Chapter 388

Driven by Gear 2, Luffy crushes Blueno and finishes their fight. As the rest of the crew races toward the roof, the captain calls out to Robin that help is nearly there.

Steam billowing off his body, Luffy buries a Gomu Gomu no Jet Pistol in Blueno's gut and chains it into a Jet Stamp. The doorman concludes that these sudden bursts can only mean Luffy has somehow absorbed Soru. Retreating into his door dimension to think, Blueno is read all the same: Luffy slips behind him and reveals he counted over ten ground-kicks before the vanish. A Jet Bazooka, the rubber Gomu Gomu attack at full Gear 2 power, then blows through Blueno's Tekkai "Go," dropping him and closing the match. Winded and not yet at home in the form, Luffy grumbles that the fight ate up his time.

On the mainland, Oimo and Kashii rampage through the troops as Usopp confirms the giants now stand with the crew. Yokozuna and the Franky Family hold the plaza while Mozu and Kiwi climb the bridge towers toward the drawbridge levers. In the tower, Spandam orders Robin and Franky hauled to the Gates of Justice and calls every CP9 agent together. Watching from the gate, Kokoro tells Chimney that when the dust settles the world will remember the name of the rubber captain. The chapter ends with Luffy on the ramparts, roaring across to Robin that her rescue has arrived.

This installment seals Luffy's victory over Blueno and confirms that he has learned to reproduce the speed of Soru, with a teasing hint pointed toward a further gear. The cover delivers a Baroque Works joke: Mr. 2, disguised as a tightly bound Mr. 3, is wheeled before Hina's unit along with a note of surrender.