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Chapter 587: Adventures in Cat City Gotham (1)

the ground floor of the temple of thought, or the surface level, didn't have rooms. it only had doors, windows, the ground itself, and a staircase leading to the upper levels. because of this, schiller could observe the situation outside the temple of thought through the windows on the ground floor.

as it was a circular high tower, the windows offered a wide view. at this moment, the temple of thought's high tower happened to be situated in the center of gotham city's central roundabout, allowing a comprehensive view of the entire downtown area.

after being engulfed by the dream of thousand cats' dream, schiller had a hunch about what might happen next. however, he didn't expect that thousand cats' dream would directly pull his entire temple of thought into the dream of the cats.

looking at the situation outside, schiller returned to the center of the ground floor. he gazed at the dream god morpheus, and without schiller needing to ask, morpheus explained, "as i mentioned before, thousand cats' dream is the collective dream of cats. now, it seems to have been frightened, so it has brought all of you into its dream."

"just as i said earlier, the world that was once ruled by cats, where cats were the masters and humans were the servants, still exists in the dream of cats. as you can see, in the dream of cats, all the residents in the world are indeed cats."

"first question..." schiller asked, "why does the dream of cats also include gotham?"

"well..." morpheus shook his head and said, "even though it might sound like i'm deliberately not telling you, the truth is i don't know either."

"as far as i know, gotham is a very peculiar place. the dreams of everyone there bring a chilling wind of darkness to dreamland. there has never been a place as unique as gotham."

"perhaps, besides the people living there, the cats there are also different. they remember this place cursed by darkness."

schiller furrowed his brow. although morpheus's explanation was somewhat vague, schiller, who had read comics, had more speculations. gotham was indeed a cursed place; there was no doubt about it. the darkness here was not just a matter of economics and politics; it also involved mysticism.

from the perspective of breaking the fourth wall, gotham existed in any state of space because it was the garbage dump of the entire space. darkness and chaos would eventually flow here.

so, it wasn't surprising that the dream of cats included such a place. regardless of who ruled the world, gotham's darkness remained constant. perhaps the place schiller had landed in wasn't in the same geographical location as gotham, but as long as it was the dump of evil, it was gotham.

just at that moment, morpheus turned his head to schiller and said, "although you've made a mess of my home, i only let little black out to get some fresh air. after all, staying in dreamland all day can be annoying."

"i didn't expect its reaction to be so intense, dragging your house away. but it's no problem; i can take you all back now..."

this meant that charging into the cat crowd recklessly was not a good idea. schiller rubbed his chin and said, "i think we can't defeat them, so we should try a different approach..."

"wait a moment!" morpheus interrupted schiller's plan. he said, "don't tell me you plan to enter this city. that's not a good idea. in the world ruled by cats, humans are either slaves or pets. i'd better take you out directly..."

schiller completely ignored him and continued, "...but we can join them if we can't beat them. superego, are you done with your work? if you are..."

schiller dragged out his words, then looked at the moonlight schiller, lex, khonshu standing in the room's center, and the partially visible jormungandr behind them. he continued, "it's time for those who caused trouble to make amends."

the two individuals and the snake, who were under schiller's eye contact, were momentarily stunned. lex was the first to speak, saying, "when i came out of the room, i only saw a cat and a snake, and then the cat disappeared, leaving only the snake..."

saying this, he turned his head to look at jormungandr, who responded irritably, "what's it got to do with me? i'm a victim too. that cat bit me and ran off; otherwise, i would have given it a piece of my mind! and it was him who scared the cat away..."

jormungandr turned his head, looking at lex, who was holding an umbrella sword. moonlight schiller, who hadn't said anything so far, just turned his head to look at khonshu, indicating that if khonshu hadn't suddenly skipped work, he wouldn't have come out of the room.

khonshu turned his head to look at the dream god, morpheus, implying that if schiller hadn't brought him here, he wouldn't have been chatting with khonshu.

schiller snorted, crossed his arms, and said, "so, you guys want to blame me, huh?"

suddenly, there was a "bang" sound, and a cloud of cigarette smoke appeared next to dc schiller. when the smoke dissipated, schiller had turned into a black cat.

an invisible hand grabbed him by the nape of his neck, the door creaked open, and that hand shook schiller the cat twice before throwing him out of the door with a "whoosh."

everyone standing in the room's center watched schiller being thrown out. they heard the voice of the one called "superego" saying, "it's time for those who caused trouble to make amends."

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