hotmtlnovel Chapter 2493: Battle for the Cloak (49)
Chapter 2493: Battle for the Cloak (49)
Chapter 2493: Battle for the Cloak (Forty-nine)
"Woof... woof woof!"
A few dog barks were heard, and immediately a cat's paw appeared on the dog's nose. The bat cat pressed down Xiao Krypton's mouthpiece to stop him from barking, then turned and walked to the corner of the sewer and took a look over there.
"Sure enough..." Bat Cat muttered in a low voice, "Call twice more, Xiaoke, and see if there is any response."
The big dog swung its tail and barked twice, but there was nothing at the end of the sewer, and it was dead silent.
"Damn it, he's clearly right here, where did he hide him?... 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 unscrewed the cover of the sewer, he saw a familiar scene. This was his hometown, the Cat City Gotham.
"So where is the intruder?" asked Xiao Krypton.
Bat Cat shook his head, looking not as if he didn't know, but as if he was unsure. The two of them crawled out of the sewer, sneaked into the alley on the side of the street, passed through the alley and walked through several streets before finding another sewer entrance.
Xiao Krypton leaned over to smell it, smacked his lips, and said, "I can always smell a disgusting odor. If that's the smell of the intruder, then he must have been to the sewer."
"You can really tell the difference between the sewer stench and his..."
"Don't question my sense of smell." Xiao Krypton raised his head proudly, but was soon slapped again, and the two of them went down through the entrance.
Xiao Kr sniffed around in the sewer, while the bat cat observed traces nearby. There were some unclear footprints on the floor of the sewer, but most of them were left by cats. What led them to trace here was a half-indistinct human footprint.
It is very difficult for humans to sneak into the Cat City in an ordinary way. Although the cats in the Cat City are about the same size as humans, after all, one stands on two feet and the other on four feet. If you just walk in while standing, you will definitely be discovered.
However, there is one exception, and that is to go through the sewers. No matter which Gotham, the ecology of the sewers is quite interesting. Nothing is strange here, and no ordinary cat will snoop into the sewers. Whether sneaking in from here or hiding something here, it is much easier than entering the city directly.
So when Batcat realized that there might be an invader in the dream world, and that his destination was most likely Gotham, the cat city, he realized that this guy must have gone through the sewer.
After searching the sewer, they found half a footprint as expected. However, it was too blurry to infer the identity of the other party through this half footprint. But Batcat was acting with Superman Dog at the time. Xiao Krypton said that he smelled a bad smell around, which could hardly not arouse Batcat's vigilance.
Most people should still remember that the first time a group of people from the real Gotham came into contact with the Cat City Gotham was when the Dream of a Thousand Cats was frightened and forcibly pulled several people into the dream.
But after careful investigation, it was found that it was the Owl who wanted to usurp the authority of the Dream of a Thousand Cats and tortured and killed many cats in reality for cult rituals. At that time, they discovered that some kind of dark energy was continuously transported into the Cat City Gotham through this ritual, in order to pollute the Dream of a Thousand Cats.
Xiao Ke was not there at the time, but when he said that there was an unusual aura here, Bat Cat immediately thought of the incident.
At first, Batcat thought it might be the smell of dark energy. After all, the entire cat city Gotham has been infiltrated by Owl for so many years, and it is very likely that there is still the influence of polluted energy in the sewers.
But if they cooperated, then the sudden appearance of footprints would be a complicated matter. When Schiller and his group came here, they were disguised as cats, and the owl was also disguised as a cat. How come human footprints suddenly appeared this time? There was also some abnormal energy around the footprints?
Feeling something was wrong, Batcat and Little Krypton began searching in the sewer. It was very simple to find out whether the other party was a human or a cat. Little Krypton was a dog, and if he barked, people would realize that it was a dog, but the cats in Gotham had never seen a dog, so the reactions of the two would definitely be different.
Sure enough, when they went down the sewer again this time, Xiao Krypton had just called out twice when he heard a complaint coming from the end of the sewer, "What the hell? What's making that noise?"
An ugly cat came out from the corner at the end. His whole body was covered with crocodile-like scales, and his head was more like a reptile than a cat. His pair of vertical pupils of a cold-blooded animal stared at the bat cat that was walking over.
Seeing the classic blue eyes of the bat cat, the cat that looked like an alligator was stunned for a moment, and the bat cat obviously recognized him and tentatively called out: "Alligator cat?"
"Batcat? What are you doing here?"
