Ten days passed quickly, and before they knew it, the day of Garp's public execution had arrived.
For various reasons, Dragon had not brought the Revolutionary Army's members into the operation to rescue his father on a large scale.
Whitebeard had not summoned all forty-three pirate crews under his command to set out together as he had in the original Summit War, either. After all, the person they were rescuing this time was not Ace, but Ace's grandfather, a former "Marine Hero" who had clashed with the Whitebeard Pirates plenty of times before.
So not only had Whitebeard's Grand Fleet not been summoned, but even the Whitebeard Pirates' own sixteen divisions had not all mobilized. Only a few commanders who were particularly close to Ace had brought their divisions along.
In truth, given Whitebeard's hold over his crew, if he had asked, not just his entire crew but most of the grand fleet under his command would have come to help. But again, Garp was one connection removed, after all. Unless Ace asked him directly, Whitebeard would never have done that.
Besides, Xie Wen did not recommend bringing too many people into this rescue operation either.
After all, the situation with "Uranus" remained uncertain. If it really was activated, having fewer people would make escaping easier. This was also one reason the Whitebeard Pirates had not all joined the operation.
Even so, the Whitebeard Pirates had brought no fewer people than the Revolutionary Army.
In fact, Dragon and his people had simply boarded Whitebeard's Moby Dick to travel to Marineford.
Xie Wen's Palico Research Commission, meanwhile, had split into two teams. The cats tasked with dealing with "Uranus," led by Klee Meow, stayed aboard the Dudu Paolumu, while Xie Wen took the other cats who would participate in the direct