I’m raising the stakes for Blackbeard with FV — I believe Imu is a “trick” type of character; once you figure him out, you can beat him. I don’t think Kaido and Big Mom wanted to conquer the world just to ignore the World Government like that. Kaido wanted the most powerful army in the world, ancient weapons, and strong subordinates to claim the One Piece and rule the world. Big Mom too — and she’s feared by the Marines for being very intelligent. So, any display of power from Imu towards Kaido and Big Mom clearly didn’t impress them enough to make them believe he’s some absolute god who can’t be defeated — that’s the truth of it.
Because Kaido is sensible, not arrogant, and can acknowledge that Joyboy might one day defeat him — but Imu can’t. And that’s taking into account hypothetical scenarios about Joyboy.
What the hell is this?