NOVPUBBlack Tiger was used to hearing and conveying scary words.
He still couldn’t figure out the meaning or hidden strategy of the words, and he couldn’t convey it logically, but he could endure it.
However, the longer the conversation between the crazy bears went on, the more it became difficult for Black Tiger to endure it.
‘No!’
He held on with the determination not to get caught, but Black Tiger lost one of the leaves he had collected for Jeho.
The leaf that left Black Tiger’s hand drifted away with the wind.
‘Thank goodness. It flew far away! I won’t be able to see it!’
Black Tiger was still completely still, and it wasn’t strange for there to be a few fallen leaves because the wind was blowing.
The leaves Black Tiger lost fell to the ground and mixed with the other fallen leaves.
The Bear of Hatred, the leader of the Jinwoong Palseon, gave him a glance, but that was it.
However, the Bear of Greed stared at the leaf Black Tiger had dropped with his gleaming eyes for a little longer.
‘Huh? This energy... ... .’
In that moment, a terrible energy was felt from the Bear of Greed.
It was a similar feeling as when he had infiltrated the enemy.
Heukho’s thoughts were not long in coming, thinking that there might be some connection between the Bear clan and the enemy.
The Bear of Greed opened his mouth again.
“We have to hurry. A typhoon will come soon. When the typhoon passes, it will be 100 days since Ho-ye was born, and the leader of the Ho clan will personally invite other Jin clans and hold a grand banquet. If Ho-ye’s presence grows, it will be harder to persuade Woongnyeo.”
The Bear clan seemed to be planning to move right away.
Heukho held his breath, chewing on their plan nervously.
They were planning to take the scales hidden in their hiding place and go straight to Woongnyeo.
‘We have to tell Red Tiger and Woongnyeo! ‘Even to Eunho!’
With Black Tiger’s feet, he could outrun them.
However, since the Red Tiger couple lived near the border between the Hojok and Woongjok territories, it would be too late to go there after meeting Eunho or another Hojok.
Even if he took the shortcut across Cheoniksan, it would be a close call, so he decided to prioritize meeting the Red Tiger family first.
Black Tiger, who was so absorbed in the conversation between Jinwoong Palseon and his future plans, didn’t realize that the leaf he had dropped had disappeared.
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As the sun set ahead of the typhoon, the sky became darker than usual, and the wind blew hard.
As Jinwoong Palseon left, Black Tiger hurried to his destination despite the headwind, and arrived safely before Jinwoong Palseon.
“Those scumbags are planning something like that?”
Even though Black Tiger was talking nonsense, Ungnyeo understood and believed it right away.
She trusted Black Tiger, and what he told her was something that Jinwoong Palseon, especially the Bear of Greed, would do, so she could immediately accept it.
If Red Tiger was here, he would have run out to hunt the crazy bear right away, but he was away for a while to procure supplies in preparation for the typhoon.
Thinking that Ungnyeo would be better at conveying the message to Red Tiger than he was, Black Tiger tried to leave right away.
“Then I’ll go tell Eunho and Hwangho!”
However, Ungnyeo, who cast a sharp gaze outside the window, stopped Black Tiger.
“They’re here. Hide yourselves.”
“Already!”
“I have an idea. No matter what I say, don’t be surprised and listen. I need to disband Jinwoong Palseon and destroy Liangqing while I’m at it.”
The bear woman was surrounded by an aura that reminded him of an exhibition.
It was the first time he had seen such a fierce bear woman since the time they fought against the enemy on the front lines.
Black tiger opened his mouth silently and answered briefly, “Okay!” before hiding himself.
After creating a barrier around the sleeping Jeho, the bear woman hid her murderous intent and welcomed the guest.
“I told you not to come.”
There were three bears that had come.
The bear of hatred, the bear of anger, and the bear of great desire.
Among the bears that Black tiger had seen, the bear of agony and the bear of greed were not there.
‘The bear of agony said that he would go to persuade the bear of joy and the bear of doubt. But why isn’t the bear of greed here?’
It was strange that the bear of agony, who had been the most active in planning the operation, was absent, but it was natural that the bear woman would not bring a bear she hated to the negotiating table.
Ungnyeo coldly confronted the three bears, pretending not to know anything.
The bear of hatred calmly explained that the Ung tribe was no different from being ruled by the Ho tribe, and that Ungnyeo and Jeho were Ung tribe. The bear of anger suddenly pushed the scales and raised his voice, and the bear of great desire tried to persuade them that if the Ho tribe lost the blessing of the gods, the Ung tribe’s situation would improve.
Keeping the scales and Jeho mentioned was basically threatening to put the Jeho on the scales if they failed.
Ungnyeo, who had initially refuted, gradually became quiet, her face became grave, and then nodded as if she had understood something.
“......I see. I also thought about something for the future of our family.”
“You understood it faster than I thought. You were so cold during the day.”
“There are thoughts that don’t change, but there are thoughts that change from moment to moment.”
Ungnyeo closed her eyes for a moment as usual, then opened them to collect her thoughts.
“After you were taken away, the leader of the Ho clan stopped by again. He told me what punishment he would give you and about the banquet to introduce Jeho after the typhoon passed.”
“What was that banquet like?”
“Hwangho only thinks of Jeho as a descendant of the Ho clan. It seemed like he had forgotten that he was a descendant of the Ung clan. Hwangho would know best what the Ung clan’s situation was.”
