Chapter Four: The Toad That Ate Money

One beneficiary was the man with the gold watch who had fled customs. Director Qin ordered his officers to seize both toad and drive as anomalous evidence. At the sight of his gray uniform, the creature hid behind Lu Chen. A black coin embedded in its back became hot. It bore the Administration's closed-door badge. “It has been in one of your containment boxes,” Lu Chen said. Qin did not blink. “You are not authorized to interrogate an animal.” “It isn't obligated to go back with you.” Han deliberately kicked through the carousel breaker. During three seconds of darkness, Su pushed the toad into a medical carrier. When emergency lights returned, the box contained an ordinary bullfrog.