and so Luffy needed nami's help to beat a filler villain
LuffyPost-timeskipcould just use Red Hawk and Haki and win instantly
Puzzle and his crew were later killed in a skirmish with the navy just a week later.
Puzzle and his crew were later killed in a skirmish with the navy just a week later.
And we never see Puzzle again. Implying that he surely perished before even making it back to the New World. Oh the drama.