The following excerpt is from a scene from Sword Art Online, where Kirito and
Asuna are discussing whether or not the killer they are pursuing is a ghost or
not. Asuna seems to think it is, but Kirito is unconvinced (because the killer
had used a teleporting crystal). Kirito says:

> いや、そんなことは絶対にない。そもそも幽霊だったらさっきも転移結晶 **なんて** 使わないで

I'm going to take a guess that the なん (a more emphatic version of なの?) is
providing the secondary information for his explanation (the "ghost" used a
teleport crystal), and the て is the quotative particle (usually って but て
because it's following ん?). Or is て loosely connecting the first clause with
the second clause?

I could understand what he was saying in this sentence, but I really don't
understand the grammar here or how it is operating structurally :( I would
really like to know!
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Function of なんて in this sentence?