Ok so it was implied staying in Elbaf could lead to time passing faster on the outside. I am massively curious if part of this is to level up people like Sabo and Koby for the final war. I also am wondering on the future Sword members vs the SHs, its one of the few fights I could see some SHs lose because Sword wouldnt be trying to kill them or capture them. I imagine the "timeskip" will be 1 or 2 years, heres some matchups and potential Sword joiners.
Luffy vs Koby = Inconclusive fight interrupted
Zoro vs Helmeppo = Zoro
Smoker vs Sanji = Draw
Sentoumaru vs Jimbei = Jimbei
Nami vs Kujaku =Draw
Hibari vs Usopp = Hibari
Brook vs Tashigi = Brook
Franky vs Grus = Grus
Drake vs Robin= Robin
Luffy vs Koby = Inconclusive fight interrupted
Zoro vs Helmeppo = Zoro
Smoker vs Sanji = Draw
Sentoumaru vs Jimbei = Jimbei
Nami vs Kujaku =Draw
Hibari vs Usopp = Hibari
Brook vs Tashigi = Brook
Franky vs Grus = Grus
Drake vs Robin= Robin