Xiluo

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

Xiluo’s ordinary appearance is distinctly catlike despite his plump build. At their first meeting, he stands at least a head taller than Louis 11.

• Build: Rounded torso and cheeks, with unusually long limbs; his firm grip and thick hand calluses reveal extensive training 11.
• Hair: Short, black, slightly curled, and fluffy 11.
• Face: Habitually narrowed eyes with slit-like pupils, an almost permanent smile, and a mouthful of sharp teeth 11 12.
• Transformed appearance: His body becomes taller and slimmer, with reverse-jointed legs, clawed hands, pointed ears, and a protruding nose. Black fur covers his face, white fur covers the area below it, and his eyes have golden, narrow pupils 20.

Personality

Xiluo presents himself as cheerful, talkative, and self-deprecating. He regularly ends his speech with “meow,” flatters Louis’s talent, and claims to be in danger of failing even when he has a clear advantage. Louis regards his complaints about examination results as humblebragging 11 13 14.

His friendliness conceals a cruel streak. He deliberately lets John believe he can win before knocking him unconscious, and his first-round opponents in the first three evaluations are injured badly enough to miss their remaining matches and be eliminated. He later rejects would-be followers by comparing himself to a cat and them to mice 15 19 21.

Xiluo is proud of his undefeated record and intensely interested in finding a worthy opponent. Although he jokes about settling a match with Louis through rock-paper-scissors, he refuses to surrender when their final confrontation arrives. After losing, he accepts the result without lasting discouragement and looks forward to another match 21 25 27.

He is also politically perceptive. He recognizes the danger posed by competing CP9 factions, understands the value of powerful patrons, and openly distinguishes his own protection through his father from Louis’s vulnerability 18 22 27.

Abilities & Skills

Cat-Cat Fruit

Xiluo’s Zoan ability produces a feline beast-man transformation that greatly enhances his physical capabilities. Its exact model remains unknown 20 21 24.

• Strength: His transformed power substantially exceeds Louis’s raw strength during their final assessment 24 26.
• Agility and reflexes: The transformation improves his already exceptional speed, reactions, and aerial balance 20 26.
• Natural weapons: He uses sharp claws and teeth, including biting Stuart’s shoulder during their match 20.
• Recovery and endurance: Despite serious internal injuries from Rokuogan, he wins another fight that day and is out of bed by the following day 27.
• Limit: The transformation does not provide unlimited stamina; sustained high-speed Soru eventually leaves him breathing heavily and exhausted 26.

Soru

Soru is Xiluo’s stated specialty. He chains its bursts together so smoothly that opponents can lose sight of him entirely 20 23.

• Outpaces Stuart and attacks repeatedly before Stuart can locate him 20.
• Uses his Zoan-enhanced reactions to maintain continuous high-speed movement 20.
• Pressures Louis so heavily that Louis initially has to concentrate on evasion 26.
• Remains vulnerable to restraints and wide-area attacks that deny him room to move 26.

Shigan and Claw Techniques

Xiluo combines Finger Pistol with his natural claws to create attacks capable of breaking hardened defenses 20 26.

• Shigan Cat Claw: Tears through Stuart’s Tekkai and cuts Louis’s Tekkai-hardened hair 20 26.
• Alloy Cat Claw: Combines Finger Pistol and Rankyaku with his claws. The resulting attack can tear through steel 26 27.
• Close-range adaptability: During the final exchange, he redirects his claw toward Louis’s arm after missing his body, inflicting a deep wound 27.
• Limit: Louis’s Kami-e: Wind Rider evades Alloy Cat Claw, while an additional layer of keratin prevents Xiluo from severing his arm 26 27.

Other Six Powers Techniques

• Tekkai: Hardens his transformed body to withstand Louis’s Rankyaku barrage. Repeated hits strain the defense, and Louis’s Drill Finger Gun ultimately pierces it 26.
• Geppo: Preserves his mobility in the air after he cuts himself free from Louis’s hair 26.
• Rankyaku Tornado: Creates a tornado-like attack by curling up in midair 26.
• Rankyaku: Remains powerful enough to defeat another finalist even after Xiluo suffers severe injuries 27.

Intelligence and Institutional Knowledge

• Knows the class composition, opponents’ records, assessment rules, and CP9’s recent graduation history when he first meets Louis 11 13.
• Shares information about rivalries between CP departments, including CP9 and CP0 13.
• Has read Louis’s file before meeting him and identifies him as a potential rival 27.
• Correctly recognizes that association with Spandine could expose Louis to retaliation from the incumbent CP9 leadership 17 18.

