- After he defeats Shiryu, and Luffy becomes PK.
- Cross Guild and SHs ally to take down the WG.
- Mihawk then challenges Zoro for the position of WSS
- Zoro defeats him and becomes WSS...and then faces the WG as the new WSS.
- Mihawk quits Cross Guild and leaves everything to Zoro
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Just a little theory for what I think happens. But im probably wrong.
My only issue is that it breaks the flow.
What are other characters doing when Mihawk fights Zoro? Why is Zoro not with them in the arc story-line dealing with whatever they are dealing with? If nothing else is happening, then it's hella awkward to just have Zoro vs Mihawk, etc.
I think the most ideal situation from a writing PoV Oda can come up with is a plot-line where Mihawk is a nemesis of SHP during the current story-line, but not particularly antagonistic or villain, because that's OOC.
Only thing I could come up with was competition for who gets to reach the OP at Laugh Tale, ig.