Chapter Summaries

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.