User blog comment:12th Supernova/Chapter 793: Bad News and Bad Translations/@comment-181.166.68.66-20150709132811/@comment-7219005-20150709140312

They probably already have a plan to deal with Shank as they are not (or at least Hawkins isn't) stupid enough just walk into a death trap. Therefore Luffy and Law probably have to go 2 vs 3 on them at some point.