In Atlan's account, he had emphasized one point in particular: the Great West Continent under his control had come to Gotham's shores because he had sensed an unusual force erupting in Gotham several days earlier.
From his perspective, that dark force bore a striking resemblance to the dark power permeating this universe—or rather, they might simply have been the same kind of power.
When coincidences were everywhere, it meant none of them were coincidences. Batman understood that perfectly. Atlan might not have told the whole truth, but Batman believed that the shadow resembling him and the similarity between the two dark forces were not lies.
So the question was, that figure who resembled him might also have been a Batman. But it could not have been Batman from their own universe; Bruce had not even been born in that era, and Main Universe Batman did not think he looked much like Bruce.
That left the possibility of an entirely new and mysterious Batman, one who did not look like a good person.
And that dark force was Batman's primary concern. Not long ago, he had discovered the source of Gotham's evil. The culprit that had kept this city sinking deeper and deeper into corruption might have been Barbatos. Barbatos might have set his sights on him.
So Barbatos's energy had first appeared in Gotham, and now they had landed in a universe containing the same energy. Did that mean Barbatos was about to make his move?
If Barbatos had already prepared a chain of traps, then their top priority was to determine exactly who Barbatos was and what he wanted.
Batman had heard Neog Sohip's name before and had planned to investigate after returning to his own universe. But now it seemed there was no time to wait. He had