VS Luffy

And what's going on here?

He's the strongest of the Four Emperors, and you can't even activate Gear Second against him?

"Sigh... how much do they look down on him!"

"Shave!"

Moke retracted the Flame Demon; he could Luffy without even drawing his sword. He then vanished from his spot, entering a high-speed movement state.

When Moke reappeared.

Moke was already standing beside Luffy.

At the same time, Luffy's eyes were already fixed on Moke. Clearly, his Observation Haki had pinpointed Moke's location.

However, in combat, simply pinpointing the opponent's location is far from sufficient.

You also need to be fast and have good reflexes.

"Clang..."

The next second, taking advantage of his height, Moke clenched his right fist and slammed it down on Luffy's head.

"It hurts!"

Luffy in so much pain that tears were almost streaming down his face. He covered his head and dodged away from Moke.

Moke chuckled, "Let me teach you a lesson: no matter who you're facing, even if you don't attack with your full strength, you must always be on high alert. Otherwise, you'll die a horrible death..."

In closing, he emphasized one more point. "Especially with your highly phased fighting style, with my strength, I could kill you in one move before you even unleash your strongest fighting form..."

This is the biggest plot hole in One Piece.

Luffy's fighting power is divided into Gear Second, Gear Third, Gear Fourth, and Gear Fifth. There is a huge difference in fighting power between each gear.

But if you have someone strong enough to rival Gear Fifth Luffy, would you even need a second move to defeat a Luffy who hasn't activated Gear 5?

Especially after learning about Luffy's fighting style.

They could have completely denied Luffy... How many normal people would wait until their opponent unleashes their strongest fighting form before going all out?

What were you doing before?

Are you a sparring partner?

This isn't an anime... it's impossible for Katakuri and Kaido to be that considerate.

"Gear Second!"

"Gear Second" is a unique technique of "Rubber Man". When activated, Luffy's skin turns bright red and emits steam, as if he has taken a stimulant. Luffy uses his feet as pumps to accelerate blood flow and enhance his physical strength.

Luffy Gear Second

Features: Due to the unique nature of his Devil Fruit, Luffy can withstand the extremely high blood pressure brought about by Gear Second. His body, enhanced by Gear Second, allows him to perform extremely fast movements, enabling him to attack enemies without them even realizing it.

The extreme speed combined with enhanced power makes the "Gear Second" attack much more powerful than the normal attack.

To be honest, Moke is really good at developing Devil Fruit.

Even if he really did eat Paramecia Fruit— the Gum-Gum Fruit —it's still quite remarkable.

But Gear Second?

Who has the time to play games with you, one round at a time?

"Shave!"

Moke vanished once more, reappearing right in front of Luffy. Before Luffy's very eyes, his fist slammed into Luffy's head again.

"Ah!"

Luffy screamed again, clutching his head and quickly creating distance.

"Ah, this..."

Marco was also stunned at this moment.

Roronoa Zoro: "..."

He was speechless. Who did Luffy think he was standing in front of?

Those old underlings?

Or Ace?

The former is perfectly capable of playing level by level. The latter is also willing to cooperate... But Moke is neither!

I let it go the first time I got hit.

If you get hit a second time, then you deserve it.

Gear Second!

What are you thinking?

Although Luffy is his captain, sometimes he also wants to open Luffy's head and see what's inside.

"Gum-Gum Red Hawk!"

In the original Luffy also knows this move, but this Gum-Gum Fire Fist is a tribute to Ace, imitating Ace's move— Fire Fist. However, he has now learned this move as well.

However, it was something he learned through countless battles with Ace.

"Well..."

Moke's feelings were very complicated at this moment.

One reason is that seeing Luffy's move immediately reminded me of a saying, "Flame-Flame Fruit."

Suddenly, I realized that this statement makes a lot of sense.

And Luffy is really stubborn!

Since that's the case... then let me teach you how to be a decent human being first!

Moke clenched his fist, then Armament Haki Coating, and finally threw a punch towards Luffy.

"Boom!"

Armament Haki Emission, and as the fist was thrown, the Shockwave generated by the terrifying power swept towards Luffy.

Luffy's fist was directly deflected by the impact. Moreover, Moke's attack remained unabated, finally slamming heavily into Luffy's body.

"Collapse..."

Luffy was sent flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground. Fortunately, his Devil Fruit was quite special. Besides the Devil Fruit, he also possessed sharp weapons, so nothing could harm him...

So things like being hit or bumped won't cause him any harm.

He slowly stood up, but there was some blood at the corner of his mouth. Clearly, he had been injured by Moke's punch.

"Oh?"

Moke was somewhat surprised. Although he hadn't used his full strength in that punch, Luffy had only suffered minor injuries under Gear Second. This meant that Luffy's body had already reached a very high level.

With the Gear Second boost, it becomes even stronger.

"Interesting..."

Moke found it increasingly interesting, and he suddenly felt like playing around.

"Gear Third!"

This is a fusion of the Gum-Gum Red Roc, the Gum-Gum Elephant Gun, and the Rubber Fire Fist Gun, infused with Advanced Armament Haki, capable of inflicting internal damage on enemies. Its power is considerable.

But in Moke's eyes, it wasn't enough.

Moke, however, decided to play and bent down to touch the ground with his hand.

The next second, he gained the power of the Mud-Mud Fruit.

Then, Moke raised his hand and threw a punch. The next second, a large amount of mud gushed out from his arm, forming an enormous fist.

And it was wrapped in Armament Haki, and slammed towards Luffy's giant fist that was covered in flames.

"Rumble..."

Their fists collided fiercely in mid-air, sending dirt and flames flying. However, after only a brief stalemate, Luffy's attack was shattered.

Fortunately, Luffy was prepared this time and saw things were going badly.

He immediately dodged it.

They didn't let Moke continue hitting.

"Gum-Gum Elephant Gatling!"

But Luffy did not give up the attack.

After dodging the attack, he launched another attack. He put both hands into Gear Third gear, used Armament Haki Hardening, and then unleashed a flurry of blows.

Looking up, he saw "countless" giants hurtling towards him from the sky.

Moke smiled.

Six arms "grew" out from behind, adding to the original two, and simultaneously blasted into the air. After these arms were blasted out, a large amount of soil gushed out.

It transformed into a giant's fist, meeting Luffy's slamming punch head-on.