You must be reading a different manga, i don't see where they defeated Kaido
I’m more convinced now than I ever was that Kaido cannot defeat the scabbards from a narrative perspective lol.
Let me drop my reasoning here for all you see:
As far as I’m concerned, there are 3 different outcomes to Kaido vs the Scabbards:
Outcome 1: Kaido straight up wins.
-The problem with this outcome is that it would be narratively inconsistent with Kaido vs Oden. The implication of that fight was that Oden was literally about to defeat Kaido, but when the hostage nonsense happened, Kaido turned around and won. Kaido was not strong enough to defeat Oden, he could only win through trickery. Especially now with the Scabbards re-opening the wound that Oden gave Kaido, if Oda were to turn around and have Kaido win this fight, he would be sending the message that Kaido’s own ideals are stronger than Oden’s. Which we all know Oda does not believe. With the scabbards now carrying on the will of Oden, Kaido literally cannot defeat them or the narrative would collapse in on itself. Even if Kaido pulls some bullshit to beat the scabbards, that would just be repetitive and I doubt Oda will do it again lol.
Option 2-the Scabbards straight up kill Kaido
-Again unlikely as Luffy hasn’t even thrown a punch at Kaido yet and that presumably needs to happen.
Option 3-Kaido simply cannot defeat the scabbards before Luffy shows up to finish him
-This would be the most narratively consistent as neither would Oda tarnish Oden’s will, nor would Kaido lose before Luffy even shows up lol.
So option 3 is the most likely. But I can almost guarantee with certainty that Kaido isn’t going to defeat the scabbards now lol, lest Oden’s entire life and storyline be in vein. Mark my words, I would not be surprised if Kaido curls up into a ball and cries about how terrified of Oden and the Scabbards next chapter. Oda is not done shitting on him yet.