Of course, Ungnyeo didn’t care about Ung’s situation. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
He was a descendant of the Jin clan, and Jeho was just the child of Jeokho and Ungnyeo.
The reason Ungnyeo was saying this now was only to plot a plan to protect Jeho and ruin the Jinwoong Palseon.
“I understand your intentions. What should I do? No matter how good your intentions are, I will not do anything that will endanger Jeokho or my son.”
“It seems that the equipment I knew has finally returned. Woongnyeo of Sorrow, I have two requests for you.”
First, improve the scales so that they can move at a small cost.
Second, persuade Jeokho to destroy the Hosinchong.
When Woongnyeo did not hide her bewilderment at the second suggestion, the Bear of Hatred tried to persuade her again.
“In order for the Woongjok and the Hojok to live equally and fairly, the grace of the heavenly gods must disappear. The Hojok has overwhelming power, so our words cannot reach them. The land will become barren, but if the two Jinjoks join forces, there will be nothing they cannot do.”
The Hosinchongs were so numerous that it was difficult to determine their locations, and they held such great power that it was difficult to approach them, let alone destroy them.
But if he had built up a mythical specialty and was destroyed by the powerful Jeokho, it would have been a different story.
“But if he did something like that, the powerful Jeokho would never forgive him.”
“I know. We will protect Jeokho. Even Eunho and Hwangho would not do anything foolish if they thought about the balance of power.”
What the Bear of Hatred said was not a lie.
However, if Jeokho’s actions were not forgiven by the powerful Jeokho, Jeokho would not try to cover up the Ungjok by carrying it on his back.
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It was obvious that Jeokho would voluntarily accept the punishment.
Ungnyeo knew this, but Jinungpalseon did not.
Ungnyeo pretended to be worried, then made an excuse under «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» the pretext of ‘for Jeho’, and agreed with them.
“Our Jeho inherited the Ungjok’s blood. If it’s for the sake of the family, Jeokho will understand. I’ll try to persuade him.”
“We have to hurry. When the typhoon comes, there will be few people around the gun. If we take advantage of the storm to do our work, it will be easier to destroy the gun.”
“Okay. Can you show me the scales first?”
Ungnyeo carefully touched the scales they gave her.
When Ungnyeo’s elaborately shaped qi wrapped around the scales, the bear of anger stopped being angry and kept admiring them.
It seemed that the power contained in the scales had grown even stronger, even though she had only touched them briefly.
Before leaving, the bear of hatred, who had received the scales, said a word.
“There is a gun that we must destroy first.”
After hearing the explanation, Ungnyeo of sorrow concluded her speech by saying that she would guide Jeokho well.
From what Black Tiger had said, it could be inferred that the authors had already decided on the gun they wanted to destroy first.
I couldn’t figure out why he wanted to destroy the secluded Yeong-in’s self-defense gun first, but I decided to use it to plan a strategy.
After all the Jinwoong Palseon left and the sound completely disappeared, Ungnyeo spoke to the direction where Heukho was hiding.
“Jeokho will be here soon. I will persuade him to destroy the self-defense gun.”
“Huh? Why? Why do I have to destroy it!”
“My husband is too loving and honest.”
Jeokho could never hide his love for his wife and children and his personality.
Ungnyeo affectionately told him that Jeokho was bad at acting.
Heukho looked blank, not knowing why Ungnyeo was suddenly bragging about her husband.
“Jinwoong Palseon, especially the leader, Bear of Hatred, is very suspicious. After Jeokho talks to me and leaves here, he will continue to watch him. He will watch until the gun is destroyed, and then he will cooperate.”
“Oh, but?”
“If there are fully armed bears wandering around the gun in this typhoon, wouldn’t that be evidence in itself? We will be able to catch quite a few collaborators other than Jinwoong Palseon who were not here.”
Black Tiger let out a short exclamation of ‘Ah!’
Ungnyeo spoke in a slow tone so that Black Tiger could easily understand.
“Jinwoong Palseon is very annoying. It must have been they who assassinated the first leader of the bear tribe, but they couldn’t catch them because there was no evidence.”
“Really? The first leader of the bear tribe was kind and smart! They killed him?”
“Yes, that’s right. So this time, we need to get solid evidence. If there’s evidence that they plotted to destroy the gun, we can send them to the abyss..”
Ungnyeo took one of the leaves that Black Tiger was holding and wrote a short message.
She used the Red Tiger to dig a trap around Youngin’s gun, so please wait at the scene and eliminate all the traitors.
Ungnyeo said as she engraved a seal of sorrow on the leaf.
“If it’s the message from Black Tiger on the leaf of Black Tiger, I’ll move right away. Haha, even if they don’t believe you, if you testify, Jeokho’s friends will believe you.”
“Yes! I’ll tell you everything I saw and heard!”
Black Tiger said with enthusiasm.
Black Tiger didn’t understand Ungnyeo’s scheme at all, but he realized that he had a very important role to play.
His heart was pounding at the thought of dealing with the bears that killed the good Ung tribe leader and protecting Jeokho’s family.
“I’ll hold Jeokho for a little longer. Please go ahead and prepare.”
“Yes! That’s right, tell Jeho to sleep well!”
“I will.”
The black tiger left the short farewell behind and ran towards Cheoniksan.
Although rain was pouring down in the strong wind, the black tiger diligently ran using the shortcut to Cheoniksan.
Meanwhile, there was someone who was staring at this shortcut from afar.
The bear of greed snickered when he saw small footprints on the ground.
He was holding a dry leaf in his hand, as if it had rotted.
