Chapter Summaries

Miao Mu and Brucie brought the dangerous Smile Pocket to Batman’s Batcave, hoping he could contain whatever might emerge from it. Brucie began exploring a concealed passage after smelling apple pie, leaving Miao Mu waiting below.

• Miao Mu recognized the red-and-black suit as Deadpool’s and worried about what might emerge from the Smile Pocket.
• Miao Mu tied up the Smile Pocket and asked Brucie to drive it to Wayne Estate.
• Brucie took a hidden route into the Batcave, where they left the package for Batman.
• Brucie infiltrated the Batcomputer and copied Gotham’s criminal files, including information about Miao Mu.
• Brucie smelled apple pie and climbed a concealed passage while Miao Mu asked her to bring him a piece.

After discovering that an intruder had cut his surveillance wires and eaten his apple pie, Bruce designed a trap and found a suspicious wired Smile Pocket in a package. In another universe, a sinister figure sent a dangerous gift through a portal to Gotham.

• Alfred found Bruce beside the empty apple pie in the Batcave, and Bruce suspected that a woman who knew him had broken in.
• Bruce chose a Mecha Tyrannosaurus from a Wayne Enterprises warehouse and began designing an anti-intruder trap strong enough to stop Superman.
• Alfred found a suspicious package on a Batmobile, and Bruce shielded him after mistaking it for a bomb.
• Bruce opened the package, found a wired Smile Pocket and a warning note, and put the pocket into a data scanner.
• In a city from another universe, a black-clad figure shattered a test tube containing a grinning child and sent its contents into a portal that appeared in Gotham.

Miao Mu confronted Captain Loeb over police funding cuts, becoming a rallying point for Gotham officers and gaining notoriety. He and Nygma searched for Harvey Dent and his wife, then found a scrap of paper that could lead them to the couple’s new home.

• Miao Mu opposed Loeb’s policy cutting funding and salaries at struggling Gotham precincts, and the police meeting ended with flying teacups and Loeb bleeding from a head wound.
• Miao Mu’s confrontation made him popular among police officers and drew visitors to his home, where Brucie managed the gifts and Jason earned tips fixing cars.
• Miao Mu and Nygma visited Harvey Dent’s former apartment, but the landlord said Harvey and his wife had moved away.
• Nygma found a torn note with contact information for an old house offering free lodging in exchange for maintenance.
• Miao Mu and Nygma set off to check the address while Miao Mu relied on the Upper East Side police chief to help locate Harvey and his wife.

Harvey Dent settled into a rent-free old house with his wife, Gilda, while reflecting on his commitment to justice and the danger it had brought him. Chinese police officer Miao Mu approached Harvey and asked him to serve as a legal consultant.

• Harvey opened the dusty attic window and helped Gilda set up a clothesline at their new home.
• Harvey recalled refusing a gang leader’s bribe, winning a harsher sentence for him, and surviving a teenager’s shooting attempt.
• Harvey remembered how police consultant Edward Nygma had helped remove the threat, after which Harvey moved away without saying goodbye.
• Miao Mu introduced himself to Harvey and asked whether he would help the police as a legal consultant.

Brucie hired Harvey as WM Group’s legal counsel and sent him home excited about the job. When Miao Mu learned that Barbara had a bounty on her, he armed himself and rushed to protect her, while Brucie prepared her Batwoman gear; meanwhile, Wade’s ice-cream antics pushed his cousin toward a fight.

• Brucie hired Harvey as WM Group’s legal counsel for an annual salary of three hundred thousand dollars and assigned him patent, company, and legal-aid work.
• Harvey accepted the job, realized Brucie needed help with patents and a new company, and hurried home to share the news with his wife.
• Miao Mu told Brucie that Barbara had a bounty on her, then left to confront the people targeting her after alerting his allies and nearby police precincts.
• Brucie prepared her Batwoman equipment and looked forward to meeting Barbara, whom she knew as a young man named Bala in her world.
• Wade ate ice cream with bizarre toppings until his cousin threatened him, prompting Wade to grab a katana as his cousin drew a greatsword.

