Recaps

Miao Mu fought Claw Hurd in the sewers and killed him with help from Jerry, Otis, and the rats, but Dollmaker Barton escaped. Badly injured, Miao Mu remained behind as Batman arrived and found him.

• Claw Hurd ambushed Miao Mu in the darkness, but Miao Mu fought back with his shotgun, arm-blade, and pistol.
• Claw Hurd stabbed Miao Mu’s left hand and broke his gun hand, but Miao Mu slashed his face and battered him to death in the drainage channel.
• Jerry pinned Claw Hurd’s corpse underwater and Otis summoned rats to devour it, while Dollmaker Barton escaped.
• Miao Mu sent Jerry and Otis after Barton despite his injuries, then collapsed in pain after they left.
• Batman arrived and illuminated the fluorescent sewer markers as Miao Mu asked whether he had ever killed anyone.

After waking in the sewers, Miao Mu learned that police were searching for his companions and discovered a hidden Wayne Ring that could grant him one wish. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne reviewed footage of Miao Mu and prepared to seek equipment for fighting large creatures.

• Miao Mu woke beside the sewer wall, spoke with James Gordon, and learned that police had arrested Maroni and were searching for Jerry and the others.
• Miao Mu tricked three officers into checking a dark passageway so he could retrieve a crumpled paper ball hidden in a wall crack.
• Miao Mu found the Wayne Ring, which promised that the Wayne Family would fulfill one wish, and recognized its connection to Alan Wayne and the Court of Owls.
• In the Batcave, Bruce Wayne watched surveillance footage of Miao Mu and asked Alfred for equipment suited to fighting large creatures.
• Alfred found a feather-shaped dagger among Bruce's gear and quietly put it away.

The Dollmaker case was closed after Barton Mathis died in a fall, and Gordon publicly credited Miao Mu and Batman for helping solve it. In the hospital, Miao Mu warned Oswald about Batman, then learned that Sal Maroni had been arrested and had offered a bounty on Batman.

• Jerry and Otis gave statements saying the Dollmaker fell to his death while fleeing them, and Gordon confirmed Barton Mathis’s identity.
• Gordon told reporters that Miao Mu had found the Dollmaker’s trail and identified the man in black as Batman, angering officials at the Gotham Police Department.
• Oswald visited Miao Mu in the hospital disguised as a doctor, and the two thanked each other for their help.
• Miao Mu warned Oswald not to provoke Batman and to cooperate if Batman asked him for information.
• Oswald told Miao Mu that Maroni had been arrested and was offering five hundred thousand dollars to anyone who killed Batman.

At a Gotham Police Department banquet, Miao Mu was celebrated and promoted for solving the Dollmaker case while city leaders discussed Maroni and Batman. Batman continued attacking criminals despite the bounty on him, and one frightened woman killed a man he had beaten before fleeing.

• Gotham Police Department held a banquet to celebrate the Dollmaker case, and Miao Mu was promoted to senior detective while Jerry also received a promotion.
• Mayor Little Don Mitchell and Commissioner Gillian Loeb discussed Maroni’s arrest and criticized Batman as Miao Mu arrived to public praise.
• Captain Bullock worried that Miao Mu would be corrupted by the Gotham Police Department, while Gordon defended Batman’s actions.
• Batman dragged a thug into an alley and told Alfred that he acted out of rage, not heroism.
• Batman rescued a woman from two attackers, but after he vanished, she stabbed one of the men in the neck with a broken bottle and fled.

Otis received celebratory food from Miao Mu, while Miao Mu visited Nygma and invited him to leave the Gotham Police Department for Arkham. Nygma accepted Miao Mu’s offer to become his strategist.

• Otis met Parker Carmen at the sewer entrance and learned that Miao Mu had sent him food and celebratory drinks.
• Nygma marked Batman’s photograph with a question mark as he tried to solve the mystery of Batman’s identity.
• Miao Mu brought champagne and food from the celebration banquet to Nygma, thanking him for helping catch a criminal.
• Nygma urged Miao Mu to return to Arkham and build influence, suggesting that uncovering Batman’s identity could boost his reputation.
• Miao Mu asked Nygma to join him as his strategist, and Nygma accepted.

