"The Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit lets its user extract the moisture from anything they touch and turn it into juice."
Kingpin looked at Rorschach and voiced the question in his heart.
"Boss, according to the catalog, this is basically a fruit for squeezing juice?"
Vanessa beside him looked just as lost.
"Fisk, Vanessa, the Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit can produce juice, but that's only a side effect. Its true core ability is extracting moisture."
"And when I say 'objects,' I don't just mean ordinary objects."
"That includes the human body."
"Extract moisture from the human body?"
Kingpin was genuinely surprised.
If that was the case, then this fruit could absolutely be used offensively.
After all, if the human body lost enough water, it would become life-threatening.
Even so, though... what did any of that have to do with poison immunity?
"Don't rush, Fisk. Let me finish and you'll understand."
Seeing the hunger for answers in their eyes, Rorschach smiled.
He didn't keep them guessing for long.
Instead, he got straight to the part they cared about most.
"It's precisely because the Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit can extract moisture that it can grant immunity to poison. More accurately, it makes the user resistant to all toxins."
"It doesn't stop the user from being poisoned in the first place."
"But it stops the poison from actually harming them."
"Because the user can extract the toxins from their body together with the moisture."
"So that's how it works!"
Kingpin and Vanessa could only marvel in disbelief.
That application of the Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit was far beyond anything they had imagined. It was such a clever, almost ridiculous twist that their minds struggled to keep up.
Neither of them had ever expected that a fruit they had completely overlooked—something they thought was only for making juice—could have such an incredible use.
The world of Devil Fruits really did feel like something out of a fairy tale.
"Fisk, don't you think this fruit is actually kind of romantic?"
Vanessa smiled.
Using such a strangely elegant method to become immune to poison... there really was something almost poetic about it.
It suited her taste perfectly.
"And that's not all. Poison immunity is only one of the Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit's most basic abilities."
"Beyond that, it can be developed in other ways too."
"For example, in combat, the user can draw moisture directly from an enemy's body. They can even fire that extracted liquid back out as an attack."
"That's right. This fruit can absolutely be developed into an offensive one."
"I have to admit," Kingpin said seriously, "that's not what I expected."
He had to admit it.
He had completely underestimated this fruit.
"And that surprises you, Fisk? I'm only halfway done."
That line instantly reignited both Kingpin and Vanessa's curiosity.
Could the Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit really do even more?
"I just talked about all the ways it can extract moisture. But in truth, that isn't the fruit's only function."
"It can also absorb moisture."
Rorschach spoke calmly beneath their fixed stares.
Absorb moisture?
Kingpin and Vanessa exchanged another blank look.
They had already lost count of how many times they'd looked at each other like this over the past few minutes.
Because they genuinely couldn't figure it out.
Extracting moisture from others made sense—it could hurt them.
But absorbing moisture into yourself?
What possible use could that have?
Draining someone else was one thing.
Absorbing more into yourself was another.
They simply couldn't imagine it.
"Open up your thinking. Let your imagination run wild."
Rorschach began guiding them with a patient smile.
"Now imagine this: if a person keeps absorbing more and more moisture into their body, what happens?"
He gave them a hint.
"The human body has a limited natural capacity."
"But the amount of moisture it can absorb... is not limited."
So if water kept pouring into the human body nonstop, then the body would...
Swell?
Like a stomach expanding after overeating?
If someone kept absorbing moisture, their body should start expanding the same way.
But what was the point of that?
Self-destruction?
No way.
Seeing that the two of them still couldn't quite break free from their normal way of thinking—which was perfectly understandable, considering they had grown up in a grounded, rational world—Rorschach stopped dragging it out.
He gave them the answer directly.
"They become a giant."
"That's right. The Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit's user can absorb moisture from others and use it to turn themselves into a giant."
Kingpin and Vanessa both froze on the spot.
Their worldviews shattered so thoroughly they may as well have exploded into dust.
Absorbing moisture and turning into a giant?
Was that really not a joke?
Were they talking about a human body here—or a sponge?
"Turn into a giant? Even after eating a Devil Fruit myself, I still find that hard to believe."
Several seconds later, Kingpin finally managed to speak, his face still full of shock.
As for Vanessa, she looked even more stunned, like someone listening to a fantasy story she couldn't quite process.
"Yes, a giant. And naturally, once the user becomes a giant, their physical strength increases dramatically as well."
"But their speed doesn't decrease."
"So the user doesn't need to worry about becoming clumsy or sluggish after transforming. There's no penalty like that."
"And of course, once they extract the excess moisture again, they can return to normal. It's very convenient."
"That's incredible. It's seriously incredible."
Vanessa couldn't help blurting it out, her face already full of excitement and longing.
"Fisk, I've decided. I want the Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit."
She made her choice on the spot, then turned to him.
"What do you think?"
"It's excellent."
Kingpin nodded without hesitation.
He was just as satisfied with the fruit as she was.
Their original core concern had only been poison resistance.
And yet now, not only did it grant full immunity to poison, it also came with powerful combat potential—and even a giant transformation that practically felt like cheating.
They had struck gold.
They had truly struck gold.