RBTC: Chapter 88

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"Captain, her injuries are too severe. It seems she used some life-draining technique. Even the best medical technology in the world wouldn't be able to save her. I can only temporarily preserve her life. I can't guarantee she won't die immediately."

Hogback had immediately diagnosed the Snow Woman's condition and reached this conclusion. No one in the world could save the Snow Woman in her current state. He could only use some special methods to maintain her life for a while, ensuring she wouldn't die immediately.

Seeing the Snow Woman's miserable state, Buggy knew that Hogback was right. The Snow Woman was beyond saving and was destined to die. The fact that he could temporarily preserve her life for a while was a testament to Hogback's incredible medical skills.

Buggy nodded slightly under Hogback's gaze.

Seeing Buggy nod, Hogback immediately took action. He took several vials of injection from his medical kit and injected them into the Snow Woman's body.

After two vials of medicine were injected, the Snow Woman's face instantly flushed with blood. Under everyone's gaze, she slowly opened her eyes.

"Who are you? I used that move. Shouldn't you all be dead? Are you Gote's people?"

The Snow Woman knew the price of using that move was her life. She didn't expect to be alive now. She was filled with confusion.

"We're outsiders who just arrived on the island. We're not Gote's people. You're only alive temporarily. We injected you with special medicine. You can only last for a while in this state. We want to know from you how to get out and everything about Gote."

Hearing this, the Snow Woman's face relaxed a little. She knew that Gote wouldn't have anything to ask her. Gote would want her to die immediately. How could he be here talking nonsense with her? Gote didn't need to know anything about himself from her. And she didn't recognize these people at all. They were probably really outsiders.

The Snow Woman thought for a while and said solemnly, "You want to know what? Including the way out, I can tell you everything. But I hope you can promise me that you will take care of the islanders as much as you can during this time."

The Snow Woman knew that her situation was hopeless. She was worried that after she died, Gote would immediately target the residents. He might even slaughter all the residents of the island. She needed to find a way for these residents to survive before she died.

Although she didn't know Buggy's strength, the fact that they could rescue her from under Gote's nose proved that they were quite capable. Perhaps they could save some of the islanders if they could. This was the only glimmer of hope she could find for the islanders.

"Alright. If Gote really wants to harm the island's residents, we can help you deal with him."

The Snow Woman's last words proved her good or bad nature. If she was really a human-eating monster as the legend said, she wouldn't have said these words.

And Gote was definitely not a good person. If he really slaughtered the islanders, Buggy wouldn't mind dealing with him. And now, he was very confident. Gote was definitely seriously injured from his previous situation. If they encountered each other again, Gote wouldn't be Buggy's opponent.

"Thank you."

Hearing Buggy say this, the Snow Woman realized that she had underestimated these people. Perhaps they were stronger than she imagined.

There wasn't much time left. They had to talk quickly. Otherwise, the Snow Woman might not be able to hold on before she finished telling them everything.

The Snow Woman detailed Gote's goals, the evil things he had done secretly on the island, the direction of the way out and the dangers there, and the source of her conflict with Gote.

Gote's goal was simple: to leave the island, leave this fog, and return to the outside world.

The evil things he did were that after he ruled the island, he used his methods to turn those neutral pirates into his cannon fodder, making them search for a way out. Eventually, he found that way out.

This way out was in the southwest direction of the island, three or four days away. They vaguely saw the outside world there, but there was great danger.

In that sea area, it was unclear what was going on, but dozens of Sea Kings were lurking, including large Sea Kings. Any ship that approached that area would be mercilessly destroyed. These Sea Kings blocked the way out for everyone, including Gote, who wanted to leave. It was like a natural barrier blocking everyone's way out.

Their feud stemmed from there. It was unclear whether it was Gote's idea or one of his subordinates' ideas, but they wanted to use bait to separate these Sea Kings and then defeat them one by one.

The problem was with the bait. There weren't any animals on this island that could be used as food. And fish were very common in the sea. They probably wouldn't be of much use in the sea. So, they decided to use the islanders as bait.

They started their plan without hesitation. This led to the islanders disappearing. With malicious propaganda, the legend of the Snow Woman was created.

After discovering this situation, the Snow Woman couldn't stand idly by. To save the residents, she began to cause trouble for Gote. She rescued the residents and disrupted Gote's plan. This was why Gote hadn't eliminated the Sea Kings in that sea area for over a decade.

But for some unknown reason, Gote's situation wasn't publicized. Those people didn't remember what the Snow Woman had done for them.

This was how they fought for over a decade. Because the Snow Woman was getting older and older, her strength was weakening. She was no longer Gote's opponent. This made Gote reckless. And in the past few years, the number of missing villagers had been increasing rapidly.

Based on this situation, and because the Snow Woman wasn't Gote's opponent, to avoid Gote becoming even more crazy as she got weaker, she ultimately decided to die with Gote. This was the main reason for today's battle.

The Snow Woman also introduced Gote's strength. He possessed Armament Haki and Observation Haki. And he had also eaten a Devil Fruit.

Although the Snow Woman didn't know what Devil Fruit he had eaten specifically, she had some guesses after fighting him for over a decade.

Gote might have eaten a Devil Fruit related to memory. In battle, he used this ability to directly affect his opponent's memories, thus affecting their battle rhythm. Gote then used his two types of Haki and powerful martial arts to fight his enemies.

Hearing what she said, everyone's eyes were filled with many emotions. They were very grateful to the Snow Woman. They knew the way out, and they could find a way to leave. They wouldn't be trapped here anymore.

At the same time, they were also filled with respect. The Snow Woman was willing to pay the price of her life to protect these residents who were not related to her.

Even though they thought the Snow Woman was a human-eating monster, she didn't hold any resentment. She silently dedicated herself to the villagers, and ultimately paid with her life for them. She was an elderly woman worthy of their respect.

After saying these words, under everyone's gaze, the Snow Woman's face began to turn pale again. Her entire body began to deteriorate.

But in this situation, there was no fear on her face. She couldn't even speak, but she looked at everyone with hopeful eyes. Under everyone's gaze, she fell asleep forever on this island.

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