I'm not blaming anything. I'm simply trying to use logical reasoning as to why things played out the way they did, and how the actions of these characters affect the story beats. If you solely look for answers within the story, then the only conclusion I came to is that Zoro's a stalling addict that will put his nakama and allies in danger for the sake of stalling, which has been proven to be so within his fight with Monet, and he would of stalled with Lucci until the cows come home, and the stalling only ended abruptly because his hater/lover Sanji called him out on his bs.