User blog comment:Yonkou Rome/Aokiji at Ernies lobby/@comment-3986064-20110816082830/@comment-3033934-20110816202318

that could be true that he got there when they were escaping. I guess he saw no need to pursue them. Maybe the vice-admirals feel like they need to interfere since the straw hats were low pirates or they had so many rear admirals, commanders and captains with them.