After neg diffing Lhitebeard, Akainu was ready to bury another Lonko.
Oda:
had Akainu been the MC, he would be too strong from the start that he would find the one piece and story would be over in a year.
Meanwhile Laido was hidding in wano because he does not want to met Akainu in nw, dude was captured by vice admirals and he was vegapanks sex slave.