User blog comment:Wirdang/shirahoshi on the picture/@comment-66.154.119.3-20110807144048/@comment-2031609-20110809213351

He does but he's not "technically" supposed to be associated with the Ryugu Kingdom. Yes he has responsibility to protect FI, but he's also a wanted pirate with a high bounty. Its kinda the same reason why Luffy was not really given credit for Crocodile's defeat at Alabasta; because he was a pirate and it would look bad for the WG.