"Even if there's no way, I still have to keep listening to this bastard's bullshit."

My ears felt like they were rotting.

Maybe because he'd spent thousands of years flattering villains, his voice itself sounded convincing.
But the greed, desire, and selfishness packed into it made my ears feel as if someone had applied a corrosive esper to them.

The more I thought about it, the worse I felt, so I decided to focus on the message rather than the messenger.

"Being able to eavesdrop on the bear clan's conversation was not a bad haul. They do have the Bear Woman over there, but she said she barely interacted with the bear clan after pairing with the Black Tiger."

The Bear Woman had kept her distance from Jin Woong Palseon after the Black Tiger disappeared because she didn't know how she'd fallen into the trap; she stayed on guard.
She'd accepted deals when the price was paid, but she said she'd never taken a contract that directly harmed the tiger clan.
Because she kept her distance, she accepted the Black Tiger more easily when he returned — but the downside was she had far less information.

"The Bear of Hatred seems to know the Celestial has changed, but the others don't. It looks like the thoughts the Bear of Suspicion holds are related to that, but the mood turned sour and they stopped bringing it up. Actually, the whole conversation cut off."