The residents of Flevance did not care that Flevance had become the territory of the Dragon Hunting Pirates.
In any case, before long, there probably would not be many people left in Flevance. Let them do whatever they wanted.
Everyone was already facing death. Forget the Shichibukai—even if you brought the Five Elders here, don't expect me to pay a single berry in taxes!
Well, in the eyes of Flevance's residents, so-called kings were basically synonymous with tax collectors.
Of course, neither Enel nor Doflamingo cared much about that. Enel liked this city because Flevance allowed him to bring his strength to its fullest potential. Even his Devil Fruit development became somewhat easier here.
As for Doflamingo, that was even simpler. Platinum Lead was a type of weapon material, so of course Doflamingo needed to mine it.
What? Platinum Lead Disease? What a joke. The Dragon Hunting Pirates could already reach the moon—did mining still require human labor?
They had discovered a large number of robot production lines on the moon anyway. Why not give them all to Enel and have those little robots do the mining?
And so, Enel became Flevance's actual leader. Before long, he brought over large numbers of small robots and all kinds of mining machinery through the portal on the moon.
Now that Platinum Lead's reputation was utterly ruined, it was impossible to use it to make high-end luxury goods, pigments, seasonings, and the like.
But using it for firearm ammunition and weapon processing was no problem at all—in fact, that had always been Platinum Lead's most important use. This metal greatly increased the explosive power and lethality of firearms.
Otherwise, Platinum Lead had once been priced close to precious metals, yet the World Government had still spared no expense to process it into weapons.