The encounter with Shanks means nothing now that Luffy twerked to Kizaru & Warcury, then Twerkmu to Soyboy’s haki
Kokuto was always a viable theory, even supported by Zoro fans from a visual standpoint after Greenbull turned King into a fertilizer, but they dropped the possibility after the wifi haki
You know the only thing standing between GB and a Kokuto is the narrative of black blades being a rarity and so, reserved for Zoro to surpass Mihawk. It is understandable and I did argue for this point in the past, other than that it is a blade that is black, and blades have only been drawn as silver and black in the manga.
The prospect of the guy “wifi diffed” by Shanks having a black blade is terrifying to swordbros so I understand the rage behind your actions
But when talking about desperation, the amount of cope done on King’s behalf is next level