Even responding to the invitation would have been a waste of energy, an inefficiency. The best thing to do, CLU decides, would be to just show up. It's his first time out of the castle proper, and down into what he fully sees as the Users' world. Midnight in the City Royale suits him, though: the dark skies remind him of the Grid, and the streets are bare and easier to navigate. He leaves early, around ten-thirty, to have time to wander around the map a bit at his leisure and get to know the surrounding area.

When he does arrive, he'll just stake out his own little corner of wall. CLU's here to observe and be impressed, not to offer up any secrets of his own.