Deathstroke subdued Wade and continued pursuing Batman’s identity for the sake of his fee, while Batman rushed through Gotham after learning Gordon’s tracking signal had vanished and Gordon’s family had been targeted. The chapter left Batman heading to protect Barbara and then find Gordon as Deadshot Lawton led an heavily armed security operation at an Upper East Side checkpoint.

• Deathstroke battered Wade, stuffed him into an ice cream barrel, and put him in the freezer before returning to his sketch of Batman.
• Deathstroke focused on discovering Batman’s identity, believing it could be worth far more than the bounty.
• Batman learned Gordon’s signal had disappeared and that surveillance around Arkham District had gone dark.
• Alfred told Batman that Gordon’s family had bounties on their heads, and Batman learned Barbara was at home and had urged him to find Gordon.
• Batman set out to reach Barbara first, then planned to search for Gordon.
• Deadshot Lawton commanded a heavily armed checkpoint in the Upper East Side as Gotham police stations prepared to confront the security forces.

Barbara prepared to defend herself from bounty hunters until Brucie, dressed as Batwoman, rescued her from Gordon's house. Batman arrived after Barbara escaped and faced the armed crowd drawn by the bounty.

• Barbara searched Gordon's house, armed herself with his guns, and barricaded the doors and windows as bounty hunters closed in.
• Brucie appeared in a Batwoman uniform, shocked a man trying to enter through a window, and urged Barbara to escape.
• Barbara led Brucie to the kitchen garbage chute, but Brucie instead used a Grappling Gun to carry Barbara to a nearby rooftop.
• A squad of assassins stormed Gordon's house and found it empty, while Batman subdued the group and questioned their leader about Barbara's whereabouts.
• Batman spotted Brucie and Barbara on the rooftop, confirmed Barbara was safe, and left as more bounty hunters entered the house and recognized his much larger bounty.

Falcone revealed that he planned to reclaim control of Gotham during a citywide drug raid and taunted the captive Gordon, who remained determined to arrest him. Meanwhile, Batman fought criminals at the Gordon residence and received news that Gordon’s signal had been found.

• Falcone had Gordon cleaned up, then told him that Gotham’s worsening chaos proved the city needed his order again.
• Gordon accused Falcone of fueling the violence and vowed to arrest him, but Falcone’s guards beat and restrained him.
• Falcone said that a major drug raid that night would decide who ruled Gotham and claimed Gordon’s intelligence would earn him the credit.
• Batman defeated a criminal at the Gordon residence and asked Alfred for an update on Gotham’s security situation.
• Alfred reported that the police and WM Security Company were patrolling the districts, then told Batman he had located Captain Gordon’s signal.

Miao Mu led a brutal police and gang crackdown across Gotham, filling Blackgate Prison and targeting anyone who resisted. After Nygma interrogated Johnny Viti and learned the Roman was at the Tokara Building, Miao Mu set out with a convoy to find him.

• Miao Mu directed police and rival gangs to raid Gotham's districts, arresting gangsters and dividing confiscated funds between MW Security Company and the police departments.
• Miao Mu ordered Deadshot Lawton to fire a rocket at an apartment building and sent MW Security Company members inside to seize its gunmen.
• Nygma told Miao Mu that his men had captured Falcone's nephew and offered to find Falcone's address by interrogating him.
• Miao Mu ordered reporters arrested and investigated after one accused him of planning a coup.
• Nygma threatened Johnny Viti with rats until he revealed that the Roman was at the top floor of the Tokara Building.
• Miao Mu gathered his men and led a convoy toward the Roman's location.

Miao Mu’s sweeping crackdown alarmed Gotham’s officials, while he raided Tokara Building and found Batman’s battered victims but no Falcone. Brucie and Barbara tracked Batman’s lead and prepared to reach Falcone’s villa before he escaped.

• Loeb and Mayor Little Don Mitchell panicked over Miao Mu’s raids and the collapse of their plans with Falcone.
• Miao Mu led officers to Tokara Building, where they found Mr. Zsasz and more than thirty people Batman had subdued.
• Loeb called Miao Mu to complain, but Miao Mu hung up, blocked him, and threatened to arrest him when Loeb called again.
• Barbara traced a moving signal, and Brucie learned that Batman was tracking it toward Falcone’s villa.
• Brucie and Barbara set out to arrest Falcone, believing his instincts might let him escape before Batman arrived.

