"Ever since the first time I absorbed energy, I knew this rule should be unregulated," Shiller shook his head and said, "The reason it stopped this time, I'm afraid, is because the energy has been drained by us."
The reason Shiller dared to recklessly extract this dark energy, without worrying about Barbados noticing, is that he discovered this energy wasn't originally Barbados' energy but rather it went through some special treatment.
In other words, they are not actually fleecing Barbados in real-time, the Dark Owl priest has already fleeced it for them, even weaving the wool into blankets. What they are actually stealing is the stored blankets from the warehouse.
The reason why Shiller thought this rule was unregulated is not just because the Dark Owl didn't respond when Aisha and the others absorbed energy previously, but also because according to Gotham's history records, the era when the owl nursery rhyme was popular has long passed.
In recent modern history, this song has fallen out of favor, no children sing it anymore, indicating that this set of rules has been abandoned for a long time.
Being awakened once again with remaining effectiveness is probably because the batteries left here still had some residual power, and Shiller's goal is to quickly drain this residual power.
Someone might think that since the batteries have already been discarded, wouldn't it be okay to steal the power at any time? But this brings us to Shiller's previous arrangement in Metropolis.
He knew long ago that there were owls in Metropolis, so he deliberately gave the badge to Pikachu, then used Clark to inform Lex about the illegal intrusion of the agents, and then let Lex find the CIA agents.
Having experienced the event at the Metropolitan Mayor's Mansion, Shiller was of course very clear that after Benjamin's death, the CIA's officer in charge in Metropolis was changed to the female agent Kira, and Kira was KGB, and also a student of Alfred.
After Kira came to know about this and received the badge, she would definitely notice that there were other mysterious forces within Metropolis. According to the KGB's way of doing things, a month has passed, and it's probably bad news for the owls of Metropolis.
In a secret meeting room beneath the Metropolis sewers, a mysterious person wearing a black robe and a bird beak mask spoke, "The godless madmen are getting close to this place. Although the great dark lord is everywhere, for his cause, we need to lay low…"
"But where do we go?" another mysterious person in a black robe asked.
"We left Gotham originally just to develop power in Metropolis. Now that we have several secret bases in Metropolis and many members of the Owl Parliament have stayed here... it's time to return to Gotham."
"That's right," another deep and hoarse voice said, "When we left, we left the most precious Dark Statue there. Because of our departure, the Gothamites haven't spoken our name for many years. It's a good opportunity to use that essence energy upon our return…"
"Do you still remember the spell?" a sharp female voice chanted, "Muliz... Muliz..."
Suddenly, she stopped and asked, "What's going on? Why didn't the statue answer my call? ...Come... Owl... come find me, I will return to the promised land under your guidance..."
"Muliz… Muliz…" all the black-robed people began chanting.
But no owl came flying here, and they gradually stopped chanting. The room fell silent again. The leader waved his magic wand, the array in the room lit up, and everyone disappeared instantly, then found themselves in a room with a giant owl statue.
This room isn't just located in Gotham's underground, it's also protected by mysterious spells, insensible and invisible. Only by using a special Teleportation Array can one reach here. This is the secret measure the Owl Priests set up to protect their hard work.
The leader of the Dark Owl priests froze as soon as he landed because the black owl that was originally full of dark energy had turned grey. The dark energy they had purified from their bodies over many years through prayers to the Dark Lord was all gone.
At the same time as they were going crazy, Shiller, Bruce, Hal, Constantine, these four power thieves, stood in a row in the underground room.
Shiller stepped forward first and asked, "Recently, the energy loss of the Dark Owl priests has been severe, do any of you have any leads?"
Then, he looked up at the pile of Dark Energy Storage Modules that looked like a small hill and said,
"...I certainly don't."