At the same time I heard the sound beside my ear, I thought of what could have made it.
A toad!
I remembered that frogs couldn't see things that stayed still. They could only see things that moved.
And there was one very important thing: a frog's tongue was many times faster than its body!
Oh no!
Those two words flashed through my mind. At the same time, something suddenly struck me from behind, and then my entire raincoat
seemed to be grabbed by something.
I reflexively threw both hands up and crouched down!
"Rattle-rattle-rattle~"
My raincoat disappeared. The moment I crouched, something dragged it away, but there was no time to turn around and look.
I was still starving. Forget wearing a full suit of armor—I probably couldn't even enter superhuman mode.
Damn! If I hadn't been trying to avoid those two people, would I really have come out without eating anything?
This really was one misfortune after another.
Gritting my teeth, I broke into a sprint. The nearest house was only two or three meters away, and I reached it in two steps. I kicked
the door open and rushed inside. As I entered, I glanced back.
Its body was over three meters tall, covered in little bumps. Its skin reflected the light even at night, though it looked kind of limp and listless.
Most of its back was earthy yellow, while its belly was white. There was a little dirt on its body, but not much.
This... wasn't a toad. It was a bullfrog?
Without thinking, I remembered a few Sichuan dishes.
But... how big a pot would you need to cook a bullfrog this huge?
At that moment, it was biting my raincoat, but it hadn't swallowed it. No... had it spat it out?
It seemed