In the Batman base on Battleworld—the sprawling, interconnected cave—although the Batmen had long since established the rule of one cave per person, with no disturbing one another, they had still built a council chamber in the largest cave for the sake of holding discussions.
The council chamber retained the cave's natural appearance, but more than a dozen rows of seats had been carved into the walls. At the center of the chamber stood not a podium, but an enormous spotlight. Whenever a Batman spoke, the spotlight illuminated his seat. It achieved decentralization quite effectively, and it also suited Batman's aesthetic.
At Main Universe Batman's summons, every Batman from his faction had arrived. That was to say, the vast majority of righteous or reformed Batmen were gathered in the council chamber. This included Batmen from the Light Multiverse or derivative universes, such as Arkham Batman, Adventure Batman, and Lego Batman, as well as Batwoman, Bat-Tyrant, Bat-Monster Car, Doomsday Batman, Flash Batman, God of War Batman, Mechanical Batman, and others from the Dark Multiverse. Broken Bat, using Death Angel Paul's body, had also joined the Justice Faction led by Main Universe Batman.
Twenty or thirty Batmen stood scattered before the seats, though not in a single row. Most stood with those they knew well. Main Universe Batman stood in the center row, and when he spoke, the spotlight shone on his face.
"I believe you've already noticed that a new crisis is spreading through the Multiverse. My universe and several others have encountered similar incidents—Electronic Life invading Earth, committing murders, or disrupting Earth's order. Does anyone have new intelligence on this?"
"So it happened in your universe too?" Adventure Batman said with a frown. "Recently, a super hacker exposed the Bat-family's true identities on the Web. Barbara and I put in considerable