"One bite is enough, right? I don't want to take another bite, meow~"
After forcing down a small piece of one pointed tip, Shalmeow tilted her head up and asked Xie Wen with tears in her eyes.
Xie Wen nodded and replied, "Yes. Eating the whole thing lets you master the ability faster, but taking just one bite is fine too. Try using the power of lightning first."
At his words, Shalmeow immediately stuffed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, now missing a tip, back into Xie Wen's hands, then set her little face and silently felt around for it...
A moment later, she turned into a bolt of lightning and flashed onto Xie Wen's shoulder.
"Heeheehee! I did it~ Thank you, Xie Wen, sweetie~ And thanks to everyone for letting me have this fruit, meow~"
With lightning still crackling over her body, Shalmeow hugged Xie Wen's head, making his scalp tingle and all his hair stand on end.
"Oh dear~ Sorry, I'm still not very good at controlling my ability, meow~"
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Shalmeow playfully stuck out her tongue as she apologized, reining in the lightning on her body.
Then Xie Wen felt his other shoulder suddenly sink. Ai Haibara Meow had leaped onto it.
"Xie Wen, could you let me study that Rumble-Rumble Fruit, meow?"
Without giving it much thought, Xie Wen handed over the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and even volunteered a reminder. "Once someone takes the first bite of a Devil Fruit, the power inside disappears. Now it's just an ordinary fruit with a strange shape and an awful taste. If you really want to study one, should I get you a different fruit?"
"No need, meow. My research doesn't require a Devil Fruit just yet..." Ai Haibara Meow fiddled with the Devil Fruit in her paws, then suddenly shouted, "Xie Wen!"