Miao Mu attacked Commissioner Loeb at his villa, forced him to confess to taking bribes, and threatened to kill him if he remained commissioner. He then confronted Feras and the Special Action Team, while Brucie caught Falcone at his farm and began restraining him.

• Loeb ordered Feras and the Special Action Team to protect him and warned Miao Mu to pull back his people.
• Miao Mu crashed into Loeb's villa, drowned and electrocuted him until Loeb confessed to taking money from Falcone, the gangs, and the mayor.
• Miao Mu threatened to kill Loeb if he was still police commissioner in three days, then attacked Feras as the Special Action Team arrived.
• Falcone returned to his farm, where he had been recovering after Mr. Zsasz killed twenty-five assassins sent after him.
• Brucie surprised Falcone, punched him, and stuffed a bloodstained handkerchief into his mouth.

Brucie reflected on how she had humiliated Falcone and wondered why Penguin was absent from Gotham. Oswald was imprisoned at Belle Reve, where Amanda Waller questioned him about Miao Mu and ordered him placed with a shark after he denied knowing him.

• Gotham residents gathered to stare at Falcone, nearly naked and stuck to Wayne Tower.
• Brucie explained that she defeated old-school mafia leaders by destroying their reputations and recalled using similar tactics on Earth-11.
• Oswald complained about the prison’s food and eagerly accepted a can of herring from Amanda Waller.
• Amanda showed Oswald photographs and asked whether he knew the people pictured, including Miao Mu.
• Oswald denied knowing Miao Mu, then poured the herring juice over the photographs as a price for betraying his allies.
• Amanda ordered Oswald to be put in with a shark.

Miao Mu visited Wayne Estate to question Bruce about blood evidence and Batman, while Bruce tried to maintain his playboy cover. A warning that the Batcave had been infiltrated interrupted them, and Bruce discovered that someone had cut the elevator power.

• Miao Mu arrived at Wayne Estate and asked Alfred to speak with Bruce about a case.
• Bruce cleaned up and pretended to have just woken up before Miao Mu asked where he had been on the night of the twelfth.
• Bruce claimed he was Batman, then put on an oversized costume and acted like an absurd Batman fan.
• Miao Mu produced handcuffs, but a scream and a television signal-interruption warning alerted them to trouble in the Batcave.
• Miao Mu left after joking about Commissioner Loeb's resignation, and Bruce found the elevator stopped because someone had cut the power.
• Alfred went to start the backup generator while Bruce rushed to investigate the Batcave.

Deathstroke and Wade broke into the Batcave to find Batman and the Smile Pocket, but Batman's traps and defenses complicated the mission. Deathstroke confronted Batman as the chapter ended.

• Deathstroke recruited Wade to help him get answers from Batman and Batwoman, promising him part of the payment.
• Wade triggered a magnetic trap in the Batcave, escaped by sawing off his hands and feet, and reattached them with a stapler.
• Deathstroke disabled the Batcomputer's power while Wade fought a Mecha Tyrannosaurus and was knocked into a wall by its tail.
• Deathstroke attacked the elevator with his greatsword, but Batman dodged the strike and countered by leaping onto the blade.

Batman, Miao Mu, and Wade fought Deathstroke and the Mecha Tyrannosaurus, while Wade retrieved the Smile Pocket. A cloaked attacker emerged from the pocket and was immediately killed by Miao Mu and Wade.

• Deathstroke confronted Batman as the Mecha Tyrannosaurus attacked, and Wade destroyed the machine by planting a grenade in its tail.
• Batman changed into his gear and struck Deathstroke with his exoskeleton, but Deathstroke cut through the booster before Miao Mu fired at him.
• Deathstroke sent Wade to hold off Miao Mu, and Miao Mu shot Wade with bullets that suppressed his healing ability.
• Wade recovered his sword skills and clashed with Miao Mu using his katanas.
• The Smile Pocket spilled yellow slime and released a cloaked attacker, who tried to kill Miao Mu and Wade but was instantly torn apart by their counterattack.

