## One Piece Chapter 388, pages 2-4: Gear Second - Chapter: 388 - Pages: 2-4 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Blueno ### Summary Page 2: Blueno tries to dismiss what he is seeing. Steam rises from Luffy's body, and Blueno says, "Emitting steam from your body... are you trying to imitate a steam engine -- what're you trying to bluff?" Luffy does not argue. He simply says, "I... am glad I met you here." Then he begins the attack name: "Gomu Gomu"... Blueno assumes the distance still favors him and says, "Are you trying to snipe me...? You're just giving me a chance to escape." Luffy's expression sharpens into a grin. "Heh... try to aim your best and hit me...!!" Blueno accepts the challenge and vanishes with "Soru," expecting his Rokushiki speed to decide the exchange. The page holds the last instant before Luffy proves that the old speed gap has disappeared. Page 3: Blueno moves with "Soru," but this time Luffy is already beyond his reading. The air cracks with motion, and Blueno's certainty turns into alarm: "I can't see him at all!!!" Luffy crosses the rooftop in a blur and drives the attack through him: "Jet Pistol!!!!" Blueno's body folds under the impact as the blow lands before he can properly defend. The sounds and reactions come in jagged pieces -- "!!!?" and "...Kuh!!!" -- because the whole point of the page is speed. Luffy is not merely punching harder; he is moving so quickly that Blueno's trained eyes, the eyes of a Rokushiki user, cannot follow the strike. Page 4: Blueno is hurled across the roof, but Luffy gives him no time to re-center. Steam curls around Luffy's body as he follows immediately, and Blueno can only cry, "Whoa!!!?" before the next attack comes. Luffy's leg snaps out with "Stamp"!!! and drives into Blueno with another brutal impact. Blueno coughs, "Gaha...!!" as the force knocks through him. The page tells the fight as pursuit: Blueno's body is displaced, Luffy closes the gap again, and every panel makes the distance between them meaningless. Gear Second has turned Luffy's rubber body into a weapon of acceleration, and Blueno is being forced to experience that change hit by hit.