"Ora, ora, ora!"
"Muda, muda, muda!"
Lu Ya, halfway into Gear Fourth, and Might Guy, with seven gates open, traded blows with abandon. Golden flames and blue steam set off explosion after explosion.
Great swaths of forest were destroyed. Even the ground was torn up layer after layer.
"Mushroom Head! I'd call you the strongest in this world!"
The longer Lu Ya fought, the more excited he grew. His golden flame hair blazed higher, and his rubber fists became a storm of fiery punches.
"Kid! You're the most gifted monster I've ever met!"
"Even geniuses like Kakashi and Neji pale beside you!"
Might Guy's black bowl cut shot straight up as if he'd turned into a Saiyan. With his body's restraints released, powerful chakra poured out of him.
The blur of his fists and feet was every bit a match for Lu Ya's rubber punches.
"Heh, I'm nothing special, really."
"My third brother's the real genius. He was born with Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki!"
"My eldest brother's amazing too! He's already awakened two Soul Fires!"
Lu Ya felt a little embarrassed when Might Guy called him the most gifted monster he'd ever met.
Even Shanks had awakened his Soul Fire talent by now.
Sure enough, Lu Ya was the weakest of the six brothers!
He sounded humble, but deep down, he desperately wanted to surpass his older brothers.
He simply refused to lose!
"You're nothing special?"
"Then what does that make Lee and me? People looked down on us from childhood because we had no talent for chakra!"
"Do you have any idea how much we envy geniuses like you?"
Lu Ya's humblebrag made anger flare in Might Guy's chest.
He really wanted to give this "humble" genius a beating.
"Hey, kid! Are you here to destroy Konoha?"
Might