That's the conclusion I came to after they found out he awakened the Nika Nika fruit and beat Kaido and they gave him the same bounty as Kid and Law. Tryna act like they aren't shitting their pants right now.
Its about 6b $ even they are in the 16th century their world is much more advanced (atleast grand line) and their world is 7 times bigger than our earth
Luffy: Shanks why don't you use armoment haki? Shanks:cuz i was lazy and now i can flex on everyone for having a higher bounty than them while Being a handicap
I feel like mihawk is the same if not almost the same strength as shanks but he chooses to hold back because of his laziness. He could have been yonko but didnt like the idea of it. And was a warlord si the marines wouldnt chase him.
Now I see why oda is foreshadowing the number 56 because of Roger's bounty, he might surpass it or maybe get that amount of bounty. Or shows that he will be pirate king one day(which is quite obvious)