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Monkey D. Luffy vs. Blueno is a fight taking place during the Straw Hat Pirates' assault on Enies Lobby. It marks the first true fight with a CP9 member, as well as the reveal of Luffy's new technique, Gear Second.

Prelude
While charging through the Marine and World Government officers in his way, Luffy reaches the courthouse of Enies Lobby and notes it is a dead end before promising to rescue Nico Robin regardless. Soon after, Luffy climbs to the roof of the courthouse and sees the Tower of Justice on the other side of a chasm, which he realizes has no bridges or walkways that he can cross. However, he is interrupted when Blueno appears before him with Air Door. As Luffy recognizes him as one of the agent accompanying Rob Lucci, Blueno comments on the understated damage report they received from their intelligence before admitting that it is unheard of for a man to break in all the way to the doorstep of the World Government. When asked how long he plans to struggle, Luffy states that he will do so until he dies.

Luffy tells Blueno to get out of his way because Robin is in the Tower of Justice behind him, but Blueno merely informs him that the Straw Hat Pirates are committing a global-scale offense. When asked to explain what he means, Blueno reveals that the World Government holds influence in more than 170 countries and owns this island, which means that the Straw Hat Pirates are revolting against all of those affiliated countries, before explaining how they will be marked as criminals until they are caught and put to death. Luffy demands that he move once more, but Blueno simply states that he and his crew sealed their fates as soon as they entered the island. As Luffy begins to stretch, Blueno claims fighting against CP9's Rokushiki is useless and notes that Luffy must have observed the difference in their power back in Water 7. However, Luffy merely claims that he does not believe he will lose this time before leaping toward Blueno.

Battle
Upon seeing Luffy extending and twisting his arm, Blueno hardens his body with Tekkai, but Luffy breaks through his defense with a Gomu Gomu no Rifle to Blueno's stomach, causing him to cough up blood. Forced back by the power of the blow, a shocked Blueno notes that Luffy did not have this much power when they fought in the mansion at Water 7. When Luffy attacks him with Gomu Gomu no Gatling Gun, Blueno dodges and moves away with Soru, but Luffy notices him and grabs Blueno before punching him into a nearby dome, which collapses from the force of the impact. Luffy informs Blueno that he can do whatever he wants with the methods of the World Government because his crew only came here to take back Robin.

Blueno admits that he underestimated Luffy while mentally expressing his disbelief at Luffy being able to keep up with Soru before moving toward him with Geppo. Noting direct hits will not work on a rubber man, Blueno fires an air slash at Luffy with Rankyaku before following up with another slash when Luffy dodges the first. After Luffy leaps into the air to avoid the second slash, Blueno uses Tekkai "Rin" to pursue him, forcing Luffy to move back all the way to a nearby wall, at which point Blueno opens a door in the ground with Door Door and uses it to move under Luffy, whose feet he traps in the ground with two more doors. When Blueno appears before him, Luffy demands to know if this is the power of a Devil Fruit, prompting Blueno to reveal he is a Door Man who can turn anything into a door before using Kaiten Door on Luffy's head, causing a section of it to begin spinning around. Bewildered by this, Luffy tries to figure out where his front is as Blueno fires another air slice at him with Rankyaku.

However, Luffy manages to avoid the slash by breaking through the ground beneath him and hiding there. As he hops back up to the roof, Luffy feels his face and notes the door on it has closed, prompting Blueno to state a door must close if it is opened before complimenting Luffy for avoiding his Ranyaku. As Luffy dismissed his feat as nothing of note, Blueno attacks him with a sweeping kick, forcing Luffy to dodge it by leaning back before swinging at Blueno, who moves behind him and into the air with Geppo. Blueno attacks Luffy from above with Shigan, but Luffy merely rolls away, prompting Blueno to move above him with Soru before attacking him with Tekkai "Sai", which heavily craters the ground as Luffy leaps away. Upon seeing Luffy running toward him and using Gomu Gomu no Bullet, Blueno counters with a punch strengthened by Tekkai before proceeding to block a series of rapid blows from Luffy. When Blueno kicks at him in preparation for using Rankyaku, Luffy manages to divert it with his own kick, causing the air slash to be angled above him and thus miss. Seeing this, Blueno notes Luffy's incredible physical ability as Luffy claims he will not be any good if he remains the way he is now. Luffy explains that he needs to become stronger because he will not be able to protect his weaker crewmates from the strong people waiting on the ocean ahead. When Blueno asks him what he plans to do in order to achieve this, Luffy pushes his knees down like a pump while revealing he has found a way to fight with all his strength so he will never have to lose anyone. As his body begins to emit steam, Luffy claims Blueno will no longer be able to keep up with him before activating Gear Second.

Questioning what Luffy is claiming, Blueno asks him what he is trying to do, only for Luffy to state he is glad he met Blueno here before preparing to attack. Blueno taunts Luffy to try and hit him before attempting to move away with Soru, but Luffy hits him in the abdomen with Gomu Gomu no Jet Pistol, causing Blueno to cough up blood and knocking him on his back. When Luffy moves away, a shocked Blueno notes he cannot see Luffy at all before being punched away by Luffy, who appears next to him. After being slammed into the ground by Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Jet Stamp, a panting Blueno realizes Luffy has learned how to use Soru and uses Air Door to move into an alternate dimension. Noting that Luffy's body is strong enough for him to use the technique easily, Blueno claims that no one can beat Rokushiki users in speed before deciding to make Luffy's entire body a door so he can stop his movement. However, when Blueno appears behind Luffy and attempts to grab him, Luffy quickly moves away and explains how he saw Blueno kick the ground over ten times in an instant when he was using Soru before stating he is glad to know there is a way to move like this. As Luffy rushes toward him with his arms stretched out behind him, Blueno decides to withstand his attack with the strongest Tekkai and uses Tekkai "Go" as Luffy hits him with Gomu Gomu no Jet Bazooka. Though he is pushed back several feet, Blueno looks at Luffy and grins, causing Luffy to admit he is tough before deciding to show him something even more interesting. However, as Luffy prepares to bite his thumb, an unconscious Blueno collapses.

Aftermath
Deactivating Gear Second, Luffy notes that exhaustion must mean his body has not gotten used to Gear Second yet before noting that it does not matter and that Blueno has already wasted much of his time. Eventually, Blueno regains consciousness and uses his powers to hide himself and his fellow CP9 agents within an alternate dimension, allowing them to survive the Buster Call ordered on Enies Lobby.