No one who's saying "cross guild is inflating Mihawks bounty" is explaining how this is happening. He has no control over territory. What powerful commanders does if have access to now? Shanks crew clearly increases his bounty because where ever he goes he has strong fighter like Ben Beckmen behind him. The same with the straw hats. Law didn't gain control over the strawhats due to aligning with Luffy. In order for cross guild to inflate Mihawks bounty it would need clout of it own minus Mihawk. Where exactly is this coming from? Croc is the 2nd strongest there and he's YC1 at best. YC1 get low diffed by admirals. All of cross guilds clout comes from "Mihawk is a part of us".