"Your name's Xie Wen, right?! Let's have another match!"
After filling his stomach and getting a good sleep, Zoro immediately sought out Xie Wen, who was petting cats, and challenged him again.
But Xie Wen, engrossed in his cats, did not even look up. He continued rubbing Klee Meow's and Hua Mei Meow's heads as he replied, "I'm busy right now. If you want to spar with swords, go find Seijūrō."
Xie Wen was not in a very good mood. Despite all its appearances in the story, Wado Ichimonji had failed to meet his expectations and only given him a single Summon Ticket fragment. Disappointed, he needed to absorb some feline energy to soothe his soul. He had no time to spar with Zoro, that hopelessly directionless fool.
"Seijūrō? Who's that?"
Rather than pestering Xie Wen relentlessly the way he had Hawk-Eye in the manga, Zoro asked curiously about Meow Jūshirō. Perhaps it was because their misunderstanding had been cleared up, and Xie Wen was not the World's Greatest Swordsman?
Whatever the reason, Xie Wen was quite pleased that Zoro knew when to back off, so he pointed to one side.
Following Xie Wen's finger, Zoro saw a little black cat sitting bolt upright nearby get to his feet and walk over to him with his head held high and chest puffed out.
"This humble one is none other than the Hiko Seijūrō Lord Xie Wen spoke of, meow."
"..."
Zoro blinked. "Ah! You can talk!"
It had to be said that Zoro had the slowest reactions of anyone Xie Wen had ever met.
Yet slow as his reactions were, Zoro recovered incredibly quickly. He immediately pointed at Meow Jūshirō and roared at Xie Wen, "Are you looking down on me?! You're actually sending a cat to spar with me!"