Recaps

Jerome prepared the Criminal Alliance’s bombing operation while Bruce monitored their nearly flawless plan through Gotham’s ultrasonic devices. Jerome then volunteered to stay behind and announced that he would give the Gotham police a “big gift” by making himself the result of their investigation.

• Li Wei observed that Bruce and Jerome both remained quiet for several days, though he suspected Jerome was already plotting.
• Ian finished processing the explosives, and the four Hero Template hosts gathered the Criminal Alliance members to arrange the bombing operation.
• Jerome and Edward the Riddler devised a nearly flawless plan, which Bruce overheard but could not find a way to stop.
• Jerome changed the plan by volunteering for the rear guard, saying he intended to give the Gotham police himself as their long-awaited result.
• Jerome ordered the Criminal Alliance member originally assigned to the rear guard to stay with him, and the frightened man swallowed his anger and agreed.

Bruce warned the occupants of Wayne Enterprises' private hospital and the Gotham City Police Department about the Criminal Alliance's planned bombing, then set out to confront Jerome alone. The Criminal Alliance found the hospital evacuated but proceeded with its attack as Sheriff Gordon and the police arrived.

• Jerome ordered a Criminal Alliance member to stay behind and help cover the retreat while the group prepared to attack the hospital.
• Bruce anonymously warned the hospital and the Gotham City Police Department, then armed himself and headed out to face Jerome.
• The Criminal Alliance transported Ian's explosives to Wayne Enterprises' private hospital disguised as a food-delivery convoy.
• Edward discovered that the hospital had been evacuated and the police were approaching, but he ordered the group to continue with the plan.
• The Criminal Alliance carried the explosives into the hospital as Jerome waited with a detonator and Gordon's police sirens drew near.

Jerome held Gotham police at bay with a detonator while his accomplices escaped, then challenged Gordon about Gotham’s crime and inequality as reporters broadcast their conversation. He revealed that Bruce Wayne was the person he had been waiting for and called him out as “Little Bat.”

• Edward led the Criminal Alliance members in withdrawing from the hospital while Jerome and the unlucky fellow stayed behind.
• Jerome threatened to detonate explosives hidden in the hospital, and Gordon ordered the officers to lower their weapons.
• Jerome refused to let anyone leave and said he was waiting for someone before explaining what he wanted.
• Jerome questioned Gordon about Gotham’s crime and its causes, and reporters broadcast their exchange live.
• Jerome announced that the person he had been waiting for had arrived and called out to Bruce as “Little Bat.”

Bruce confronted Jerome at the hospital, killed Jerome’s hostage, and was apparently swallowed by a blast after Jerome detonated explosives. The explosion also seemed to kill Jerome, while Li Wei and the police began processing the scene and the revived Gotham Police Department’s condition was confirmed.

• Batman approached the hospital as reporters and officers watched, and Li Wei formally summoned him to the Gotham Police Department for questioning.
• Bruce took Jerome’s subordinate hostage and shot him dead, then blamed the death on Batman to provoke Jerome.
• Bruce entered the hospital compound, and Jerome detonated the explosives, engulfing the hospital and apparently killing them both.
• Gordon and Bruce searched the ruins and concluded Jerome had died in the blast.
• The police sealed off the scene, while Li Wei brought Dr. Hugo and Warwick to observe the Fountain of Resurrection’s revival process.

After Tan Police Chief revived in the Fountain of Resurrection, his plan forced Gotham to pursue Batman and put Jerome under public scrutiny. Jerome used the belief that he was dead to seek out his twin brother Jeremiah, while Arkham prepared a Joker Gas trap for him.

• Tan Police Chief revived at Indian Hill Hospital, then told Wayne that his plan was not finished and intended to create another Jerome by targeting Jeremiah.
• Chief Li Wei ordered officers to bring Batman in for questioning without firing, and Jerome escaped through Gotham before returning to Rom Manor.
• Jerome revealed to Li Wei that his identical twin Jeremiah had lived a better life and decided to find him while Gotham believed Jerome was dead.
• Arkham asked Dr. Hugo to make Joker Gas, then arranged for a disguised guard to deliver a gift box to Jerome at the private research institute.
• Jerome opened the gift box after the guard left, unaware that Arkham had set the trap to drive him and Jeremiah into madness.

Arkham, disguised as Han Xiangbo, arranged for Jerome to receive a gift box containing Joker Gas, hoping to awaken his buried madness. Jerome survived the gas and embraced his altered state, then began preparing to destroy Gotham City.