History

Arrival at the CP9 Training Camp

Xiluo enters the camp as the West Blue Training Camp’s top student. He approaches Louis shortly after his arrival, introduces himself, and invites him to eat. During their meal, he explains that their class contains nineteen trainees and identifies Stuart and Yerika as notable opponents 11.

He proposes cooperating with Louis under the camp’s elimination system: if they are paired together, they should hold back to avoid giving other trainees an advantage. Despite warning Louis against learning several Six Powers at once, Xiluo claims that he intends to train all of them together 12 13.

In the first practical assessment, he toys with John before knocking him unconscious with one punch. By the second monthly assessment, Xiluo, Stuart, and Louis are widely recognized as the camp’s strongest trainees 15 16.

Defeating Stuart

Xiluo initially conceals both his Six Powers specialties and his Devil Fruit. When matched against Stuart, he reveals his superior Soru and then transforms, abandoning his plan to save that secret for Louis 19 20.

He breaks Stuart’s Tekkai with Shigan Cat Claw, slams him into the arena, and throws him into a wall. The victory makes Xiluo the camp’s undisputed leading trainee. He immediately challenges Louis, then later jokingly claims they can settle their eventual match through rock-paper-scissors 20 21.

CP9 Factional Conflict

Xiluo warns Louis that Spandine’s possible appointment as CP9 chief makes association with him dangerous under the current leadership. Later, Xiluo rejects a recruitment approach from Skello, reasoning that Skello cannot overcome Spandine’s powerful connections 18 22.

After both Xiluo and Louis resist recruitment, Skello turns to Stuart, who is already hostile toward them. Following Stuart’s death at Louis’s hands, Xiluo jokingly asks whether Louis intends to kill him as well 23 24.

Final Assessment

Xiluo draws Louis in the final combat assessment. Louis suggests surrendering to avoid a fight apparently intended to leave both of them injured, but Xiluo refuses, explaining that he has never lost and has waited too long for their match 25.

His transformed speed initially puts Louis on the defensive. Louis counters with wide-area hair attacks, pierces Xiluo’s Tekkai, and eventually binds him using severed hair scattered across the arena. Their final exchange pits Rokuogan against Alloy Cat Claw: Xiluo deeply wounds Louis’s arm, but Rokuogan badly injures his internal organs and leaves him unable to stand. He concedes defeat 26 27.

Despite those injuries, Xiluo wins his next match with Rankyaku before collapsing. He becomes one of seven trainees to pass the final test, though entry into CP9 still requires a separate graduation exam. The next day, he praises Louis, reveals his father’s high rank within the CP series, and warns that the graduation exam offers an opportunity for someone to betray Louis 27.

Relationships

• Louis — Fellow trainee and chosen rival. Xiluo seeks him out after reading his file, repeatedly praises his talent, and ultimately suffers his first stated defeat against him. Although he calls Louis his friend, Louis initially regards their connection as familiarity rather than friendship 11 21 24 27.
• Stuart — Rival for the camp’s leading position. Xiluo becomes particularly angry when Stuart claims he will defeat Louis, then decisively defeats and humiliates him 20.
• Yerika — Fellow trainee whom he recognizes as dangerous. He frequently belittles her chances against Louis and later teases Louis about her interest in surpassing him 11 14 25.
• John — First practical-assessment opponent. Xiluo feigns panic before knocking him unconscious; John is subsequently eliminated 15 16.
• Unnamed father — A high-ranking CP-series member whose position gives Xiluo protection that Louis lacks 27.
• Skello — CP9 faction leader whose recruitment offer Xiluo rejects 22.
• Spandine — A prospective CP9 chief whom Xiluo considers politically favored because of his powerful connections, despite calling him an idiot 18 22.

Notable Quotes

“Eh? Sorry, meow, but cats don't need to be friends with mice, do they?” 21

“I've never lost before, meow. Surrendering is something I just can't do, meow.” 25

“I've always wanted an opponent, meow, but I could never find one. Then I saw you in the files.” 27

Trivia

• Xiluo participates in fourth-wall-breaking appeals for reader support: he confronts Stuart over failing to recommend, bookmark, or tip the novel, then directly points at readers who have not supported it 19 20.
• After his defeat, he says that not joining CP0 was a good choice because he avoids worrying about the Celestial Dragons and has found a rival in Louis 27.