Oh so tell me, who is he going to fight the next arc? I am speaking about this arc, this mission. Not the next one.
I mean, without getting super conceded about who people think Zoro should fight, then there are quite literally plenty of options:
- King: many people have the poor assumption that Zoro's feats above mean King is flimsy paper garbage to Zoro now, even if he was damaged or weakened or not. We truly don't know what Oda is setting up here anyway.
- Some Elbaf/Vegapunk/SSG type enemy: Can't know who they are yet if we dont know they exist yet so these are potentials.
- Some Level 6 impel down monster that escaped outside of who Blackbeard recruited
- Shiryu: Whos technically on the same "level" as King (he won't be by the time we get to BB) but is considered the biggest likelihood for Zoro's opponent there
- Fujitora: If no other Admiral and they are forced to fight because reasons, perfect matchup
- Monk Gorosei: carries Shodai. Is a possibility, who knows?
- Mihawk: potentially when or if Luffy fights Shanks because it works that they are allies. Again, it's assuming this is how how fight though, which I don't presume to know
There are plenty of fights to be had, doesn't mean anything Zoro has done on the roof steps on any of these characters abilities to give Zoro some trouble provided the circumstance in the narrative, which includes King depending on
Unrelated to the OP, it I've been a strong advocate for Zoro fighting King after Kaido has injured him since 997. I have posts from November/December talking about this. Not that it's GOING to happen, but I've always tried to tell people that it's a possible avenue Oda could take for Zoro because he likes putting him at a disadvantage in many cases in the past. Even fighting Pica put him at a disadvantage because he was forced to essentially play a puzzle game against that character.
Zoro being weakened or barely recovered for a YC fight is very much an Oda thing to do with the character imo, especially since he's had other instances where he's left Zoro half dead only to fight other characters before.