• Arkham obtained Dr. Wayne's Joker Gas and delivered it in a toy box to Jerome's private research institute.
• News coverage of Batman and Arkham stirred public anger, while Jeremiah's televised words drew followers who began gathering across Gotham City.
• Jerome opened the gift box, inhaled the gas, collapsed, and appeared to die as the chemicals spread through his body.
• Jerome regained consciousness with his madness unleashed and began planning Gotham's destruction, including the Wayne family.
• A guard checked on Jerome, who concealed his change and prepared to continue his plan.

Jerome’s followers turned a protest into a violent riot, and Li Wei led the Gotham City Police Department in confronting them as Bruce struggled against the mental toxin. The clash left officers burned and dead, while Alfred contacted Jeremiah and revealed that Bruce was connected to the riot, leaving Gotham’s next move uncertain.

• Jeremiah secretly returned to Arkham Asylum after Jerome died, while Shen’s Joker Gas infection intensified.
• Jerome’s followers gathered in growing numbers, and factions supplied them with weapons as they marched toward the Gotham City Police Department.
• Li Wei briefed Wayne on Jerome’s plan, then received Bruce’s authorization to deploy the police and block the marchers.
• The marchers attacked the officers, and a thrown Molotov cocktail ignited fuel across the police line, badly burning officers who shot themselves to escape the flames.
• Li Wei’s officers broke the rioters’ formation, while Alfred called Jeremiah and told him that Bruce was connected to the riot.

Bruce used Jerome’s identity to gather the scattered believers and stop them from wrecking Gotham, while Jerome brought out the Batmobile and turned the riot into a direct confrontation. The Batmobile charged toward Gordon Manor as fires and violence spread across the city.

• Chief Li Wei ordered the police to fire on the believers after firebombs set officers ablaze, and the rioters scattered across Gotham.
• Alfred told Jeremiah that Bruce was alive and connected to the riot, prompting Jeremiah to resume his plans.
• Bruce wore Jerome’s armor and used his brother’s reputation to gather scattered believers, who accepted him as Jerome.
• Jerome revealed the Batmobile from a hidden passage and drove it toward Gordon Manor after spotting Bruce gathering the believers.
• Jerome led believers through Gotham as they looted and set fires, while Bruce moved on to gather more groups.

Bruce used the Batmobile’s tear gas and pepper spray to incapacitate Li Wei’s rioters, but Jerome escaped in the confusion. After Gotham police arrested the rioters, Jerome turned his attention to a charity gala hosted by the Gordon Group, while Li Wei and Director Barnes discussed the police department’s situation.

• Bruce attacked the rioters with gas canisters from the Batmobile, and Jerome escaped while the smoke and chaos hid his movements.
• Bruce called the Gotham Police Department, and Sheriff Li Wei sent officers to arrest the incapacitated rioters.
• Li Wei visited Director Barnes and complained that the director’s absence left him carrying the department’s responsibilities.
• Jerome analyzed Batman’s actions and planned to target the Gordon Group’s upcoming charity gala.

Jeremiah and Barnes infiltrated the Gordon Group charity gala aboard a cruise ship, while Li Wei suspected Jeremiah would target the event but could not stop it. As the gala was about to begin, Jeremiah appeared before the guests and announced a game.

• After rioters were returned to Gotham City, Li Wei released most of them and spent five days worrying that Jeremiah had survived and was planning another attack.
• Director Barnes accepted an invitation to the Gordon Group charity gala, which Jerome, Theo Galavan, and Galavan Gordon also planned to attend.
• Li Wei tried to stop the gala but, lacking evidence, brought officers to the pier under the pretense of patrol duty.
• Jeremiah disguised himself as a dock worker and planted explosives aboard the cruise ship, while Barnes boarded disguised as a laborer and planted more explosives.
• Jeremiah revealed himself to the guests just as the cruise ship was preparing to depart and announced that they would play a game.

As Jeremiah threatened the charity gala aboard the Gordon Group cruise ship, Barnes’s bomb plot forced the elites and prisoners on a nearby ship into a deadly choice. Galvin used Alfred’s distraction to leave the crowd and prepare to act as Batman while Bruce and Gordon worked to stop the detonators.

