Faced with Hina's suspicions and attempts to trip him up, Uchiha Hikaru took tai chi to the extreme, throwing all the pent-up frustration back at Hina and infuriating her. In the end, she angrily handed Hikaru the bounty, then led a group of pirates back to the Marine base.
Hina's hostile reaction indirectly reflected the attitude of the more radical people within the Marines after Vergo had been defeated by Hikaru. They were unwilling to accept that the Marines had been defeated. Deep down, they were passionate and ambitious, eager to prove themselves. Vergo had only sacrificed a little face, yet Hikaru had already drawn plenty of unfriendly looks.
Other Marines, such as those in Garp and Koby's camp, probably would not be swayed by Vergo's instigation.
Hikaru, however, did not care in the slightest. Let them raise hell if they wanted—he would stand firm. It would not cost him a hair or a pound of flesh. Tangling with trash like them was just a waste of time.
After receiving the bounty, Hikaru headed toward the place he had arranged to meet Law. Unfortunately, this bounty was a little too small. The combined total for a pirate crew of more than four hundred people did not even reach one billion Berries, which left Hikaru somewhat disappointed.
His expectations had simply been too high. In the New World, one billion Berries was enough to put a bounty on the head of a major figure. Even among the subordinates of the Four Emperors, few had bounties reaching the one-billion-Berry tier. His wager with Vergo had immediately earned him one billion Berries, setting the bar a little too high. Naturally, Hikaru's standards had risen with it.
One billion Berries was no small sum. Even if Hikaru did not care about it, quite a