Falcone had finally gone mad. Half of it was from being frightened by Sarah, while the other half was from having his psychological defenses crushed beneath all the evil deeds he had committed in his life. He had once believed the world was materialistic, so no matter how much evil he did, the worst that could happen was death. But now that he had imagined demons and hell into existence, Falcone's entire worldview collapsed.
Bruce Wayne tied Falcone up and sent him to the hospital. After several rounds of treatment, Falcone did not die of heart failure brought on by extreme terror. However, he seemed to have lost his mind completely. Other than muttering the words "Insect Maid," he could do nothing else.
Yet under these circumstances, a strange phenomenon occurred. When the crazed Falcone was brought to court, he suddenly seemed to regain his senses. He confessed to all his crimes without reservation and even voluntarily revealed many criminal acts that the police had failed to uncover.
The evidence was enough to sentence him to life imprisonment. But once he left the courtroom, he became deranged again. He would likely spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital.
Falcone's downfall meant the dissolution of Gotham City's largest gang, but it also meant Gotham's criminal forces were entering a period of all-out conflict. No one believed Falcone's fall meant an improvement in Gotham City's public safety. On the contrary, everyone was fighting desperately to seize the territory he had left behind.
Bruce Wayne was starting to find himself stretched thin. During the day, he played the role of a playboy, and at night, he fought crime as Batman. As for that "Insect Maid," Bruce Wayne could only set it aside for now and investigate it slowly when he