[The truth about platinum lead poisoning, the secrets of Flevance, and the Flevance royal family that destroyed everyone's future!]
[The King of Evil, the White Devil!]
[Heroes in distress: Humanitarian aid in Piltover!]
Morgans has no sense of mercy; given the chance, he could portray his escape from Big Mom as a battle of equals.
In Morgans' view, the royal family of Flevans was doomed.
We definitely can't beat Oran. Without the platinum and lead mines, these people can no longer generate profits for the World Government. The World Government has no reason to target Piltover for the sake of a royal family that has nothing left but their status.
Moreover, if his own reports were to get out, Flevance's reputation would plummet.
Having lost all the advantages of timing, location, and popular support, even a meteor shower wouldn't be enough to turn things around. Therefore, Morgans placed himself on the moral high ground and vehemently criticized the royal family of Flevans.
As a journalist, he can't keep offending people by exposing others; he also needs to build up his reputation.
"Sidil has begun its operation."
"After all, we've already tacitly approved of his actions. Rather than letting the platinum and lead business disappear, wouldn't it be better to have someone else continue to profit?"
In the same empty office, the five elders struck various poses and chatted about the news that Morgans had just announced.
The World Government knew that platinum and lead were a problem, so it only intervened in the transportation of platinum and lead products, restricting them to special projects of the World Government, which had to be transported by World Government ships in order to make a profit.
This would make it easier for world governments to extricate themselves in the event of an incident.
The newspapers are now solely criticizing Flevance without mentioning the World Government, and they also have photos of Piltover in action, and even photos of Oran personally treating patients.
It is obvious that these news reports are inextricably linked to Oran himself, but he did not mention what the World Government did in this matter, and even used rhetoric such as Frevans deceiving the World Government.
"The revenue from the platinum and lead transportation industry is not low, and if Sidi Lir has the ability to keep it going, it will be beneficial to the world government."
Nassou, who was in charge of finances, was well aware of how much profit the Frevans's operation could bring, and the World Government did not want to give up this lucrative opportunity.
"Then let's follow the newspaper's lead. The steps have been laid out. All we need to do is attack the royals of Frevans together. They themselves are no longer of any value."
Moreover, doing so better demonstrates that world governments care about citizens around the world.
Maz seconded the motion, which was also the Five Elders' consistent principle: the easier the better.
To refute this would require a great deal of effort and sacrifice of their own interests. In that case, they might as well make things difficult for the royal family of Frevans.
Since they have nothing left anyway, they can only endure the criticism and obediently take the blame for the World Government. The World Government will then allow them to continue staying here.
If we absolutely have to do something, then we'll just have to shut them up forever.
The World Government doesn't care about the life or death of ordinary kings. Even someone like Cobra, a descendant of the original 20 kings, would be eliminated if he touched on a taboo issue.
Even the kings of great powers cannot avoid this outcome, let alone royal families who have lost their territory and can no longer bring benefits to the world government.
"That's true. We don't really need to do anything. We can just let things take their course. It seems that Sidi Lier is very well prepared."
Satan turned to a new page in the newspaper and looked at the contents.
[The great King, His Majesty Siddiel Oran, has successfully conquered platinum lead poisoning and has successfully developed a device to purify platinum lead toxicity.]
His Majesty Oran stated that platinum and lead are harmless as long as they are used properly, but improper processing methods may cause more serious poisoning reactions.
Besides reputation, financial gain was also part of the objective of acquiring Frevans.
Exposing the problems with platinum and lead is for the sake of public opinion, but it would be counterproductive if it led to a decline in the sales of platinum and lead products.
Platinum and lead are generally not harmful to the human body once they are processed into finished products, except for those who use large amounts of platinum and lead as sweeteners; such behavior is somewhat akin to slow suicide.
Take this opportunity to promote your business, and you might even be able to secure a monopoly, making it impossible for other platinum and lead processing businesses to compete with Oran.
In any case, when the platinum-lead disease outbreak occurred before, many people had already started to sell off platinum and lead in large quantities, fearing that they would be affected. Some prices were even cheaper than the newly mined ore.
The ores were all acquired under Oran's instructions, which was a new order Tezoro had received recently, and they were just waiting to generate profits from them.
With the World Government's tacit approval, the news spread throughout the entire ocean in an instant. For a time, the Flevance royal family was met only with scorn, while a new voice began to emerge in Flevance.
