Time Travel: Age of Discovery

The black market is bustling with people every day. Devil Fruits, as of now, have few buyers and many sellers. The world still believes that gaining power through the curse of being unable to swim is a great shame, which is truly absurd.

"If you want the Nature-type Smoke Fruit, other Nature-type fruits are also acceptable."

"As you command, please wait a moment while I ask you some questions."

Teya sat quietly and waited, but the other person took quite a long time to make the call, probably because he was waiting for the other party to respond.

When he smiled, Teya's heart tightened, thinking that there might be hope this time.

"Sir, you are very lucky. A customer just sold a devil fruit to me. It is the Smoke Fruit."

What an unexpected coincidence! Teya couldn't help but laugh, and the image of Smoker drooling over the smoke fruit appeared in his mind.

In this way, the devil fruits needed by the two have been obtained, and Teya is extremely happy.

"Please move to the entrance and wait. I need to hand over your gold to someone else for deposit."

Teya nodded and turned to leave.

Soon, this person took the communicator and mentioned Teya:

"Lady Lilia, our shop recently welcomed a distinguished guest with a large amount of gold. I'm afraid it's related to the previously stolen ship..."

Teya stood in front of the entrance, waiting silently, tapping the ground with his toes, showing a little hesitation.

At this moment, is it too hasty for Teyas to directly deliver the gold? Will he be ambushed?

However, Teya didn't think that these people would dare to openly betray their trust, unless this place was not a real black market.

About three minutes later, the bearded man came hurriedly, holding Teya's package in his hand and handed it to him.

"Sir, please keep this for the time being and follow me."

Teya took the backpack and took a quick glance at it, confirming that the items had not been swapped. However, the incident had only been less than a quarter of an hour, so if they had intended to swap the bags, it would have been too blatant.

Following this man out of the place full of rooms, Teya walked to the right and suddenly found that there seemed to be a staircase in front of him, leading to the surface of the ground.

The bearded man turned around and smiled, saying, "Sir, please follow me."

As expected, the end of the stairs led to a small building on the ground, and the space below was actually the town’s underground secret room.

As soon as Teya reached the stairs, he noticed a window facing the exit, and the scene outside the window was exactly the same as the route he came from, clearly visible.

However, Teya could only guess the location of this place because he had just arrived and did not pay attention to this detail.

At this moment, a female voice suddenly came from the second floor of the house. She sounded very young, as tender as a little girl, and the bearded man actually respectfully addressed her as "Sir".

I think the person upstairs is undoubtedly the so-called person in charge.

Teya went upstairs without hesitation, wondering: It's just an ordinary devil fruit, why bother the person in charge to come in person?

However, Teya realized that the matter might not be as simple as it seemed. There might be hidden secrets or even conspiracies behind it.

So I became alert and went to the second floor.

This is a wooden house with floors paved with wooden boards. The furnishings on the second floor are extremely simple, with only a table and two chairs. The four walls are empty and have no decorations. The only thing is the wide view at the back, with a view of the blue sea and blue sky.

"Please come this way, sir." The man with a small mustache looked anxious as he urged Teya to move forward, his tone revealing urgency.

At this moment, a woman's voice called out from the second floor. Although her voice was childish, it sounded young. The bearded man shouted back upstairs, calling her "Sir."

Teya didn't hesitate and walked straight forward. He wondered how a mere ordinary devil fruit could cause such a scene, even requiring the person in charge to personally intervene.

However, Teya knew that there must be something fishy about this matter, so he became more alert and went up to the second floor.

This is a wooden house with wooden floors. The second floor is very simply furnished with only a table and two chairs. There is no decoration on the surrounding walls, but you can see the vast sea behind.

"My name is Lilia, and I'm the person in charge here. You can call me Miss Lilia."

The woman came over slowly. Teya looked at her carefully and found that she had a young face but a voice that was more childish than her actual age.

"My name is Carlos."

Teya nodded and introduced himself. Lilia greeted him with a smile, invited Teya to sit down and poured him a cup of hot tea.

After Lilia sat down, Teya spoke frankly and asked her what she wanted to discuss with him.

However, Lilia did not rush to answer. Instead, she smiled calmly, advised Teya not to be anxious, and assured her that the devil fruit had been reserved for Teya.

After saying that, Lilia sighed lightly under Thea's half-believing and half-doubting gaze, walked to the table, took out a small box, and after opening it, a devil fruit suddenly appeared.

Although Teya didn't know much about the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, he had seen the Smoke Fruit and the Slash Fruit many times and had a deep memory of them.

Hidden in the box was the smoke fruit. Seeing this, Teya couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This subtle change did not escape Lilia's eyes.

"Mr. Carlos, I would like to ask you, why is it that you, a mere insignificant natural devil fruit,..."

Teya did not respond to Lilia's question, but instead asked, "Could it be that you are also interested in such an inconspicuous devil fruit?"

"I wouldn't dare," Lilia said politely, smiling and denying. She took a sip from the teacup on the table and said, "I'm sorry for asking so many questions."

Teya frowned slightly. Although there was no urgent time pressure at the moment, he was unwilling to waste unnecessary time here, so he urged, "Can the transaction go ahead?"

Lilia put down the teacup in her hand with a slight sound, and then restrained her smile.

"I hope you can answer my next question. Although we are a black marketeer, we have no choice but to investigate. The gold you are carrying is quite similar to what was stolen from one of our ships during a previous robbery."

Hearing this, Teya was shocked.

How could it be such a coincidence?