You're Deluding Yourself

The one billion Beli Roya had taken had originally been tacitly approved by Sengoku.

Now that things had reached this point, Roya naturally had far fewer reservations.

At this moment.

Roya ordered them to leave.

It was actually a wise choice. After all, remaining embroiled in this war brought Roya no benefit.

Everything he had wanted to do was already done, so there was truly no need for him to stay any longer.

Moreover.

Sengoku clearly knew that Roya intended to leave, yet he was no longer prepared to stop him.

Sengoku knew very well that although Roya had indeed gained some advantage in their fight, it had not reached the point where Sengoku was unable to deal with him.

However, Sengoku knew that Roya still had that terrifying power he had yet to unleash.

Once Roya released that power, he would likely truly raze all of Marineford to the ground. As the Fleet Admiral, Sengoku naturally could not allow such a thing to happen.

Letting Roya leave from here would indeed cost the Navy its face, but that no longer mattered. At the very least, Sengoku had already taken action, which was enough to account for himself to those Celestial Dragons in the World Government. As for face, Sengoku believed that preserving Marine Headquarters and the lives of the Navy soldiers mattered more.

As for Roya afterward, he would leave that to the World Government. Whatever they wished to do had nothing to do with Sengoku.

For Sengoku, as Fleet Admiral, he only needed to ensure the safety of Marine Headquarters and the Navy soldiers.

After all, even if they exhausted the Navy's entire strength and mutually destroyed each other with Roya to forcibly preserve Marine Headquarters, they could not forget that Marineford still held three of the Four