That's how Law and Kid's pirate crew is. Apart from the two captains who lead them, the strength of the others is somewhat lacking in the New World. They don't have powerful Devil Fruit abilities, nor do they have any commendable physical skills or Haki!
Therefore, Law and Kid can only outsmart the alliance between the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates. With their Devil Fruit abilities, they can manage it if they are careful!
In particular, Law's Op-Op Fruit is actually a space-time type of fruit ability. By using the stealth of space-time transfer, he can avoid many informants.
Kid's abilities are also quite good. By utilizing the properties of magnetism, he can make people fly silently into the air. If the two of them combine their abilities, the possibility of infiltrating the location of the Road Poneglyph on Whole Cake Island is quite high. Even if they are eventually discovered, it won't be difficult for them to leave!
On a day when they went out to do a lot of shopping on Whole Cake Island, Law and Kid took action. Law knew that another banquet was going to be held on Whole Cake Island. Given Kaido and Big Mom's personalities, coupled with the crushing defeat in Wano Country, they would definitely drink until they dropped. This was also the best opportunity for them to sneak in and make copies of the Road Markers!
They didn't have to wait for this moment, but they didn't know the exact location of the road signs, so they needed time to search.
Then they alerted Jhin and Katakuri. Both of them knew what kind of person their leader was, so they didn't drink, just to be on the safe side for the team, lest they all get drunk and be wiped out!
Given Jin and Katakuri's strength, they wouldn't normally be a match for Law and Kid. Both of them are getting on in years and don't have much room for improvement anymore. This age is basically their peak strength, and it would be quite an achievement if they could maintain that peak for the rest of their lives!
Therefore, they never had the potential of Law and Kid, the two leaders of the new era, so it's understandable that they are no match for them now. However, Katakuri can Future Sight and is immune to countless attacks, and Khin is a special race with invincible defense and endless regeneration, which makes them very troublesome!
So Law and Kid switched opponents. In Law's Shambles, even Katakuri's Observation Haki, which Future Sight, was useless. No matter how he changed or dodged, he was always in Law's Shambles, always surrounded by Law's huge attack range, just like Monkey Sun Tathagata could not escape the Buddha's Five Finger Mountain!
However, after noticing that Kaido and Big Mom hadn't appeared, Law stopped using the Shambles to fight. He also had ambitions and wanted to become stronger. If he couldn't beat the Four Emperors, he would start with the Yonko's first mate!
Kid's abilities aren't very effective against Jhin. Even his ultimate move, the Railgun, targets slow-moving people or objects. It's not very effective against a Zoan-type Zoan user like Jhin who can move and fly at high speeds. So Kid can only absorb some metal objects to fight Jhin in close combat!
In this battle, Luo learned to Future Sight, but he learned it by cleverly combining it with the spatial domain of the Shambles, so it doesn't seem pure at all!
But Luo only needed the help of the Shambles at the beginning. As time went on and he gained experience, he was able to get rid of the Shambles's assistance. Just like a child learning to ride a bicycle, the bicycle has two training wheels on the back wheel to prevent tipping. After a while, the child can ride well without the training wheels!
Kid didn't come away empty-handed either. He learned Conqueror's Coating during the battle. He had seen Straw Hat Boy and Kaido use Conqueror's Coating in combat, and in the past two years, he had long since mastered the Conqueror's Haki!
But Conqueror's Coating never figured it out. True teachings can be summarized in a single sentence, while false teachings fill countless books. Without someone to teach him, he just couldn't figure it out!
Of course! Maybe it's not that he can't figure it out, because even if someone teaches you, you can't learn the Conqueror's Coating in one go. First, you need a direction, and then you have to work hard in that direction to reap the rewards!
However, without guidance, there's no concrete direction. Even if you stumble upon the right direction temporarily, it's difficult to achieve results quickly. Conqueror's Coating isn't something you can learn overnight; it requires a high level of talent. So, will you continue with your doubts, or try exploring in a different direction?
Perhaps Kid once guessed the right direction, but when he didn't reap the rewards in a short time, he gave up on that path. Since all the other paths were wrong, naturally there would be no gains!
However, during his battle with King, when Kid was using Armament Haki, he mistakenly wrapped Conqueror's Haki Coating his Iron Fist. At that moment, Kid finally had a clear direction. Fighting is indeed the fastest way to become stronger. King was ultimately defeated by Kid's Conqueror's Coating!
Even though Katakuri and King were defeated, Kaido and Big Mom were still drunk and unable to wake up. It's clear that their defeat to the new generation in Wano Country was a huge blow to them, making them unwilling to face reality and resorting to alcohol to numb themselves!
Even King and Katakuri were no match for the two, let alone the others. With their Devil Fruit abilities, they couldn't even manage to surround and intercept them. In the end, they still managed to obtain Big Mom's Road Poneglyph copy. Whole Cake Island is only so big; they'll find it eventually!
After leaving Whole Cake Island, Law gave Kid a copy of the road sign rubbings made in Zou, as a condition they had agreed upon when they formed a temporary alliance!
As of now, there are seven forces with the strength to compete for the One Piece. All four Four Emperors crews have three Road Poneglyphs: the Straw Hat Pirates found them themselves, the Cross Guild received them as a Luffy from Kid, Red-Hair stole them from Kid, and Vic stole them from Blackbeard!
Then came the alliance between the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, who had been removed from the ranks of the Four Emperors, and they possessed a Road Poneglyph.
Then came the Kid Pirates and the Heart Pirates, who also possessed three Road Pose.
It's not that only these seven forces are searching for the One Piece. Every pirate who sets sail wants to find One Piece, but they simply don't have the strength to do so. Even the Navy wants to find the One Piece and end the Great Pirate Era. It's just that the forces with the Road Sign have a better chance!
Among them, the Straw Hat Pirates and the Thunder God Pirates have the best chance, because they not only have three Road Poneglyphs, but also historians who can read Ancient Script.
Next up are Kaido and Big Mom. Although they only have one Road Pose, they have Pudding, a member of the Three-Eye Tribe with a third eye that can see through the truth. Who knows, someone might come looking for them with a copy of the Road Pose?
As for whether any other members of the Three-Eye Tribe are still alive, that's uncertain. But Blackbeard knows about the Three-Eye Tribe's special abilities, so there's no guarantee that others might also know. Who can say for sure?
Therefore, Robin is no longer the only one who can decipher Ancient Script, and Luffy is no longer the strongest contender for the One Piece!
Time marches on, and another two years have passed, but there has still been no progress on the news of the One Piece. The fourth Road Poneglyph has yet to be revealed, and the rubbings in the hands of others are now just worthless pieces of paper!
During this time, the Kid Pirates and the Heart Pirates also arrived at Lodestar Island one after another, but that was all. Without the four road signs to guide them, even Imu and Vic from the God Realm couldn't find Laugh Tale!
Kid is a bit impulsive, somewhat like Luffy. Knowing that Laugh Tale is somewhere in the sea ahead, how could he not go and check it out? As a result, Luffy is a cautionary tale for him; he simply couldn't find it!