Every chance encounter in this world was merely a reunion after a long separation. The Talons and Gotham's residents were no exception.
Of course, it was also possible for them to live in the same building without disturbing one another, or for the Talons to simply choose to kill these ordinary people. That was how they usually did things.
But before they could make a move, an unprecedented battle of human nature, following the Dark Forest Law, erupted inside the building.
All the employees in the building split into several factions and began a desperate struggle. Power, money, interests, and morality clashed; lies, betrayal, law, and justice were debated; accusations and insults, crying and screaming, endless darkness and panic spread through the steel jungle of the city center.
Logically speaking, the Court of Owls, which most wanted to drag the city into darkness and make everyone lose trust in one another, should have stood by and watched at this point. They might even have secretly pushed things along behind the scenes, waiting to see Batman's shocked and pained expression when he discovered it all.
But in reality, the ones wearing expressions of pain were the owls themselves.
Because the above was the polished version of events. The common name for this war was actually the Battle for the Toilets.
After the team of scientists in the laboratory discovered that Joker's gang was constantly attacking ground transport convoys, they chose to transport orange juice through the sewers using tree roots.
But Gotham's sewers were no highway. After thousands upon thousands of crocodiles had been stuffed into them, there was no room left for tree roots.
And Gotham City center happened to be a transportation hub. The same was true for the sewers. Tree roots frequently came and went through this area,