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Faced with Hina's suspicions and constant attempts to trip him up, Uchiha Hiko took tai chi to the extreme, tossing all his pent-up frustration back at Hina and angering her badly. In the end, she furiously handed over the bounty, then dragged a group of Pirates back to the Marine base.

Hina's hostile reaction indirectly reflected the attitude of the more radical faction within the Marines after Vergo had been defeated by Hiko. They were unwilling to accept that the Marines had been beaten. Hot-blooded and ambitious by nature, they wanted to prove themselves. Vergo had merely sacrificed a little face, yet it had earned Hiko plenty of unfriendly looks.

Other Marines, such as those in Garp and Koby's camp, probably would not be swayed by Vergo's instigation.

Hiko, however, did not care in the slightest. Let them make all the fuss they wanted; he remained unmoved. It was not like he would lose any hair or flesh. Tangling with trash like them would just be a waste of time.

After collecting the bounty, Hiko headed toward the place he had arranged to meet Luo. Unfortunately, this bounty was a little too small. A Pirate crew of more than four hundred people had not even amounted to one billion berries, which left Hiko somewhat disappointed.

It was only because Hiko's expectations had been too high. In the New World, one billion berries was enough to place a bounty on the head of an influential figure. Even among the subordinates of the Four Emperors, few had bounties reaching the one-billion level. Hiko had won one billion berries from his bet with Vergo in one go, which had set the bar a little too high. Naturally, he had begun aiming much higher.

One billion berries was no small sum. Even if Hiko