With the residents' vote, a self-governing committee was formed in Flevans, and after their discussions, Flevans applied to merge into Piltover.
It was not a vassal state, but rather a new overseas region that became fully under the jurisdiction of Piltover.
After all, without the original royal family, the status of the Frevans member state would be in question, and it would be extremely difficult for them to become a member state again.
Platinum and lead can bring wealth, but they also realized how deadly platinum and lead can be.
Even with the new equipment in Oran, many people dare not continue to work in the platinum and lead industry.
Joining a new country was the best outcome for them; Piltover was a much better choice than their neighbors who wanted to slaughter them.
Oran did not agree, but declined. However, it was clear to everyone that the matter was already settled.
The people of Frevans were delighted, not only because of Piltover's timely assistance, but also because those who mingled in the crowd to spread the news played a significant role.
With the contrast of the Frevans royal family, all of this seems to have come naturally.
The neighboring countries around Flevance were not happy, and their idea of partitioning Flevance completely failed.
Their only chance is to do something before Frevans officially becomes part of Piltover.
For example, they could have the World Government stop Piltover, or use the pretext that Piltover was manipulating public opinion in Flevans to forcefully send troops to drive Piltover away.
However, Piltover had absolute public support, and militarily they couldn't touch it at all. With the World Government's tacit approval, all of this was ultimately settled.
Morgans' newspapers reported on the events of this period one after another, which in turn caused a new trend in North Sea.
Those living in the North Sea lawless zone began to try to immigrate to Flevance. They couldn't go to Piltover, so they just needed to join Flevance before it officially became part of Piltover.
Once Frevans is accepted by Piltover, they will naturally become members of Piltover.
Ultimately, with the World Government's tacit approval and Frevans' repeated requests, Piltover, which was originally only conducting humanitarian aid, accepted this group of people, thus completing a territorial expansion.
Given that the former royal family of Frevans had concealed the truth, causing misunderstandings among the surrounding countries, Piltover was willing to maintain its existing business relations with them and would not pursue their previous offenses when they invaded its territory.
"They're getting a good deal and then acting innocent! This is their 'savior'? He's clearly a robber!"
In a palace in a neighboring country of Flevans, a king, upon receiving a message from Flevans, angrily kicked over the table in front of him.
Judging from Oran's tone, it's already a courtesy that they didn't ask for war reparations.
"You bastard, I want it! I want it!"
The king didn't finish his sentence for a long time, but just kept glaring angrily at the people next to him.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. We have not suffered any losses in this matter, and the people do not want to go to war. Let's just let it go."
Those who can stay by the king's side all the time may not be exceptionally capable, but they will certainly be able to read the room and know their king's preferences.
Clearly, the king knew he couldn't win in a fight; he was just indulging in empty talk.
However, once the words of sending troops to attack are spoken, it is difficult to take them back, as there are indeed pro-war factions in the country who do not understand the disparity in national strength.
A nation located on the Grand Line is not necessarily powerful, but if a nation can freely travel along the Grand Line and travel to and from the four seas, then it is certainly not weak.
For the past few days, Project: Shiki has done nothing but stand near the port watching other countries' ships. They have no intention of trying to see if that sword can cut off their heads.
Their planned profits were intercepted midway, but they suffered no other losses, so they eventually accepted this explanation and took the opportunity to curse the Frevans royal family.
If you don't criticize them, then you're the one in the wrong.
The neighboring country with the strongest opinion has already tacitly accepted this, and other countries naturally have nothing to say. Any king with some ability simply thinks that the other side's methods are quite good.
Not attacking while the other party's royal family was still alive was already being polite. Previously, Judge had caused the Four Kingdoms Slaughter, killing the kings of four countries and cutting off their heads.
The world government does not support wars between member states, and there are rules prohibiting such wars. However, if a war does break out, they will only make a token mediation and then reap the benefits.
Compared to Judge's actions, Oran's methods were much more refined, although such subtle tactics are often more deadly.
Spedamaelz, a port city in a neighboring country of Frevans, is also a well-known city of waste disposal plants and warehouses, and the residence of the Don Quixote family.
Just then, a snotty-nosed man walked into a room, holding a newspaper, and said, "Dover, there's news from Flevance."
It now completely belongs to Piltover; that Sidiel took the country without shedding a drop of blood!
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