General & Others So there were no stakes to the “Nothing happened” moment.

[LolonoisZolo]

Kuma was testing the crew, simple as that.
He got his answer by the end of the test; SHs are loyal nakamas and the rhm is exeptional.
If Zoro died, then who cares (in Kuma's mind), it just means that the ''world savior'' needed to find someone stronger.

 

[Roo]

Where did you get that? Find the panel of Kuma saying “I’m testing the crew”… it doesn’t exist… That’s what’s called Headcanon… Oda even has Kuma’s thoughts in sabaody in this new chapter yet he makes sure NOT to show Kuma’s thought in Thriller bark as Kuma shot a laser beam at Zoro’s head

Kuma almost killed the strawhats many times during that encounter and it no longer makes sense why he’d do that now that we know he fucking worships Luffy

Kuma literally praised Luffy for having a good crew, and mentioned Dragon by name right after showing he was familiar with their family

again, we've known this since TB