There are so many characters oda needs to deal with. Compared to thise , what is significance of Kidd ? What will contribute to story if he returns? Just stealing panel
Imu has 5 top tier commanders under him, the gorosei. All having conquerors and mythic zoan awakening.
In order for Luffy or Teach to be on that level, they need to have 5 top tiers on their side as well.
Luffy has Zoro and Sanji, both who will likely reach top tier. In the Wano fight, Kid and Law beat BM while Yamato fought Kaido 1v1 before Luffy.
This could possibly set up Yamato, Kid, and Law to complete “Luffy’s Gorosei”. Yamato wants to join the SHs, and while Kid and Law are their own men, they could easily fall into an alliance where they are functionally straw hats(basically what happened in Wano, dressrosa, and PH).
Kid does have his thing with Shanks tho, which means he could alternatively fall into Teach’s hands. Rocks had 3 top tiers on his crew, not counting Kaido who didn’t have his fruit and was an apprentice. Apart from Kuzan nobody really compares to the Rocks commanders. Shiryu is very unimpressive. Kid is at least a confirmed conqueror with a broken fruit.
My guess is he allies with Teach and then eventually switches to Luffy’s side at the end.
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But in any case, Imu proved that you need at least 5 top tier commanders to be king of the world(not even counting Shamrock, the marines, and others).
Teach and Luffy are both candidates for King of the World.
between the two, one of them will inevitably end up getting Kid as an ally.