Reincarnated as Kaido, married Big Mom, and formed a dual-Emperor pirate crew.

Chapter 339 The Shocking Dragon

"The development of the times requires us to move forward step by step."

"While it's true that you can occasionally walk a few steps faster, if you take too big a step, you can easily tear your balls."

Kaido has given deep thought to whether to pursue the path of imperialism or populism to unify the world; his ambitions go beyond simply becoming the so-called King of the World.

From Kaido's perspective, the current state of the One Piece world is actually very similar to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of his previous life.

The world government is equivalent to the Zhou royal family when its military power had not yet declined, and the various member states are equivalent to the various vassal states that submitted to the Zhou royal family.

Non-member states and major pirate forces are equivalent to various vassal states that have already gained independent status, or barbarian states.

Against this historical backdrop, emulating the Qin and Han dynasties and establishing a unified empire was more in line with the development of the times.

Based on Kaido's knowledge of historical experience, this path should be the easiest and most successful.

In contrast, the path Joy Boy wanted to take in the original timeline was the kind that was too far-fetched and ended up causing serious problems.

It is essentially equivalent to a country that has completed the Industrial Revolution during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

This country not only wants to unify the world with its powerful military, but also wants to transform a slave society into a people's society in one fell swoop.

If this approach were taken in a world like Kaido's previous life, where there were no supernatural powers, it would theoretically be quite feasible given the technological advantage that allowed for military superiority.

But the world of One Piece is different.

Supernatural forces exist in this world.

Devil Fruit, Haki.

These supernatural forces give backward civilizations the ability to overthrow advanced civilizations.

Therefore, even if Joy Boy's ideals were theoretically correct, they became an absolute error that was impossible for most people to accept in that historical context.

Given that the vast majority of people oppose him and he possesses the power to turn the tide, it's quite normal for him to fail.

This is probably the biggest reason why the World Government, after forming a coalition to overthrow Joy Boy and Im becoming the final winner through manipulation, still dared not openly become the King of the World.

They fear repeating the mistakes of Joy Boy.

Let's talk about Luffy's era in the original timeline.

The final outcome of Luffy's era will most likely be as follows.

The Revolutionary Army replaces the original World Government and Navy, becoming a military organization solely dedicated to combating evil, while not interfering in the internal affairs of any country, unless a country reinstates slavery.

—Luffy and his crew travel between countries as a transcendent military force. This is an adventure for Luffy, but for the countries, it is considered an armed patrol. If Luffy finds a country that has crossed the so-called line of evil, he will take action and destroy that country.

—The original constituent countries became independent one after another, each establishing its own national defense forces, but at the same time they would pay a portion of the funds to support the revolutionary army, and then on this basis, they would engage in survival competition with other countries.

This can be considered a small step forward in the history of slave society, progressing from pure slavery to the Warring States period and the Qin and Han dynasties when slavery was abolished.

More than 800 years ago, Joy Boy took too big a step and broke his egg.

During Luffy's era, Kaido felt he was taking too small a step and was a little afraid to move forward.

Therefore, he decided to take the imperialist path of unification directly, taking two steps ahead of the times to completely establish a unified empire.

Otherwise, the unification of the pirate world would have to wait for many more 800-year periods.