Miao Mu and Jerry beat Feras for stealing credit, then Miao Mu publicly defended Batman in an interview. He anticipated a dangerous winter ahead as Gotham’s police and criminals moved against the vigilante, while a treasure-hunting encounter refreshed.

• Jerry ambushed Feras in the restroom, and Miao Mu joined him in beating the captain unconscious while Nygma kept watch outside.
• Miao Mu told Nygma that Batman could be an ally and that learning Batman’s identity was like snapping shut a mousetrap.
• Miao Mu brushed off a senior detective and agreed to speak with Jiekaxi of the Gotham Gazette.
• Miao Mu called Batman an unlawful but currently just hero who protected Gotham’s weak, prompting Jiekaxi to plan a front-page story calling him the “knight in the darkness.”
• Miao Mu expected the police, gangs, and criminals to move against Batman, and a treasure-hunting encounter refreshed.

Miao Mu returned to the Arkham Police Department after his transfer to the Gotham Police Department fell through, while Bruce Wayne faced public opposition to Batman and a new police crackdown on vigilantes. The chapter ended with Nigma moving to Arkham and joining Miao Mu's precinct.

• Miao Mu welcomed reporters at the police banquet, while Commissioner Loeb watched with contempt and planned to temper him.
• Protesters blamed Batman for their injuries, and Bruce watched the footage before discussing better bullet-resistant equipment with Alfred.
• Loeb announced that the police would arrest masked vigilantes and deploy two airships to patrol Gotham, while Alfred arranged a date for Bruce.
• Miao Mu returned to the Arkham Police Department and accepted the teasing of his fellow officers after his transfer fell through.
• Jerry and Nigma arrived at the precinct with Nigma's belongings, and Nigma explained that he had transferred to Arkham because the rent was cheaper.

Miao Mu investigated a victim torn apart in Arkham District and suspected a werewolf attack. Nygma uncovered leads on several Gotham figures and explained that overturning Otis’s conviction would require public support.

• Miao Mu examined the mutilated victim’s scene, found nonhuman claw marks, and heard from Jerry that a witness had seen a wolf-like monster eating the victim.
• Miao Mu summoned Nygma, who examined the body and agreed that a large animal had eaten parts of it.
• Nygma told Miao Mu that Floyd Lawton had an ex-wife and daughter in Gotham but appeared to be missing and behind on child support.
• Nygma shared leads on Pamela Lillian Isley, Harley Quinn, Selina Kyle, Victor Fries, and Roman Sionis.
• Miao Mu asked about overturning Otis’s conviction, and Nygma said one of the people who declared Otis guilty had died while the others could be pursued either through revenge or public support.

Jiekaxi Ruxiu received a package warning that a bomb would go off at 1320 Slant Street, where Miao Mu and Jerry held retired prosecutor Beck Alaitan and his family hostage. After the bomb exploded and Nygma interrupted a live broadcast, the chapter left the truth behind the attackers’ target still unrevealed.

• Jiekaxi found evidence that Beck Alaitan had colluded with the mob, a list of targets, and a warning of an explosion at 1320 Slant Street.
• Miao Mu and Jerry held Beck Alaitan and his family captive, injured Beck, and planted a timed bomb inside the house.
• Jiekaxi alerted the police and Gotham TV, and officers entered the house and rescued the hostages before the bomb exploded and injured a bomb technician.
• Nygma watched the scene and arranged to interrupt the live broadcast, while Gordon connected the attack to the disappearance and murder of a district attorney.
• Big-Mouth Todger opened an envelope on air and found a blank page, then Nygma hacked the broadcast and replaced it with a blurry video.

Miao Mu met Chief Bullock in Chinatown, refused to help with Bullock’s case, and continued searching for Deadshot Norton’s ex-wife. He found the Iron Fist Stone Monkey in a pawnshop and took it after discovering it contained a martial arts inheritance.

• Miao Mu met Chief Bullock at the Zhou Family Dumpling Shop, where Bullock asked him to help investigate a case involving Maroni and Falneko, but Miao Mu refused.
• After eating and paying for the dumplings, Miao Mu headed toward Deadshot Norton's ex-wife's home to help cover two months of alimony.
• A notification led Miao Mu to the Millennium Pawnshop, where he found a stone monkey containing the Iron Fist Fist inheritance.
• Miao Mu pressured the pawnshop owner with cash and his police badge, claimed the Iron Fist Stone Monkey, and demonstrated its four-part strike.

