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In the Dressrosa Arc, Luffy runs or rides constantly in order to reach
Doflamingo - first he rides the bull Moocy, then he rides Cabbage's horse, and
later starts running himself.

Why doesn't Luffy use his Gear Second instead to quickly reach Doflamingo? We
have seen how swiftly he moves and jumps from one place to another in Gear
Second.

I get the point that he was carrying Law with him, but I guess that shouldn't
be problem for him.


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In the Dressrosa Arc, why doesn't Luffy use Gear Second to quickly reach Doflamingo?


He isn't really running endlessly. **He is taking the shortest route towards
Doflamingo every time.** In the palace, he did not take any detours and barged
straight into the castle, going straight for Doflamingo. Then later, when the
palace was relocated, again, just jumped straight down into the city, running
straight towards Doflamingo again. Remember how he originally went over the
stone statue, as he thought it would be a short-cut, the same with the well.
There was no instance where he just _endlessly ran about_.

In short, **it would not make much sense to use up your stamina even before
the game started**. Imagine Marouane Fellaini, imagine him having an important
football match in a few hours, would it make sense for him the give it all he
has got and run towards to stadium to get there faster? It wouldn't, because
the run is not important at all and he would not be able to last until the end
of the match to his full extend. The same would happen to Luffy. Luffy is well
aware of the fact that he will need every last bit of energy he has got to
take down Doflamingo.

Additionally, as explained
[here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/8177/6166), what happens with Gear 2,
is that Luffy is drugging himself, by making his heart pump his blood around
much faster. Originally it was introduced as a major drawback as it would eat
away at his life, since his heart would have to pump at abnormal rates.
Assuming that it is still true to some extend, **it would not really make
sense to shorten your life for no aparent reason**. Keep in mind that at those
times, nobody was in real imminent danger and there was no real need for him
to get to Doflamingo asap.

On top of that, **Luffy was never running alone**. There was always someone
slower with him (Eg: Zoro, kinemon, Violla, Law, Soldier, etc), so if he would
just run off alone, he would basically leave his friends behind, unable to
protect them. So by going together, he does not put pressure on his heart, is
able to protect his friends and can have some fun along the way.


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