It seems like Jack is doing all the work while Kaido is watching, with Jack acting as the final rampart to reach Kaido
And damn dude is singlehandily destroying the Sulong Minks with Sulong Inu/Neko having to step in, all that in his slowest form
Can't wait for his hybrid form
For the Hawkins / Drake situation, it wasn't a fb after all, but the 1% survival chance Hawkins gave might have been referring to Drake
Judging by what happened after he was betrayed, maybe it was his way to pay it back to Drake, but Drake also pointing out the possibility of him betraying the crew himself, so it looks like he aims at finding as many allies as possible and with him figured out, he had no choice but to escape and ask for an alliance with Luffy and co
Slowly but surely it's turning out to my scenario where the SNs will end up facing Kaido