Miao Mu encountered Batman while heading to the address left by Deadshot, but news of an attack on Arkham Asylum sent them racing to respond. Batman identified one escapee as Red Hood No. 1 and learned that the escaped prisoners had taken cover in a slum, where police were under heavy fire.

• Miao Mu met Batman in an alley, where Batman questioned him about the Strand Avenue explosion.
• Jerry called Miao Mu to report that Arkham Asylum had been attacked, its director killed, and several patients escaped.
• Batman told Miao Mu that five prisoners had escaped and urged him to go to Arkham, while Miao Mu turned toward 972 Chinatown West Road before rushing to help.
• Batman learned from Alfred that one escapee was Red Hood No. 1, Jelafo Taino, and that the escaped prisoners had fled into a slum with gang support.
• Police officers waited for reinforcements as gunfire battered Arkham District, leaving one officer dead and another seriously wounded.

Batman arrived at the Arkham slums as Black Mask’s gang attacked him, while Black Mask used the police response to target Blackgate Prison. A wounded man reached the prison, shot its guards, and demanded to know how to open the gate.

• Miao Mu raced toward Arkham as police gathered outside the slums, where officers lacked proper equipment and waited for reinforcements.
• Black Mask revived Jelafo, disbanded the Red Hood Gang, and ordered him to kill Miao Mu and draw the police into a fight.
• Batman confronted Black Mask’s gunmen and the Werewolf, but was driven back under gunfire after striking the creature with his powered gauntlet.
• Black Mask left for Blackgate Prison, where his hired helper—wounded from a fight with Superman—shot two guards and demanded the gate be opened.

Miao Mu joined the police response to a firefight in Arkham District, where a mercenary force ambushed the officers. As Batman struggled against the Red Claw Mercenary Group, Alfred discovered that Deadshot was rampaging through Blackgate Prison, revealing a second threat.

• Miao Mu learned that Batman had entered the slums and chose to go in with Nygma, who provided him with a camera-equipped rat surveillance plan.
• Jelafo and the mercenaries opened fire on the police, forcing Miao Mu, Jerry, Nygma, and the officers to take cover as a grenade destroyed a police car.
• Miao Mu rescued Myers and charged toward the building where the attackers were positioned, while Jerry evacuated Nygma.
• Bullock arrived with reinforcements, but a sniper shot a police driver before the convoy could reach the scene.
• Alfred identified the attackers as the Red Claw Mercenary Group, whose mission was to hold Arkham for three hours, and Batman realized Arkham was likely a diversion.
• Alfred spotted Deadshot attacking Blackgate Prison and confirmed that he had escaped after being captured by Superman.

Batman fought Red Claw in the slums and learned that her group might be connected to the Assassin League, while Miao Mu battled mercenaries and helped turn a swarm of rats against them. The fighting continued as Miao Mu shot another mercenary in the street.

• Batman escaped Red Claw’s gunfire, fought her, and recognized a fighting style that led him to ask about her connection to the Assassin League.
• Red Claw refused to answer, and Batman knocked her down before retreating into a ruined house under mercenary fire.
• Miao Mu killed mercenaries in a building, took their weapons, and used the M16 to attack enemies across the street.
• After communications returned, Miao Mu exchanged fire with Jelafo, whose face was bitten by a rat as a swarm surged toward the mercenaries.
• Miao Mu leaped from a window and shot a mercenary who rushed around a corner while rats scattered the gang members and attacked the fighters.

Jerry and Miao Mu led officers through the rat-infested building while Batman escaped, warning that Gotham was in chaos after Blackgate Prison fell. Miao Mu found a weakened Werewolf, but Red Claw attacked him, and their fight left him poised to strike back.

