Chapter 118: Cat Getan in Progress (Part 2)

The sewers of Cat Getan City have a long history, and no matter which urban renovation occurred, they were basically never affected; this place is Cat Getan's darkest underground kingdom.

Basically, no Cat Getan citizen would ever idle around here for no reason; if one says that the sewers of Marvel's New York might have some strange evil scientists and good neighbors, then the sewers of Cat Getan in this period can be said to be utterly dead silent, not even vagrants or beggars would come down, because they had once heard the legend that everyone who appeared in the sewers would disappear without cause.

But Catwoman is skilled and bold; she can squeeze into any nook or cranny; to avoid Bruce's gaze, she scrambled into the sewers in a few quick moves.

Catwoman indeed possesses exceptional talent in this regard; she hadn't gone far before discovering traces of human activity near the eastern reservoir.

Originally she was just curious, so she followed these traces searching continuously, but soon, the next discovery exceeded her expectations; Catwoman found a huge conference room in the sewers.

Even if Catwoman is reckless, she knows this matter is huge; she immediately called Bruce.

Upon receiving this news, Falcone, Bruce, and Schiller arrived together; the three stood in the huge conference room; Bruce looked up at the dome hung with silk ribbons and said: "This is not something any gang or hooligans could have built..."

Indeed, the ceiling here is over ten meters high; the entire conference room utilizes massive stone support structures; setting aside the ingenuity of such architectural design, the sheer scale of the engineering work alone could not be accomplished by one or two people.

Falcone stood at the very front of that huge conference table; he appeared somewhat silent; the old godfather's gaze slid along the conference table all the way to the end, looking at Schiller who was pondering there; he asked: "You look as if you are not surprised."

"You are the same," Schiller said.

The three were all somewhat silent; finally, Bruce spoke to break the deadlock; he said: "It seems we have all guessed that a mysterious power is secretly controlling Cat Getan, and this is the evidence."

"We have all paid a terrible price for this." The speaker was Falcone; he said: "I know your doubts regarding your parents' death have not ceased, and so have mine."

The old godfather closed his eyes; he seemed to have fallen into deep thought again; he said: "My eldest son died in an equally bizarre shooting; that was also a night many years ago, but I chose to remain silent until today."

"Do you think these people are the murderers?" Bruce knocked on the table, then he looked at Schiller and said: "Professor, you should have no reason to investigate this matter, and that day when you faced that killer, you called out his name."

"You had better not be so arbitrary; then what do you think I am pursuing serial murder cases across the entire world for?" Schiller said.

Bruce frowned; he said: "You knew the secret regarding the existence of this organization long ago?"

"Not only that, I know even more, but I cannot reveal it, and even if you knew, I am afraid it would change nothing."

"What is its name?" Falcone asked.

"The Court of Owls; their killers are called Talons."

"That nursery rhyme..." Bruce suddenly remembered; a strange horror nursery rhyme has always circulated in Cat Getan City: Beware the Court of Owls, that watches all your movements, that spies upon the city of Cat Getan, that hides in the low walls and attics, that lives in your home and lies in your bed, never mention its name, or the Talons will come for your head.

Falcone fell silent; he did not continue to press further; Bruce wanted to ask more, but Schiller interrupted him; he said: "What we need to think about now is why this organization suddenly withdrew from here? This does not seem to be a good omen."

Schiller was truly very confused; how did the Court of Owls vanish overnight?

In so many comic books, he had never seen any Court of Owls slip out of Cat Getan; looking at the appearance of this conference room, it seemed to have been used only recently; how did they all vanish instantly?