At that moment, their attitudes were unusually relaxed, as though everything unfolding before them had been expected.
But that calm did not last long.
A muffled boom suddenly came from the top of the giant's head, followed by a burst of flame. Smoke and dust obscured his still-calm face, and his eyes abruptly rolled upward. Then another violent explosion erupted in his abdomen, making his entire body jerk as though an invisible sledgehammer had struck him.
The explosions came so suddenly that even Luffy, standing nearby, froze for a moment.
Once the smoke cleared, the giant lowered his head to look at his body. Blood kept seeping from his wounds, and his already massive frame now looked like a mountain on the verge of collapse.
The next instant, his fury completely overwhelmed his pain.
He hauled up his enormous sword, its heavy blade scraping across the ground with an ear-piercing screech. His eyes locked onto Luffy and Naruto, almost blazing with fire.
"Someone put explosives in the booze," the giant said through gritted teeth. "There's no one here but you two. It had to be you!"
Luffy did not rush to deny it.
He looked at the wound in the giant's abdomen, then at the enormous sword already raised overhead. Instead, his expression slowly turned serious.
"I know you must be furious right now," Luffy said. "But since you won't listen to any explanation, I'll just have to knock some sense into you first."
Naruto turned to look at him.
"Are you sure that's how you want to calm down a giant?"
"It's better than letting him keep swinging wildly!" Luffy replied without hesitation. "Besides, I'll hold back."
No sooner had he said that than the enormous sword came slashing toward him.
The ground split beneath the blade, sending shattered