• Jerry joined the assault on the building, where Miao Mu ordered officers to arrest the armed men on the second and third floors.
• Batman drove away in the Batmobile after warning Miao Mu that Blackgate Prison had fallen and Gotham was in chaos.
• Nygma reported that escaped Blackgate prisoners were causing havoc across Gotham, while Miao Mu found a restrained Werewolf in the building.
• Red Claw ambushed Miao Mu, disarmed him, and gained the upper hand in their fight.
• Miao Mu used a blade hidden in his bracer to pierce Red Claw's hand, then knocked her down and prepared to punch her.

Batman responded to the Blackgate Prison breakout and confronted Deadshot Lawton in the prison office building. He defeated Deadshot, leaving the escaping prisoners and Black Mask’s takeover unresolved.

• Hugo Strange watched the slum fire with Talia al Ghul and said he planned to claim Gotham and deal with Ra’s al Ghul’s prized disciple.
• Batman drove to Blackgate Prison, trapped escaping criminals in an electrified net, and blocked the prison entrance with the Batmobile.
• Black Mask addressed the captured prison staff while Deadshot Lawton entertained himself by firing around a tied-up guard.
• Batman surprised Deadshot with dust, darkness, and a wall-breaking strike, then caught him in a noose outside the window.
• Batman punched Deadshot unconscious.

Black Mask tried to escape Blackgate Prison, but Batman blocked his transport van and fought his men. After both men inhaled Fear Gas, Batman escaped to the Batcave while Black Mask fled with help from two prisoners.

• Black Mask shot and killed two employees who had not reached the van in time, then ordered the driver to leave.
• Batman blocked the prison exit and fought the prisoners who climbed out of the van.
• Black Mask shot Batman at close range, but Batman kicked his gun aside and struck him, breaking his nose.
• Black Mask released Fear Gas, causing Batman to hallucinate bats and Black Mask to see his parents in a fire.
• Batman escaped in the Batmobile as police arrived, and Black Mask fled with two employees after an explosion at the prison entrance.

Miao Mu interrogated Red Claw after capturing her and learned that she belonged to the Bigfoot Ninja Clan, whose boss was Shredder. Red Claw identified the masked man who hired her mercenary group as Black Mask, while Miao Mu reflected on his decision to keep living in Gotham.

• Miao Mu restrained Red Claw and questioned her about the tattoo on her shoulder as police attacked the street behind them.
• Red Claw said the tattoo represented the Bigfoot Ninja Clan and revealed that Shredder was their boss.
• Miao Mu claimed to know Shredder and told Red Claw to pass along a message from Clark Joseph Kent of Metropolis.
• Red Claw explained that her mercenary group had been hired to hold the location for three hours, but she did not know the employer's identity.
• Red Claw described the employer as a man wearing a black skull mask, and Miao Mu recognized him as Roman Sionis, also known as Black Mask.
• Miao Mu considered Gotham's criminal upheaval and decided he wanted to keep living there.

Miao Mu used the Iron Fist Stone Monkey Statue to enter a boxing-training vision, where he practiced the Iron Monkey Fist and began to sense the resistance of qi. The vision faded after one stick of incense burned, leaving him with an injured wrist but improved control of the forms.

• Miao Mu read about Blackgate Prison’s mass escape and the Arkham operation before returning to the police station.
• Miao Mu praised Milo Scarelli for killing a terrorist and told him that becoming a police officer wasted his Gotham University talent.
• Miao Mu placed the Iron Fist Stone Monkey Statue in the garage and used it to enter a vast training ground filled with boxers.
• Miao Mu hurt his wrist while attempting the Iron Monkey Fist, then copied the boxers’ movements and gradually improved his technique.
• Miao Mu began to sense the resistance of qi, but the training vision vanished as the incense burned down.

Miao Mu questioned Hugo Strange about the Arkham Asylum breakout and had him held temporarily after learning explosives had been used. He then went to Arkham Asylum, where he met Aaron Cash.

• Miao Mu met Hugo Strange, Arkham Asylum’s acting director, who asked for the escaped patients to be returned and questioned Miao Mu about his arrests.
• Miao Mu asked Strange where he had been during the breakout and detained him for twenty-four hours under the pretext of temporary protection.
• Miao Mu left for Arkham Asylum with Myro Scarelli, having approved Jerry’s leave so he could pursue his romantic plans.
• Miao Mu reflected on Arkham Asylum’s grim history as he approached the hospital.
• Aaron Cash greeted Miao Mu at Arkham Asylum.

