There were plenty of similar examples, though, such as Gecko Moria, the overweight figurine collector who had likewise been defeated by Kaido in the original story.
Adrian was a little surprised, but not overly astonished.
To use a somewhat inappropriate example...
Shimotsuki Ushimaru, standing beside Zoro, was already starting to resemble "a forty-year-old Zoro who had gone down the wrong path." (Someone post the picture.)
It was a little absurd, but still believable.
"It has been a long time, Prince Ushimaru."
Adrian put aside his surprise and nodded to him in greeting.
"Have you been well lately?"
"I haven't had much exercise in a long time..." Shimotsuki Ushimaru shook his head, pulled the stopper from his sake gourd, and gulped down a mouthful. "I've picked up a bad habit instead."
Louf, Ulti, and the others found nothing strange about Shimotsuki Ushimaru's manner of speech. The people of Wano Country sometimes spoke in that uniquely literary fashion, found nowhere else on the seas.
"White, White... Are you really White Ghost?"
Zoro stared blankly at Adrian, who was chatting peacefully with Uncle Ushimaru, and finally caught on.
"The World's Greatest Swordsman?"
Ulti proudly raised her chin, ready to brag about her boss, but the unbearably excited Zoro never gave her the chance.
"I challenge you!"
Zoro instantly switched the target of his challenge, but—
Thud!
Shimotsuki Ushimaru brought his sake gourd down hard on Zoro's head again, sending a dull thump echoing around them.
"Zoro! Don't be rude to Mr. White Ghost! His kindness to us in Wa—Shimotsuki Village is as great as the mountains and as deep as the sea."
This blow from Shimotsuki Ushimaru was clearly much harder than the previous ones.
A cartoonishly huge lump immediately rose on Zoro's head, even giving off wisps of steam. It looked painful,