User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 985: Kaido's Big Plans/@comment-4623405-20200719182200/@comment-38216707-20200724014559

Even if Orochi does survive his decapitation, he's still going to find himself in a very bad situation. The only reason why he was able to remain in power despite all the horrible things he's done is because he had Kaido and his Beast Pirates to protect him and enforce his orders, as well as his relatives (who are now dead). Now that Kaido has made it clear that their no longer allies, Orochi's subordinate aren't going to serve him anymore since that means being Kaido's enemies. And they know what he does to his enemies. With that, Orochi won't have a single ally and would have to find a way to survive on his own while being completely surrounded by enemies from both sides.