There's no agenda. It's called reading and comprehending the manga. You're the one with the agenda by denying facts.
Luffy's scene had nothing to do with his attack power. The focus was on Luffy's potential since Kaido had an opportunity to see Luffy's growth by fighting him previously.
Kaido was surprised Luffy was able to obtain the power to damage him in a short amount of time. The last time they fought Luffy couldn't damage him at all. It's only been about 2 weeks since they last fought.
If you can't damage Kaido than you aren't capable of fighting him.
It's funny You honest want to go on and on about how to travel when all out use the strongest attack. Yet, completely silent over the fact Zoro was badly injured, nerfed, weakened. When fought and bested Kaido in 1v1. It's not hard to understand how much someone's strength, power, and speed would be affected if they had several broken bones.
How can you say Dead Man's Game didn't have any effect on Kaido when he was huff the first time Kaido attack afterwards.
Stop denying facts.
Same things as I said above.
Luffy acknowledgment wasn't because Luffy's attack power or damaging Kaido. All of the Scabbards did the same. The acknowledgment was because Luffy, in roughly 2 weeks, obtained the power to damage him. He was impressed by his quick growth. He couldn't do the same for Zoro because he's never faced him before.
Zoro doesn't need ACoC to cut Kaido. His dragon twisted was much more impressive than Luffy's red Rock.
That one attack countered Kaido's twister, cut through his scales, cause internal damage and rescued Luffy.
Zoro asura attack didn't contain ACoC. Yet, still had the power to scar Kaido. A feat only achieved by one other person in the entire manga. Oden needed ACoC to scar Kaido. While Luffy's King Kong internal destruction ACoC/ACoA attack couldn't even chip one of Kaido's scales.
Luffy's attack didn't even slow Kaido down. He brush it off like it with nothing.