asking you for the last time: give back the DIAMOND! Roared the man whose costume was too much tightened at the level of the stomach.

His body trying to repress the shaking, Skull slid the hand in his pockets and took out… a golden watch with crystal needles! Faster than his shadow, he put away the object which didn't clearly belong to him, and took out again an other one, who prove to be a pearl necklace. The latter disappeared again in his pocket while all observed silently Skull taking out and bringing in jewels, watches, glasses and others of his pockets. This small show lasted one moment, before the stuntman jump and brings out slowly the hand of his pocket.
Slowly, he moved away the fingers one after the other, letting appear …

- Bullets?! The man with the scarlet face of impatience exclaimed.

The latter hardly had time to fall to the ground that the fight was already ended. Fon, Renato and Lal had disarmed and put K-O all the soldiers who were in the room. Meanwhile, Skull had raised his head, revealing an immense smile of wildcat while he fixed the small man who always held Viper in hostage. He plunge back the hand into his pocket and took out an immense red diamond pear-shaped.

- Th-the diamond of Byzantium! The man exclaimed by tightening his grip on Viper.
- You want it, right ~? Hummed Skull, holding the diamond over the rail of the balcony. Release Viper, or the diamond is going to make a painful meeting with the ground.

Seeing the stuntman released his grip on the diamond, the man threw Viper on the ground and ran to Skull, who released the jewel as the man seizes him by his sweatshirt. Immediately, the Mafioso held out his hand to catch up the stone, but his weight made him pass over the rail. His smile of happiness, when it catches the diamond, was transformed into despair when Skull shouted.

- My imitation!
- Your… imitation…? Questioned Viper
- Yes! This moron has just stained my perfect imitation of the diamond! The stuntman fumed by showing the original diamond which he had brought out of his pocket.

When Viper saw it, they began to calculate the profits which they could pull of the sale at the black market while pushing a laughter which extracted cold sweat to the others, except for Skull who was always occupied with fuming.

(After this event, all the doors and the windows of the base which they occupied for the period of this offer were equipped with metal detectors and Renato was in charge of watching Skull after an incident involving rings.)