He might be able to push Kaido to low diff thus. Remarkable feat.
Before the chapter comes out I wanted to make a thread about Base Kaidou versus Lucci Hybrid but pitting Kaidou against these GB level guys makes him look weak, the truth is that Lucci and most of the others (even Law and Kid) have no answer to Kaido's Thunder Bagua.
So what do you think was Akainu's excuse this time?
He contradicts himself a lot with his actions, a few chapters ago he was regretful about the fact that he has a role where he keeps him behind the counter for a long time, thus being unable to actively participate in the events that are currently happening, like Blackbeard's fight against Law, something that would be possible if he were an admiral and didn't have as much responsibility as he does now, but when Kizaru tries to play that role in Akainu's place and actively participate in the events that are happening, Akainu prevents...
Are they scared of the threat Zoro is currently posing? I mean, Zoro is a conqueror these days, and that's enough to put fear in his opponents...
Since we arrived on this island of Vegapunk, the SHS are receiving insane respect for being a Yonko crew and that's because the news of Kaidou's defeat was credited to the 3 captains and not just Luffy, otherwise he would be even more respected.