It is absolutely not big hype for WB. He is staying true to his morals as a character. It wouldn't be good for him to betray Xebec I agree, cause that isn't WB but lmao at "big hype"
Big hype for the man called World's Strongest isn't running errands for another man while the narrator essentially calls it Xebec, Roger, and Garp's era.
Even having this discussion is a disservice to what WB stood for during MF. This is a textbook loss of aura. No one will be able to look at WB the same ever again. We went from him being a clear cut big dawg to celebrating him being a good first mate lmfao.
If you narrow it down to 3 non demon characters WB does not make the cut on this island. For any Yonkou that would be ok, for the WSM even at old age that is a fall from grace.