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Kaido and Orochi likely used that tactic because they wanted to avoid a difficult situation and they managed to do so. Kaido is a pirate after all, and to him the ends justify the means used to get to that end. As for your comment on fate, there are certain choices that are made in regards to certain circumstances and events beyond a character's control. Law had a choice to devote his life to defeating Doflamingo or not and he chose to fight him and to pull the Strawhats into the conflict just as the Strawhats had a choice to ally with him or not.

Shirahoshi could have turned in Hody Jones, but in that case I think that he might have become a martyr for the next Hody Jones just as Fisher Tiger and Arlong became symbols to rally behind. The resentment likely would have remained and festered overtime to twist perceptions and who knows maybe the Strawhats wouldn't have been able to help then. It seems to me that Hody Jones was a physical manifestation of the darkness within the hearts and minds of the people of Fishman Island. This was realized by Neptune's first son when he asked Hody why he hated humans so much and received an answer that made him realize that Hody was a monster of their own making. He was their own reflections in a twisted mirror and so they needed to confront that properly and so he asked Luffy, a human to bring them back to Zero. After his defeat, no one was willing to listen to Hody or follow him anymore since they saw the inevitable result of the hatred Hody expressed. Unfettered it leads to madness and death, it is a raging fire that consumes all in its path including the one feeding it. I honestly think that if Arlong saw what Hody Jones was doing he would be disgusted at him.

I wonder if Bartolomeo will arrive in Wano with Luffy's fleet and allies. There has been a theory that Oda will have something special planned for his 1000th episode and that is only thirty chapters away. Perhaps we will see the full extent of what his barriers can do. I want to see more of the fleet and their abilities. As for defeats, just because you cannot hurt someone does not mean that you cannot capture or restrain them and that is likely how he has lost. I look forward to seeing him really be challenged. Let us wait and see.