Sengoku and Garp gathered the remaining Marines and reinforcements, beginning the rescue of the unconscious Marines.
Because Garp had once saved Ace, Saturn did not ask him to join the high-level battlefield. Instead, he had Garp work with Sengoku to organize the remaining Marines for rescue efforts.
On one hand, Garp's immense prestige served to inspire the Marines. On the other, the highest authorities had already lost trust in him and feared he might turn against them.
Though none of this was revealed openly, using Sengoku to keep Garp in check was an indisputable fact.
At the same time, this arrangement was also the best one for Garp.
After all, hunting down his own grandson was simply too cruel for the Hero of the Marines.
Thus, this arrangement was the best possible outcome for both the Marines and Garp.
The slaughter on the battlefield had now begun to gradually subside.
By this point, the war was effectively over for the ordinary Marines.
So while they did not truly care about the lives of these Marines, they knew the Marines would still bear the burden of suppressing the world in the future. They absolutely could not allow the Marines to be crippled by this war.
In short, it was foreseeable that after this war, the world would usher in an unprecedented upheaval.
The World Government's higher-ups therefore knew perfectly well what the future would bring.
Thus, amid the harsh conditions of the battlefield, rescuing as many elite Marines as possible had become the consensus of the World Government and Marine high command.
The fundamental purpose behind the establishment of the three major institutions—the Marines, Impel Down, and Enies Lobby—was to suppress rebellion and preserve the World Government's rule over the Pirate World.
The Marines could no longer endure any greater losses.