User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 981: More Welcoming Arrivals/@comment-73.254.157.142-20200607160435/@comment-108.83.222.210-20200609164759

Kaido is indeed cruel. He has a rather twisted sense of honor at least regarding his fights. He killed one of Orochi's allies (the one with the same devil fruit Mr. 2 had) for interfering in his battle, apologized to Oden for that, and chose to kill him personally as a form of respect. Whether or not this is actually honor or pride is debatable, but outside of that he has proven to be deceitful and cruel. Unlike Orochi he is able to fight his own battles and make people fear him without hiding behind someone else.