Chapter 2519: Battle for the Cloak (Forty-Nine)

Chapter 2493: The Battle for the Cape (Forty-nine)

"Woof...Woof!"

A few dog barks were heard, and a cat's paw immediately appeared on the dog's nose. Batcat pressed down Xiaoke's mouthpiece to stop him from barking, and turned to the corner of the sewer and looked over there.

"Sure enough..." Batcat muttered in a low voice: "Bark twice more, Xiaoke, and see if there is any response."

The big dog shook his tail and barked twice more, but the end of the sewer was dead and there was nothing.

"Damn it, it's clearly here, where did he hide the person?...Forget it, let's go up and take a look first."

The cat and the dog found the exit of the sewer as quickly as possible. After the little cat head unscrewed the cover of the sewer, he saw a familiar scene. This was his hometown, Gotham, the cat city.

"So where is the invader?" Xiaoke asked.

The bat cat shook his head. It looked like he didn't know, but he was unsure. The two of them crawled out of the sewer and sneaked into the alley on the street. After passing through the alley and walking a few streets, they found another sewer entrance.

Xiao Ke leaned over to smell it, smacked his lips, and said, "I can always smell a disgusting smell. If that intruder smells like this, then he must have been to the sewer."

"You can really tell the difference between the stench of the sewer and his..."

"Don't question my sense of smell." Xiao Ke raised his head proudly, but was soon slapped again. The two of them crawled down through this entrance.

Xiao Ke sniffed left and right in the sewer, while the bat cat observed the traces nearby. There were some blurred footprints on the platform of the sewer, but most of them were left by cats, and what led them to here was a half-blurred human footprint.

It is very difficult for humans to sneak into Cat City in an ordinary way. Although the size of cats in Cat City is about the same as that of humans, one is on two feet and the other is on four feet. If you walk in standing like this, you will definitely be discovered.

However, there is an exception, that is, walking through the sewer. No matter which Gotham, the ecology of the sewer is quite wonderful. It is not strange to see anything here. No ordinary cat will spy on the sewer. Whether it is sneaking in from here or hiding something here, it is much easier than entering the city directly.

So when he realized that there might be an intruder in the dream world, and his landing point was very likely to be Gotham, the bat cat realized that this guy must have walked through the sewer.

After searching the sewer, as expected, half a footprint was found, but because it was too blurry, it was difficult to infer the identity of the other party through this half footprint, but at that time the bat cat was acting with Superman Dog. Xiao Krypton said that he smelled a stench around, which made it difficult not to arouse the bat cat's vigilance.

Most people should still remember that the first time a group of people from the real Gotham came into contact with Cat City Gotham, the Dream of Thousand Cats was frightened and forced several people into the dream.

However, after careful investigation, it was the Owl who wanted to usurp the authority of the Dream of Thousand Cats and killed many cats in reality for cult rituals. At that time, they found that some kind of dark energy was continuously transported into Cat City Gotham through this ritual to pollute the Dream of Thousand Cats.

Xiao Krypton was not there at the time, but when he said that there was an abnormal breath here, Bat Cat immediately thought of this incident.

At first, Bat Cat thought it might be the smell of that kind of dark energy. After all, the entire Cat City Gotham has been infiltrated by Owl for so many years, and there is a high possibility that the influence of polluted energy remains in the sewer.

But if they cooperate, the sudden appearance of footprints is not so simple. Schiller and his group who came here at that time were disguised as cats, and the Owl was also disguised as a cat. Why did human footprints suddenly appear this time? There happened to be some abnormal energy around the footprints?

Feeling something was wrong, Batcat and Little Krypton began searching in the sewer. It was easy to find out whether the other person was a human or a cat. Little Krypton was a dog. If he barked, humans would realize that it was a dog, but the cats in Gotham had never seen a dog, so the reactions of the two must be different.

Sure enough, when they went down the sewer again this time, Little Krypton had just barked twice when he heard a complaint from the end of the sewer, "What the hell? What's making a noise?"

An ugly cat came out from the corner at the end. He was covered with crocodile-like scales all over his body, and his head was more like a reptile than a cat. His vertical pupils of cold-blooded animals stared at the Batcat who was walking over.

Seeing the classic blue eyes of the Batcat, the cat that looked like a crocodile was stunned for a moment, and the Batcat obviously recognized him and tentatively called out: "Crocodile cat?"

"Batcat? What are you doing here?"

The Batcat walked up and rubbed against the Crocodile Cat, then looked around the surrounding environment. He found that this was obviously a small base, which looked like the home of the Crocodile Cat.

"Why haven't you moved out yet?"

"I've adapted to life here. The sun is too strong on the ground, which is bad for my skin." Crocodile Cat led him inside, turned his head to look at the big dog behind Bat Cat and said, "What is that? Is it the robot cat you made?"

"No, he is another creature."

"Another creature, is it the same as the two-legged bamboo pole hairless cat?"

Bat Cat paused, he looked at Crocodile Cat and asked: "What is a two-legged bamboo pole hairless cat?"

