Only Lü Bu and Luffy remained in the center of the square.
The wind swept through the ruins, stirring up bloodstains and cherry blossom petals from the ground. The atmosphere was so oppressive it was hard to breathe.
Luffy stared fixedly at Lü Bu, his eyes bloodshot and filled with rage. Conqueror's Haki surged around him like a tsunami, black lightning crackling all over his body.
"Lü Bu, you demon! You killed so many innocent people! I'm going to send you flying!"
"Innocent?" Lü Bu scoffed, his gaze filled with disdain. "Wano Country shouldn't exist, so they deserved to die. In this world, the lives of the weak were never worth a thing."
"That's bullshit!!" Luffy roared. "Lives are never worthless! Everyone has the right to live! You're no different from the World Government or the Celestial Dragons! You're all bastards who only know how to bully the weak!"
"Different?" Lü Bu laughed, even more arrogant than before. "Of course we're different. We're stronger than they are. Only the strong have the right to make the rules. And you're nothing but trash who can't even protect his own friends."
Those words stabbed into Luffy's heart like a sharp knife.
He remembered the people of Wano Country lying in pools of blood. He remembered Tama, Momonosuke, Kin'emon, and the others.
"Aaargh!!!"
Luffy let out an earth-shaking roar and activated Gear Fourth: Bounceman. Steam shrouded his body, his muscles swelled, and he charged at Lü Bu.
"Gum-Gum King Kong Crow Gun!"
Countless enormous rubber fists rained down on Lü Bu. Every punch carried Armament Haki and enough power to raze a castle.
Lü Bu stood where he was without moving an inch. He did not even raise the Sky Piercer in his hand, merely lifting his right hand casually.
Black Conqueror's Haki