Bat Cat walked up and rubbed against Crocodile Cat, then looked around the surroundings. He found that this was obviously a small base, and it looked like the Crocodile Cat's home.
"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, like that hairless cat with two bamboo legs?"
Bat Cat paused, looked at Crocodile Cat and asked, "What is a two-legged bamboo hairless cat?"
"Just a few days ago, when I was picking up trash in the sewer, I saw a very strange-looking monster. I didn't know what it was, so I called it a two-legged bamboo pole hairless cat."
"What exactly does it look like?"
Alligator Cat described it to him, and Bat Cat immediately realized that it was not a hairless cat at all, but a human being.
"That guy seemed to be holding something in his mouth. It looked like one of his kind, but he seemed unconscious. They just walked through that street over there."
Crocodile Cat pointed in a direction, and Bat Cat immediately realized that was where they had found footprints before, which meant that his guess was correct and the invader was active in this 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 would the other party kidnap this person into the dream world? And why did they come to Gotham, the cat city?
This reminded Bat Cat of the pollution of the Dream of Thousand Cats. At that time, there were too many unresolved mysteries, 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 Dream of Thousand Cats feared.
The bat cat then asked the crocodile cat what the human was dressed like. The crocodile cat tried to describe it for a long time but couldn't give a clear picture, because cats have fur and don't wear clothes, and they have no concept of clothes.
From the fragmentary words, it can be inferred that the other party seems to be wearing an ordinary human sweatshirt and a pair of jeans.
After repeated questioning, which finally made the crocodile cat furious, the bat cat finally dug out the last bit of information. There was a smiley face printed on the guy's sweatshirt, which was two bean-like eyes and a curved mouth.
A hand reached into the washing machine and pulled out the wrinkled clothes that had been spun dry, sorted them out one by one, put them on the hangers, and hung them on the balcony clothesline.
White shirt, black hoodie, dark jeans...until the dark grey sweatshirt underneath was pulled out, the hands paused.
Bruce's eyes stayed on the smiley face pattern in the center of the sweatshirt, but in the end he didn't hang it up, but threw it into the trash bag next to him.
Walking out of the balcony, Bruce heard Gordon's call. He walked over, 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 had an indescribable dryness, as if he was a dying old man.
Bruce then took out the radio from under the bed somewhat helplessly and handed it to Gordon, 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, pressed the radio to his side, and opened the battery cover of the radio with the only hand he could move.
Then he held the radio in front of him and looked carefully inside the battery compartment.
This radio was not bought by Bruce, but was the one that Gordon kept in his office when he was still sheriff to listen to nostalgic radio.
Bruce knew that Gordon was a radio enthusiast, but what he didn't know was that Gordon was interested in radio communications in the military field. His radio was not simple either. In addition to being able to listen to various channels, it could also transmit radio signals of a certain frequency. It itself was a small radio station.
Although it is impossible to communicate with the other party clearly through the radio like a regular radio station, syllables can be transmitted. As long as both parties have a tacit understanding, they can understand what is being said.
Gordon struggled to open a small switch in the battery compartment, felt for a small hole below the switch with his fingers, and then reached down and 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 would have been nervous at this time, because if a thief sneaked in, he would definitely not be able to stop the person in this state.
But today he felt a little surprised, because the person who pried open the door lock and came in was his student Ge Yin.
Ge Yin put on shoe covers very carefully, holding the pistol in one hand and leaning against the wall with the other hand, she slowly moved towards Gordon's bedroom. Soon she walked in, and the moment she looked at Gordon, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong? Sheriff, I heard the code you typed in the internal channel, and it was the same version I used when I just graduated from the police academy. Are you in trouble?"
"First, tell me what's going on with that Claw Killer."
Ge Yin showed an embarrassed expression, and then became a little ashamed. She said: "I'm 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 about whether this clawed killer was a human being.
In order to avoid looking like she was shirking responsibility, Ge Yin immediately stood up and said, "But if you give me some more time, I will definitely find some clues about him, figure out what's going on, and arrest him."
"Sheriff, don't worry, I won't let such a brutal and arrogant killer get away with it for too long, I..."
"Wait a minute." Gordon said, "Help me do something. Remember, don't let anyone find out, and don't tell anyone that you were here today."
"Sheriff..."
"I'm no longer the sheriff, Ge Yin. Now you are the one who has the power to reverse everything." Gordon looked at the student he had personally trained. He seemed to have a thousand words to say, but in the end, he only said one word, "...Go."
(End of this chapter)