• Li Wei’s foreman abused him and threatened his wife, and Barnes recruited Li Wei to help with his plan after the foreman was killed.
• Sheriff Satch and Director Bruce suspected an attack, but the Gordon Group allowed only Satch to board the cruise ship while the other officers stayed at the docks.
• Barnes took over the cruise ship’s monitoring room and planted explosives, while Jeremiah’s voice announced a game to the elites aboard.
• The elites discovered that the nearby ship carrying prisoners also had explosives, and Galvin, Bruce, Gordon, and Barnes prepared to counter the threat.
• Alfred drew attention away from Galvin, allowing him to leave the crowd and change into Batman while Bruce and Gordon sought to block the detonator signals.

Bruce, Gordon, and Batman confronted Jerome aboard the yacht and learned that timed bombs still threatened both ships despite the signal jamming. Jerome revealed that he was Barnes’s brother, while Bruce lost control under the blood serum’s influence; the chapter ended with Jeremiah recognizing Batman and threatening Bruce’s secret identity.

• Barnes announced that bombs aboard both ships could be detonated remotely or by timers, and the passengers faced a choice involving the detonators.
• Gordon and Bruce entered the control room, where Jerome revealed that he was Barnes’s brother and that the bombs had timers.
• Bruce attacked Jerome in a rage fueled by the blood serum, but Gordon and Batman helped him regain control.
• Batman told Gordon and Bruce that he had jammed the signals, but Bruce warned that the timers still made the bombs dangerous.
• Jeremiah laughed that he had figured out Batman’s identity, leaving Bruce worried that his loved ones would be targeted if his secret became public.

Jeremiah and Alfred traded places in Batman’s suit to conceal Batman’s identity while Li Wei’s bombs threatened two cruise ships. After the passengers were evacuated, Jeremiah detonated the ships remotely and offered a replacement vessel to help Gotham transport prisoners, while Barnes awaited transfer to Blackgate Prison.

• Barnes demanded that Batman reveal his identity in exchange for deactivating the bombs, but Batman refused and proposed bringing Jerome Gordon into the plan.
• Jerome used the control room’s surveillance outage to switch places with Alfred, leaving Alfred disguised as Batman while Jerome returned to his own identity.
• Alfred and Bruce convinced Gordon and the officers to evacuate the cruise ships, and Jeremiah agreed to donate a ship to Gotham for prisoner transport.
• After everyone had been evacuated, Jeremiah remotely detonated both ships, and the resulting waves dissipated harmlessly before reaching Gotham’s coast.
• Barnes was taken back to Gotham and placed in an isolated cell, where he prepared to be transferred to Blackgate Prison.

Jerome was sentenced to Blackgate Prison after he detonated the cruise ships, while Wayne planned to have Arkham break him out later under controlled circumstances. As the city reacted to the bombing and Jerome’s arrest, Galvin met a frightened City Councilor who asked him to run for mayor, leaving Jerome and Hugo to wonder whether Garen’s Hero Template had a hidden effect.

• Jeremiah detonated the bombs on the two cruise ships, and the explosions destroyed them without causing significant damage to Gotham or killing anyone.
• Gordon and Bruce evacuated the passengers and prisoners, while Jeremiah left with Alfred and Batman escaped unnoticed.
• Jerome received a three-hundred-year sentence and was assigned to Blackgate Prison, with treatment at Arkham Asylum required under Gotham’s law.
• Wayne told Arkham to break Jerome out only after Jerome had undergone treatment at Arkham Asylum, and Arkham agreed to follow the plan.
• Galvin met a City Councilor who asked him to run for mayor, and Jerome interrupted the councilor’s nervous explanation.
• Jerome spoke respectfully to Hugo, who had loaded Zyra’s Star of Thorns Hero Template, as they considered whether Garen’s Might of Demacia template had a hidden effect.

Jerome was approached about running for Gotham mayor, but he deferred until he had broader support and Hugo’s approval. Hugo approved the idea and spent his quiet days at Bruce Asylum as Absolute Zero research progressed, while Arkham’s prison-break plan remained underway.

• Jerome met with a City Councilor who urged him to seek support for a run as Gotham’s next mayor.
• Jerome told the City Councilor he would not run without broader public and council support, then called Hugo to report the proposal.
• Hugo told Jerome he had no objection to the run and offered help, while Jerome considered his new life and the power he had gained.
• Hugo returned to Arkham Asylum after discussing the prison-break plan with Arkham and continued checking Dr. Li Wei’s Absolute Zero research.
• Jerome was escorted from Blackgate Prison to Arkham Asylum for treatment, and Hugo watched the scene through his vision.