Miao Mu, Wade, Batman, and Deathstroke were transported from the Batcave to a desert in another universe after a strange device activated. Miao Mu discovered a special pair of Nth Metal handcuffs, but Batman and Deathstroke resumed fighting, and neither responded when he threatened to shoot Wade.

• Miao Mu attacked Wade, then shot at him after Wade teased him and claimed to have glimpsed another world.
• Batman was blasted away during his fight with Deathstroke, and a Time Watch transported everyone in the Batcave away before Alfred arrived.
• Deathstroke, Miao Mu, Batman, and Wade ended up in a desert; Deathstroke impaled Wade's body, and Batman severed Wade's watch-wearing arm so Miao Mu could grab it.
• Wade's head knocked Miao Mu down, and Miao Mu found a notification for special Nth Metal handcuffs that could reduce a powerful god to an ordinary person.
• Batman and Deathstroke resumed their fight, ignoring Miao Mu's threat to shoot Wade.

Miao Mu, Batman, Deathstroke, and Wade negotiated over a pile of strange artifacts they had found in the sand. They divided some of the items, but their journey home remained unresolved.

• Miao Mu demanded half the artifacts, while Deathstroke refused to share until Miao Mu warned that they might be stranded.
• Batman chose a Kryptonite ring, and Miao Mu offered Deathstroke the Lazarus Pit’s Last Waters in exchange for another item.
• Deathstroke accepted the Last Waters, and Miao Mu warned him that using it could bring nightmares.
• Wade asked for a say in choosing the loot, while Batman insisted they needed to find a way home.
• Miao Mu explained the Ragged Cloth and God's Fear, then identified the Candy Ring as a weapon designed to torment Batman.

Miao Mu, Deathstroke, Batman, and Deadpool found themselves in the Marvel timeline where Tony Stark had just escaped his captors. After agreeing to protect Tony, they prepared to fight the terrorists tracking him.

• Miao Mu took equipment from Robin King and questioned Deadpool about how to use the Time Watch to return home.
• Deadpool recognized the desert from a promotional video and predicted that Tony Stark would arrive, but Tony’s makeshift armor crashed apart in front of them.
• Miao Mu confirmed Tony had escaped from terrorists in the Middle East and agreed to protect him in exchange for payment.
• Miao Mu introduced the group to Tony, who mocked their costumes, while Miao Mu joked with Deadpool.
• Deathstroke spotted terrorists following the trail of fallen armor parts and hurled his sword through their lead pickup truck.
• Deathstroke charged the remaining terrorists and killed one man by slamming him to the ground.

Tony Stark struggled to rebuild his armor while adjusting to the powerful, unsettling people living in his home. As Batman expanded JARVIS’s capabilities, he infiltrated the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.

• Tony Stark reflected on his captivity, Ho Yinsen’s sacrifice, and the terrifying people who had brought him home.
• Tony tested a new armored arm, but its repulsor and thruster failed and slammed him into a padded wall.
• Wade mocked Tony’s seventy-first failure, and Deathstroke silenced him by throwing a sofa at him.
• Batman linked Tony’s databases through JARVIS, causing system errors and revealing hidden cameras in Pepper Potts’s office.
• Batman used a replicated JARVIS system to infiltrate the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.

Miao Mu proposed using the Tesseract to open a path back to their world, since their supply of teleportation fluid was nearly exhausted. Batman agreed they needed more intelligence, and Miao Mu persuaded Wade to help by offering a way to improve his face.

• Miao Mu returned to the villa with souvenirs while Batman identified Phil Coulson as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
• Wade explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. dealt with supernatural threats and joked with Tony, who returned to assembling his Mark II Armor.
• Batman revealed that only a tiny amount of teleportation fluid remained, making a return trip difficult.
• Miao Mu suggested finding the Tesseract in a S.H.I.E.L.D. warehouse and using its spatial power to reach their world.
• Batman asked Wade to help gather intelligence, and Miao Mu offered him Regenerator to cover the damaged areas of his face.
• Wade agreed he was not close to S.H.I.E.L.D., but accused Miao Mu of sounding like a scammer, angering him.