At a crowded blind-box auction, bidders scramble for a rumored jade toad from the Chandler ruins. Zoey’s father assures her, saying Mr. Jeremy Fox told him where it is, so they expect to win. A rival challenges Zoey to a wager: whoever wins the most valuable item makes the loser endure a slap and bark, then ups the bet to a live-streamed frog-hop from the first floor to the top of 100-plus–floor Celestia Tower. Zoey accepts. The auction’s reveal will now determine who faces the dangerous, humiliating stunt.