The Thorny Rose

Elektra had merely asked casually, tossing out an example. She had not expected to get any definite answer from Rosha in the first place.

But what Elektra had not expected was that Rosha smiled as soon as he heard her question. "So you've seen the Bullet Fruit before, haven't you?"

"The Bullet Fruit?" Elektra raised an eyebrow.

"That's right. It's a fruit that allows someone to fire bullets from within their body. Whoever eats it can shoot bullets from their fingers or other parts of their body."

Rosha explained to Elektra with a serious expression, casually pulling out the Devil Fruit encyclopedia as he spoke.

He pointed to the Bullet Fruit illustrated inside. "Look, this is the Bullet Fruit."

Elektra lowered her head and looked. Sure enough, she found the Bullet Fruit in the encyclopedia.

There was even an introduction to the Bullet Fruit.

It was exactly the same as what Rosha had described, and exactly what she had seen with her own eyes.

Could Devil Fruits actually be real?

Elektra could not help wondering that to herself.

It was obvious enough. This young man could not possibly have prepared an encyclopedia like this beforehand just to fool her.

Logically speaking, the existence of this encyclopedia could only prove one thing: Devil Fruits were real!

"Shopkeeper, do you know someone named Wesley?"

After a moment of silence, Elektra looked up and fixed her eyes on Rosha as she asked.

Hearing that, Rosha understood even more clearly. It seemed Elektra really had seen the Bullet Fruit through Wesley.

Though he found it somewhat strange that Elektra had crossed paths with Wesley, Rosha still nodded.

Smiling at Elektra, he said, "Yes, Wesley once bought the Bullet Fruit from this shop."

Elektra became even more certain.

"May I look through this encyclopedia first?" Elektra asked Rosha again.

"Of course. Please, go ahead. If there's any fruit you'd like to know about, just tell me, and I can introduce it to you in detail."

"Not only that, every fruit we sell comes with a sample for tasting. Eating a sample grants you the ability for five minutes. If you're interested, you can experience it for yourself."

Rosha spoke to Elektra politely.

"You can taste one? And get the ability for five minutes?"

The moment Elektra heard that, she perked up.

She put down the encyclopedia and said to Rosha, "Then may I try the Bullet Fruit?"

Although her conversation with Rosha had basically confirmed that Wesley had bought a Devil Fruit here, Elektra still intended to verify it further.

Since she had already witnessed this supernatural phenomenon before, Elektra was relatively receptive to the idea of Devil Fruits.

"Of course. Please wait a moment."

Rosha readily agreed.

Customers willing to try samples were exactly what he liked to see.

As long as a customer tried one, they would experience the wonder of Devil Fruits firsthand. Then it would no longer be Rosha trying to sell them a Devil Fruit; the customer would be begging to buy one.

Of course, that was assuming the customer had enough money. Like that trendy guy he had received earlier, some people were simply a waste of time.

But Rosha believed Elektra was not short on money.

Rosha immediately took out a Bullet Fruit sample and handed it to Elektra.

He also kindly warned her that Devil Fruits tasted terrible.

"So this is the Bullet Fruit?"

Elektra stared at the Bullet Fruit sample in her hand. After a brief hesitation, she swallowed it in one bite.

"Wow, this thing tastes outrageously awful!"

Elektra immediately wore an expression of lingering fear.

When Rosha had warned her, she had been full of disdain. How bad could it possibly taste?

But thinking back to the terror of being dominated by that flavor just now, Elektra felt a little afraid.

That alone made her believe in Devil Fruits a little more.

After all, if this were a scam, why would the shopkeeper make the fruit taste so awful?

"Compared to the miraculous ability it grants, the taste is nothing more than an insignificant embellishment."

Rosha smiled at Elektra from the side. "Can you feel the changes in your body now?"

At first, Elektra truly had not noticed. She had been too busy reliving the shit-like taste in her mouth.

But after Rosha reminded her, Elektra immediately sensed the changes in her body.

She could feel that she had gained the ability to create bullets and fire them!

"This... this feeling..."

Elektra's eyes widened. She hurried to the entrance of the Devil Fruit Shop in two quick steps and stretched out her hand toward the outside.

With a thought—

A bullet instantly shot from the tip of her slender finger.

"It's real!"

"I really fired a bullet from my finger!"

"So that's how he did it!"

Elektra stared at her right hand and murmured in disbelief.

Devil Fruits were real!

At that moment, Elektra no longer had any doubts.

She could never have imagined that something as miraculous as Devil Fruits truly existed in this world.

Then Elektra stopped wasting words. After hastily greeting Rosha, she began carefully flipping through the encyclopedia in her hands once more.

"Take your time. If there's anything you want to know, feel free to ask. But if it's the Bullet Fruit you want, it's already out of stock."

Rosha reminded Elektra from the side.

"That's fine. The Bullet Fruit isn't really my thing." Elektra looked utterly unconcerned.

Elektra herself was a killer, an assassin. She used cold weapons, so the Bullet Fruit truly was not her thing.

The only reason she had wanted to try the Bullet Fruit was to verify whether Wesley's ability had truly come from eating a Devil Fruit. That was all.

In Elektra's view, all those other strange, miraculous, and interesting fruits were far more valuable than the Bullet Fruit.

"Shopkeeper, the thorns produced by this Thorn Fruit aren't ordinary thorns from nature, are they?"

A moment later, Elektra looked up and asked Rosha with great interest.

Elektra had taken a liking to the Thorn Fruit?

A thorny rose seemed pretty fitting.

Rosha felt this fruit suited Elektra quite well.

"Of course. I understand what you mean. The thorns produced by the Thorn Fruit are extremely durable, no weaker than blades or swords. They can even easily pierce through rock."

"If that's what you're worried about, then you have absolutely nothing to fear."

Rosha immediately explained it to Elektra.