"A few days ago, when I was picking up garbage in the sewer, I saw a monster with a very strange appearance. I didn't know what it was, so I called it a two-legged bamboo pole hairless cat."

"What does it look like exactly?"

Crocodile Cat described it to him, and Bat Cat immediately realized that it was not a hairless cat at all, but a human.

"That guy seemed to be holding something in his mouth, and it looked like his kind, but it seemed unconscious. They just walked through the street over there."

Crocodile Cat pointed in a direction, and Bat Cat immediately found that it was the place where they found footprints before, which meant that his speculation was correct, and the invader was active in this generation area.

However, if a person is holding another person in his arms, and that person is still unconscious, this is very likely a kidnapping case, but why did the other party kidnap this person into the dream world? Why did they come to Gotham, the cat city?

This reminded the Bat Cat of the pollution of the Thousand Cats' Dream. There were too many unsolved mysteries at that time, such as where the source of the dark energy came from, and what was the nature of the terrible pollution that even Morpheus, the god of dreams, and the Thousand Cats' Dream feared.

The Bat Cat asked the Crocodile Cat what the human was dressed like at that time. The Crocodile Cat described it for a long time but couldn't describe it clearly, because cats have fur and don't wear clothes, and they don't have any concept of clothes.

From the fragmentary words, it can be inferred that the other party seemed to be wearing an ordinary human sweater and a pair of jeans.

After repeated inquiries, the Crocodile Cat was finally annoyed, and the Bat Cat finally dug out the last bit of information. There was a smiley face printed on the guy's sweater, which was two bean-like eyes and a curved mouth.

One hand reached into the washing machine and pulled out the wrinkled clothes that were spun dry, sorted them one by one, put them on the hanger, and hung them on the clothes drying rack on the balcony.

White shirt, black hoodie, dark jeans...until the dark gray sweatshirt at the bottom was pulled out, the hands paused.

Bruce's eyes stayed on the smiley face pattern in the middle of the sweatshirt, and finally he didn't hang the clothes up, but threw them into the garbage bag next to him.

Walking out of the balcony, Bruce heard Gordon's call. After he walked over, he looked at Gordon lying on the bed and said, "What's wrong, uncle? I was just hanging clothes."

"Radio..." Gordon became older and older, and even his voice was indescribably dry, as if he was an old man who was about to die.

Bruce then took the radio out from under the bed a little helplessly and handed it to Gordon, and then reminded him, "I have to go out to work in the afternoon, don't listen to it for too long, it's better to sleep a little longer."

Soon Bruce took his work uniform and left. Gordon held the radio and listened to the latest report about the Claw Killer for a while, but soon he turned off the radio, and tried to press the radio to his side, and opened the battery cover of the radio with the only hand he could move.

Then he took the radio in front of him and carefully observed the inside of the battery compartment.

This radio was not bought by Bruce, but the one Gordon put in his office to listen to nostalgic radio when he was still the sheriff.

Bruce knew that Gordon was a radio enthusiast, but what he didn't know was that Gordon liked radio communications in the military field. His radio was not simple. In addition to being able to listen to various channels, it could also transmit radio signals of a certain frequency. It was a small radio station.

Although it was impossible to communicate with the other party clearly through the radio like a regular radio station, syllables could be transmitted. As long as both parties had a tacit understanding, they could understand what was being said.

Gordon opened a small switch in the battery compartment with some effort, and groped for a small hole under the switch with his fingers. Then he lifted up a corner of the cover with his fingers, revealing a row of buttons.

About an hour before Bruce came back, Gordon heard some movement at the door. In the past, he should be nervous at this time, because if a thief sneaked in, he would definitely not be able to stop the other party in this state.

But today he was a little surprised, because the person who pried open the door lock and came in was his student Ge Yin.

Ge Yin put on her shoe covers very carefully, holding a pistol in one hand and leaning against the wall with the other hand, slowly moving towards Gordon's bedroom. Soon she walked in, and when she looked at Gordon, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong? Sheriff, I heard the code you typed in the internal channel, or the version I used when I just graduated from the police academy. Did you get into any trouble?"

"Tell me about the claw killer first."

Ge Yin showed an embarrassed expression, and then became a little ashamed. She said: "Sorry, Sheriff, I really couldn't catch him. He... He may not be a human, but a resentful spirit."

Ge Yin was ready to be scolded by Gordon, but when she looked up, she did not see anger and disappointment in Gordon's eyes. Gordon's expression was inexplicable, as if he was really thinking seriously whether this clawed killer was a human.

In order to avoid making herself look like she was shirking responsibility, Ge Yin immediately stood up and said, "But as long as I give me some more time, I will definitely find his clues, figure out what's going on, and arrest him."

"Sheriff, don't worry, I won't let such a cruel and arrogant killer get away for too long, I..."

"Wait a minute." Gordon said, "Help me do something, remember, don't let anyone find out, and never tell anyone that you were here today."

"Sheriff..."

"I'm no longer the sheriff, Ge Yin, now you are the one who has the ability to reverse everything." Gordon looked at this student he had trained himself, and seemed to have thousands of words to say, but in the end it only turned into one word, "...Go."