Right now the things doesn't look good for Larines on Egghead.
They lost almost every advantage they had, first Seraphims then Pacifistas turned against them, Buster Call is almost useless right now.
Kizaru took another blow, and won't be able to pass Luffy.
Saturn lost the command of Pacifista, and Marines were already suppose to leave the island.
If BB pirates doesn't attack SH Pirates, then they are in huge trouble.
So Oda has few options to make things interesting:
Option 1: Saturn goes all out and shows superior or equal power to Kizaru.
Saturn's healing hax is too overpowered and he already showed the ability to paralyzed Sanji+Franky at the same time, and everyone sensed a dark presence when Saturn entered the battle, so we already know he is around Marco level minimum based on this paralyzing feat:
But Saturn could be even higher than that.
I mentioned before, both Saturn and Teach showed
CoC Haki signs before Admirals in previous thread:
https://worstgen.alwaysdata.net/for...haki-sound-effects-before-admirals-did.49428/
And we know Shanks, Doflamingo has Celestial Dragon genes, so they probably take
CoC Haki heritage from them. And 5 Elders are even above Holy Knight Figarland and Celestials so it would make sense 5 Elders and Nerona Imu having CoC Haki as well.
Option 2: Red Dog makes his move to Egghead after failing to stop Kuma
Egghead was compared to Ohara, so Red Dog might be needed in terms of story if it should be compared to Ohara.
Another similarity, but this time they failed at that due to Giants.
Option 3: BB pirates making things difficult for SH Pirates by kidnapping someone or stealing something.
If its only Devon and Lafitte, then its not in terms of power but could dangerous in terms of stealth ability via Devon's shape shifting and sneak attacks with Lafitte's flight and hypnosis.
Laffitte sneaks in Marijoa:
Uses hypnotism:
Devon shape shifts: