Batman led the other cats deeper into the sewers behind Croc-Cat. Before long, noisy music and screams drifted from the end of the tunnel.
The grim, gloomy rebel atmosphere Batman and the others had imagined was nowhere to be found. In the enormous cavity used to store rainwater, a party for lunatics was in full swing.
Batman immediately locked onto the green cat standing at the highest point of the stage, and the red-and-blue cat beside him.
It was hard to imagine, but in that instant, the cats who had once been human could actually tell male from female just by looking at feline features. There was no doubt that the green cat was male, while the red-and-blue cat was female.
"Oh, look who it is? Bat-Cat! What brings you to my party? Have you finally given up on that idiotic plan of yours to rule Gotham and come to hang out with your best friend?"
The green cat's face was sharper than the others', and when he smiled, his mouthful of pointed teeth looked bizarre and terrifying.
"He isn't Bat-Cat." Croc-Cat had just begun explaining when the green cat leaped off the stage in a flash, shoved Croc-Cat aside, and stopped in front of Batman. His purple slit pupils fixed on Batman as he said, "Interesting... interesting... You smell different..."
"That Bat-Cat who lives in the skyscrapers reeks of disgusting bird droppings. But you..." The green cat circled Batman several times, sniffing at his fur. After a few laps, he stopped in front of Batman and said, "Another Bat-Cat? Are you his clone? No, you aren't quite the same..."
"But either way, let's welcome the newest guest at our party—the Joker-Cat gang's eternal rival and best friend, the unprecedented... another Bat-Cat!!!"
In an instant, the musician cats standing on