As far as he knew, life had not been easy for the Donquixote Family in Mary Geoise lately.
That was his guess, at least, because someone from the Donquixote Family had come to see him recently.
The Donquixote Family had never been particularly powerful among the Celestial Dragon families.
And over the years, they had lost a great deal of their strength.
Unlike other Celestial Dragon families, they had no kingdom to fall back on.
The proud Celestial Dragons had no interest in Dressrosa, either. These days, Dressrosa did not even qualify as an Affiliated Nation.
Then one day, they discovered that Doflamingo—the man who had killed his own father and been cast out of Mary Geoise—had built a sizable force.
They promised to help restore his status as a Celestial Dragon, hoping to get him to work for them.
But they approached him with supreme arrogance.
Doflamingo was not foolish enough to believe the lies of his former kin.
He knew how difficult it was to become a Celestial Dragon again.
It would require a meeting of the Celestial Dragon Council.
The Donquixote Family's approval alone meant nothing. All nineteen Celestial Dragon families in Mary Geoise would have to agree.
In other words, their promise was empty.
After everything he had been through, he would never trust those who had once been his own kind.
The way they looked down on him infuriated him. They had not spoken to him as an equal.
Doflamingo preferred to let self-interest speak for itself.
The North Blue Navy supplied him with weapons they were phasing out and recognized his position as an Underworld King in the North Blue.
In return, he regularly paid the North Blue Navy a "military sponsorship."
The power behind the operation sold him goods at a fixed price.