Giving the protagonist group more fighting power might have looked like Dawn was acting out of twisted amusement or playing the role of a bootlicking nanny, but in truth, Dawn had a massive headache.
It was true—Dawn found this bunch incredibly troublesome.
On the surface, Dawn had bootlicked the protagonist group. After subduing Enel, he had worried they would lose an opponent to temper themselves against, so he arranged people on Sky Island to send them "experience" and hone their strength.
But in reality, Dawn was afraid the protagonist group would get wiped out and be unable to carry out his plans smoothly.
For one thing, after Lucci had been brutally thrashed by Moria again, he had trained diligently for quite a long time.
Though that useless Spandam later tricked him into going undercover, according to Dawn's investigation, Lucci had still maintained a certain level of training in his daily life.
Although he had yet to master Haki, his strength had improved to some extent.
The situation at Enies Lobby was far too chaotic. Even Dawn could not guarantee that, without exposing himself, Luffy, the protagonist, would not get utterly crushed by Lucci and thrown into Impel Down early to pick up soap.
So strengthening the protagonist group was imperative.
At the very least, these people had to follow the "plot" until the Summit War. As for the Big Mom arc, there was no need to worry at all.
As long as Sanji was still on the ship, it was a causality-bound plot point. It was bound to happen. Besides, Dawn had planted Capone Bege there as a pawn, so there was nothing to worry about.
The only real headache was everything before the Summit War.
There was no helping it. All Dawn knew was the "plot," and the plans