"hiGHLy RecomMENDeD to reAD paRT 2 of MAnGA"
The problem with you dumb cunts is that you think revelations to readers are revelations to the characters and the world they inhibit.
Loki led a crew of giants to sea
14 years ago. He had 8 years of pirating to get a 2.6 billion bounty. He was a known entity to the World Government.
In that time, there was never any doubt to the primacy of the Emperors. Never any doubt Whitebeard was the strongest mfer in the world or Kaidou the "Strongest Creature".
You had to be born stupid to think Oda gives a shit about retarded ass powerscaling. You barely qualify as intelligent life if you think anything has changed in the pecking order in regard to Roger and Whitebeard.
We don't need the definitive Roger flashback to know he was numero uno, though I have no doubt you cunts will be chirping different then.