Chapter Summaries

Miao Mu used Edward Nygma’s deductions to connect the Dollmaker’s experiments to a robbery by three monsters and predicted that their next move would involve buying drugs on the black market. He headed for a black-market warehouse in Tricorner, with Jerry sent to gather backup, as a new adventure treasure hunt appeared.

• Miao Mu paid Pamola the remaining bill with Jerry’s pawned necklace and an IOU, but Pamola forgave the debt and tore up the note.
• Miao Mu received Edward Nygma’s notebook, which explained that the Dollmaker had created a living monster through his experiments.
• At the task force meeting, Miao Mu proposed investigating black-market drug suppliers, then learned that three monsters had robbed an armored truck and escaped through the sewers with seven million dollars.
• Miao Mu bet Chief Bullock that the Dollmaker would seek drugs on the black market and asked Jerry to contact Otis and Oswald.
• Miao Mu drove toward the black-market warehouse at 461 Riverside Road with a pistol, bulletproof vest, and shotgun, while Jerry went to find Otis.
• An Adventure Treasure Hunt notification appeared as Miao Mu sped toward Tricorner.

Batman, Bruce Wayne, attacked a deal between Sal Maroni and Barton Mathis, the Dollmaker, but the fight escalated when Mathis unleashed his grotesque creations. A tan Dodge sedan crashed into the warehouse and struck Defective No. 31, while its unseen driver announced an armed arrival.

• Sal Maroni and Barton Mathis arranged a deal at Warehouse 461, but Batman ambushed the gangsters and knocked them out.
• The Dollmaker revealed Masterpiece No. 29, Scrap No. 11, and Defective No. 31, who attacked Batman.
• A tan Dodge sedan smashed through the warehouse shutter and rammed Defective No. 31, narrowly missing Batman.
• The sedan crushed Defective No. 31 against a stack of crates, and its driver shouted a taunt before the roar of a Remington M870 Shotgun.

Miao Mu battled Dollmaker Barton Mathis and his monstrous creations in a warehouse while Batman fought alongside him. After Miao Mu killed the creatures and wounded Barton, he introduced himself to Batman, who secretly investigated him through Alfred.

• Miao Mu killed Defective No. 31 and confronted Dollmaker Barton Mathis in the warehouse.
• Batman and Miao Mu fought Masterpiece No. 29 and Scrap No. 11, with Miao Mu severing Scrap No. 11's arm and Batman restraining Masterpiece No. 29.
• Miao Mu shot Barton in the hand as he tried to fire at Batman, then let him flee toward the sewers.
• Miao Mu killed Scrap No. 11 while Batman subdued Masterpiece No. 29 with a tranquilizer.
• Miao Mu identified himself to Batman, while Alfred searched his records and relayed his background to Batman over the radio.

Miao Mu helped Dollmaker Barton escape Batman, then joined Otis and Jerry in tracking Barton through Gotham’s sewers. Batman stayed behind to fight Masterpiece No. 29 as the pursuit continued underground.

• Miao Mu told Batman that Dollmaker Barton had escaped into the sewers, while Batman questioned him at the warehouse.
• Jerry and Otis arrived, and Miao Mu freed himself as Otis’s rats swarmed Batman and Masterpiece No. 29 attacked him.
• Batman threw a Batarang at Miao Mu, who caught it and ran from the warehouse with Jerry and Otis.
• Otis summoned rats to follow Barton’s blood trail to an open manhole, and Miao Mu, Jerry, and Otis entered the sewers to pursue him.

Miao Mu and his allies confronted the Court of Owls after finding Dollmaker Barton in the sewers. They killed Reserve Talon Drank and pursued the other Talon, while Jerry and Otis swore to keep the encounter secret.

• Dollmaker Barton fled through the sewers after being attacked, but Reserve Talons Drank and Herd stopped him and questioned him about his injuries.
• Rats attacked Barton, and Drank and Herd tried to take him away as Miao Mu, Otis Flanigan, and Jerry arrived.
• Miao Mu and Jerry opened fire on Drank, who dived into the sewage and then lunged at Miao Mu with a dagger.
• Otis distracted Drank with his lantern, allowing Miao Mu to blast off his arm, and Otis's rats and Jerry finished him off.
• Jerry warned Otis to keep the encounter secret, and he and Otis followed Miao Mu in pursuit of Herd and Barton.

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.