Miao Mu and Milo searched Dr. Strange's office at Arkham Asylum and found a Villains' Bar business card and clippings about Batman hidden in a book. They left to investigate the bar and planned to stop at the Police Training Center to see Gordon and get a meal.

• Aaron Cash welcomed Miao Mu and Milo and led them through Arkham Asylum after Miao Mu's accidental gunshot frightened Frank Powers away.
• Dr. Steven Kellerman rushed off to handle an attack by Patient No. 67, and Aaron followed to help.
• Miao Mu and Milo searched Dr. Strange's office but found no direct evidence, then discovered a Villains' Bar business card in the trash.
• Miao Mu found newspaper clippings about Batman inside a frequently used book and decided to investigate Villains' Bar.
• Miao Mu and Milo left for Villains' Bar, with Miao Mu proposing a stop at the Police Training Center to visit Gordon and mooch a meal.

Miao Mu, Milo, and Gordon shared a meal at KFC, where Gordon revealed that he had divorced after admitting his feelings for Sarah Essen. Gordon joined Miao Mu’s invitation to Dixon Docks, and the three set off into Gotham’s nightlife.

• Miao Mu ate through a large amount of chicken at KFC while Gordon and Milo watched.
• Miao Mu mentioned paying alimony to Deadshot’s ex-wife, prompting Gordon to reveal that he had also divorced.
• Gordon explained that he confessed his feelings for Sarah Essen to his wife because he could not bear to hide them.
• Miao Mu invited Gordon to Dixon Docks, and Gordon agreed to join him and Milo for a drink.
• Miao Mu, Milo, and Gordon headed toward Dixon Docks on foot, and Gordon intimidated two street punks along the way.

Gordon led Miao Mu and Milo through a dockside neighborhood to Villains' Bar, an illicit nightclub converted from an abandoned cargo ship. Miao Mu forced their way past the doorman, and Gordon and Milo entered with him.

• Gordon took Miao Mu and Milo through a rough Latino neighborhood, where streetwalkers approached them and Milo paid to get away from one.
• Gordon pointed out Villains' Bar, a ship stranded on seaside rocks, and Miao Mu noted how difficult it would be to raid.
• At the bar entrance, the doorman admitted a man from Arkham Asylum but threw aside a teenager who claimed he was bad enough to enter.
• Miao Mu moved the teenager behind him, kicked him away from the entrance, then struck the doorman with a low blow.
• Miao Mu made the doorman let them in and thank them, then invited Gordon and Milo inside for free.

Miao Mu and Gordon dealt with a confrontation at a bar tied to Falcone, while Milo brought them a teenage pickpocket. The boy identified himself as Jason Todd from Crime Alley.

• Miao Mu, Gordon, and Milo entered a bar where patrons watched a brutal fight in an octagonal cage.
• Miao Mu ordered drinks, and a burly man accused Gordon of being a cop before Gordon subdued him and Miao Mu knocked him unconscious with a beer mug.
• Miao Mu learned from the waitress that the bar belonged to Falcone and noticed its crowd of criminals and gangsters.
• Milo brought Miao Mu a young boy who had kicked him in the crotch, and Miao Mu threatened the boy with a revolver.
• Gordon questioned the boy, who said his name was Jason Todd and that he lived in Crime Alley.

Miao Mu recruited Jason Todd by offering to share his food, then remembered he had come to investigate Hugo Strange. At a bar, the waitress pointed him toward a group of Russian skinheads before asking Miao Mu for a hundred dollars to share what she knew.

• Miao Mu recognized Jason Todd and invited him to join his group, and Jason eagerly accepted.
• Miao Mu ordered milk for himself and Jason, introduced himself, and welcomed Jason to sit beside him.
• Gordon reminded Miao Mu that they had come to look into Hugo Strange, whose threat against Miao Mu was recalled from the holding cell.
• Miao Mu asked the waitress whether she had seen a bald man, and she warned him not to use those words near a group of Russian skinheads.
• Miao Mu clarified that he meant a scholarly-looking man, and the waitress asked for a hundred dollars before he offered to pay with his body.