"So, it's always a good idea to be more cautious when searching." More than an hour later, in a restaurant a few hundred meters away from the courtyard they had just been in, Leonard Ethan seriously said to Pierce.
After the police officer had finished questioning Leonard, someone in protective suits checked them from head to toe before letting them go, and told them they could come back after 3 pm.
Later in his conversation with the police, Leonard learned that the metal box contained mustard gas used to train soldiers during World War II, which could easily cause harm if accidentally leaked.
This was also why the police had waited a while after Leonard had sent the photos before coming over – they needed to meet up with experts from the Bolton Tang Laboratory who handled these biochemical weapons and then come together.