Noncompliant Order

"Then, Shopkeeper, I've decided. I want this Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit!"

With Kingpin supporting her as well, Vanessa no longer had any reservations and eagerly spoke to Rosha.

"A very wise choice, Ms. Vanessa. This fruit is actually perfect for you."

Rosha smiled at Vanessa. "For a woman, I don't need to tell you what kind of skincare benefits a fruit that can freely absorb moisture would have, right?"

Vanessa's eyes immediately lit up.

She was even more excited than when she had heard about abilities like immunity to poison or gigantification!

After all, immunity to poison was merely a precaution for one's own safety. In other words, it was a necessary measure that Vanessa herself did not particularly like.

But the love of beauty was human nature!

Both men and women loved beauty, of course, though women pursued it with greater refinement. Skincare was a heartfelt desire, an active desire.

That was completely different from wanting poison immunity.

One was passive, while the other was proactive. The difference was enormous.

And anyone who pursued beauty knew just how important it was to "lock in moisture."

Countless cosmetics even used "locking in moisture" as their main selling point.

Keeping skin moisturized and hydrated was extremely important for skincare.

Unfortunately, skin itself had little ability to retain moisture, so people could only replenish it artificially and passively.

But now, as long as Vanessa ate that miraculous fruit, her skin would be able to absorb moisture on its own.

That was incredible.

Vanessa's skin would improve tremendously, perhaps even more effectively than with those exorbitantly priced cosmetics!

Setting everything else aside, this alone made Vanessa determined to have the Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit.

"The ability to lock moisture into one's skin at will—I'd bet that's the ability every woman dreams of!"

Vanessa's slightly excited voice rang out again. She was truly growing impatient. "Shopkeeper, I'll take this fruit!"

"I'm glad you like it, Ms. Vanessa."

"However, Ms. Vanessa, your timing is unfortunate. The shop's promotional period has ended, so none of the fruits are discounted anymore."

That was what Rosha told Vanessa.

Just yesterday, the system had notified Rosha that the promotional period was over, and Vanessa had come today. The timing really could not have been worse.

But Vanessa did not care about that at all.

Right now, she only wanted to get her hands on this extraordinarily miraculous fruit as soon as possible. Why would she consider anything else?

Besides, money in the millions was nothing to her.

"It's fine, Shopkeeper. Something this miraculous can't be measured in money. Discount or no discount, we're getting an unbelievable bargain."

Vanessa immediately said to Rosha.

"Thank you for your understanding, Ms. Vanessa. The Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit will be three million dollars."

Rosha did not say anything further and quickly quoted Vanessa the price.

Thinking about it, this couple was rather interesting. One could transform into red-hot steel, while the other could control moisture. Their abilities could be said to counter each other.

That was quite interesting.

He wondered who would win if the two fought after both of them had developed their fruits to a certain extent.

Rosha could not help but think wickedly.

"Shopkeeper, card payment!"

Without another word, Vanessa immediately pulled out a bank card and handed it to Rosha.

The transaction was complete.

Rosha took out the Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit and handed it to Vanessa, reminding her of the one-bite rule.

In fact, Kingpin had surely told Vanessa about it beforehand, but as the seller, Rosha naturally still had to give the necessary reminder.

"Thank you for the reminder, Shopkeeper. Then, Fisk, I'm going to eat it now!"

Vanessa greeted Kingpin, then eagerly bit into the fruit in her hand.

"Ugh!"

After her face twitched slightly, Vanessa suppressed the urge to vomit and swallowed the shit-tasting fruit in one gulp.

Then...

Like all the others who had just eaten a Devil Fruit, Vanessa became excited and thrilled.

Because she could clearly feel the changes occurring within her body.

"How miraculous. Is this the power of a Devil Fruit? It's incredible."

Vanessa marveled.

She felt as though she had become a sponge. She could clearly sense the moisture in the air and... absorb that moisture!

That was right.

Vanessa had just tried absorbing the moisture in the air, and she had actually succeeded.

She immediately felt that her skin had become much more hydrated.

Vanessa was beyond astonished and ecstatic.

"I trust you've already felt the changes in your body, Vanessa, right?"

Seeing Vanessa's expression, Rosha smiled at her. "But the ability you've gained now is only the basic power of the Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit. You may not yet be able to freely squeeze toxins out of your body, but that's fine. You only need to practice."

"I understand, Shopkeeper!"

Vanessa nodded heavily, then praised Rosha and the Devil Fruit again.

After thinking it over, she raised her head again and looked solemnly at Rosha. "Shopkeeper, Fisk said that each person can only purchase three Devil Fruits here. Then I'd like to buy two more."

[Warning, warning. A noncompliant order has appeared. Host, please handle it immediately!]

Rosha had been somewhat excited when he heard that Vanessa intended to buy two more, but unexpectedly, the system gave him such a notification.

This caused Rosha to freeze for a moment.

A noncompliant order?

It clearly referred to Vanessa's order for two more Devil Fruits, but how was this order noncompliant?

Not understanding, Rosha immediately asked the system about it in his mind.

[Wilson Fisk already possesses control rights over three Devil Fruits and has reached the purchase limit. No additional Devil Fruit control rights may be added.]

The system immediately gave him that explanation in his mind.

"New control rights?" Rosha frowned slightly, not quite understanding.

[Vanessa Marianna is purchasing the other two Devil Fruits in order to give them to Wilson Fisk.]

With that explanation from the system, Rosha suddenly understood.

Of course. If the items were given to Kingpin, then Kingpin would gain control rights over them.

So that was the true meaning of the purchase limit mentioned by the system?

"Then, System, if Kingpin has already bought three Devil Fruits and gives money to someone else to buy Devil Fruits for him, that should also be noncompliant, right?"

Rosha asked again.

[Devil Fruits purchased using Wilson Fisk's money belong under Wilson Fisk's control rights, regardless of whether the purchaser is Wilson Fisk.]

Rosha understood now. In short, no matter what, one person could control at most three Devil Fruits.

Whether they bought all three themselves, paid someone else to buy them, or someone else bought them with their own money and gave them away;

In the end, no one could control more than three Devil Fruits in total.

Rosha understood.