Chapter Summaries

While vacationing in Star City, Miao Mu learned from Gordon that the Joker had massacred a gang in Gotham and that shootings were increasing. He then contacted Edward Nygma to ask about finding Dr. Achilles Milo, whose experimental formula they wanted to investigate.

• Miao Mu refused Gordon’s repeated requests to return to Gotham, saying he was still on vacation and injured.
• Gordon told Miao Mu that a criminal called the Joker had slaughtered the Hell Fist Gang at Dock 33 and left a playing card behind.
• Miao Mu recognized the killer as the Joker, asked Gordon about Batman, and warned him that rising shootings suggested the Roman had opened Gotham’s firearms channels.
• Miao Mu called Edward Nygma to ask whether he had found Dr. Achilles Milo, whose Werewolf formula interested them.

Miao Mu met Nygma at a Star City bar and recruited him to help with a planned raid on Dr. Milo’s laboratory. Before they parted, Miao Mu asked Nygma to decipher a mysterious alchemical book, and Nygma agreed.

• Nygma told Miao Mu that Otis had won compensation in his lawsuit and that he had been ostracized by the Gotham Police Department.
• Miao Mu offered Nygma a chance to work with him in Arkham, and Nygma agreed to join his plans.
• Miao Mu gave Nygma liquor infused with the Dionysium Gem, then asked how they should approach Dr. Milo’s laboratory.
• Nygma explained that a protest would pass the laboratory the next day and warned that a Werewolf was inside; Miao Mu said they would kill it.
• Miao Mu showed Nygma pictures of writing from the Alchemy Codex, and Nygma recognized it as possibly related to Voynich Script and agreed to decipher the 320-page book.

Miao Mu left Jason with Nygma to become his student, then went with Bastian and Otis to rob Dr. Milo’s laboratory. As hundreds of rats swarmed the villa, Dr. Milo armed himself and Apollo sensed the attack.

• Miao Mu sent Jason away with Nygma, who began teaching him riddles during the drive.
• Miao Mu drove Bastian to the laboratory and had him fetch Otis, who had been watching the site.
• Miao Mu and Otis hid near the villa until three buyers left in a modified muscle car.
• Miao Mu declared Otis his brother and charged toward the laboratory as Otis summoned hundreds of rats.
• Apollo sensed the approaching rats, and Dr. Milo reached for the Uzi beneath his dining table.

Miao Mu rescued Dr. Milo from his guarded research villa by offering him a chance to escape Star City in exchange for leaving behind proof of his death. After destroying the villa, Miao Mu and Otis slipped away in an environmentalist parade, bound for Metropolis and then Gotham.

• Miao Mu stormed Dr. Milo's villa, defeated Apollo, and forced Dr. Milo to agree to disappear in exchange for freedom.
• Miao Mu injured Dr. Milo's leg, then carried the unconscious researcher out while Otis's rats demolished the villa with explosives.
• Miao Mu hid Dr. Milo in a coffin, gave him Immortal Wine, and joined an environmentalist parade with Otis and Bastian.
• Miao Mu offered vodka to a woman asking for water, then watched her use borrowed water to tend the parade's wild roses.
• Miao Mu removed the environmentalist stickers and sped away from the parade, leaving a flowerpot whose roses revived.

Miao Mu returned to Gotham, reunited with Jerry and Milo, and took over a police cruiser while catching up on new criminal threats. He learned that actress Bikadina had been kidnapped and that she was the Roman Falcone’s mistress, prompting Gordon to warn him that the case could turn Gotham into a battlefield.

• Miao Mu arrived in Gotham and met Jerry and Milo in an underground garage, where Jerry confirmed the hospital appointment was arranged.
• Miao Mu put on Jerry’s police jacket, sent the officers off with cash, and told Milo to report the Beetle stolen.
• Milo told Miao Mu that Black Mask had seized territory in Burnley District and that Joker was linked to several murders.
• Gordon dispatched Miao Mu and Milo to investigate actress Bikadina’s kidnapping and warned them she was Falcone’s mistress.
• Gordon expressed relief at hearing Miao Mu’s voice and urged him to prevent Falcone from turning Gotham into a battlefield.

Miao Mu and the Major Crimes Unit investigated Bikadina’s disappearance at Falcone’s villa, where they encountered the Roman’s guards, Oswald, and Victor Zsasz. Falcone refused police help, but Gordon claimed the case for the unit, and Miao Mu found a Joker card that pointed to the culprit.

• Miao Mu and Milo arrived at Bikadina’s villa and found Falcone’s armed guards blocking the entrance.
• Miao Mu confronted the guards, recognized Oswald, and surrendered his weapon before entering the villa with Milo.
• Miao Mu recognized Victor Zsasz inside, and Falcone ordered Victor to stand down before offering thirty million dollars for Bikadina’s safe return.
• Falcone showed the group a Joker card and insisted the police stay out of the matter.
• Gordon declared that the Major Crimes Unit would investigate Bikadina’s disappearance, and Falcone left after telling Miao Mu he remembered him.
• Miao Mu examined the Joker card, identified Joker as the likely culprit, and asked whether anyone had leads.

Miao Mu returned to the Arkham Police Department while Gotham's Major Crimes Unit investigated Bikadina's kidnapping, and Batman learned of his return as he researched the case. Joker revealed himself as Bikadina's captor in a warehouse, leaving her terrified and bound as he taunted her about Falcone paying for her.

• Miao Mu went to sleep in his car after the Major Crimes Unit took over the kidnapping investigation.
• Batman returned to the Batcave wounded, and Alfred stitched his arm while urging him to rest.
• Bruce Wayne found Miao Mu's information and examined the Bikadina Kidnapping Case and her ties to Falcone.
• Joker staged a performance in a warehouse, revealing Bikadina tied to a chair beneath the stage.
• Joker taunted Bikadina and said Falcone would pay for her.

Miao Mu and the Major Crimes Unit tracked the Joker as he hijacked a ransom van and unleashed deadly explosions across Gotham. Batman headed out to confront him, while Alfred noticed a separate report that a Wayne Enterprises cargo container bound for Afghanistan had been hijacked.

• Miao Mu brought breakfast to the Major Crimes Unit and reviewed evidence while Gordon worried about finding the Joker and forgot that his daughter Barbara was returning that day.
• A detective reported that the Joker had been found, and Miao Mu let Gordon call Barbara while he went to respond.
• The Joker hijacked the ransom van, killed its driver, and used remote-controlled explosions to destroy vehicles and kill officers and civilians during a police chase.
• Bullock ordered officers to rescue the injured, while Miao Mu called for roadblocks instead of an unrestricted pursuit.
• Bruce saw footage of the destruction, suited up as Batman, and drove out to pursue the Joker.
• Alfred noticed an email reporting that a Wayne Enterprises cargo container bound for Afghanistan had been hijacked.

Miao Mu’s raid on Joker’s warehouse ended in a devastating explosion that killed two response teams, while Joker watched Captain Gordon’s grief on the news and prepared to burn Bikadina. Batman arrived in time to stop him, but Joker electrocuted him, escaped his blows, and drew a revolver as the fight continued.

• Miao Mu ordered Teams A, B, and C to raid the warehouse, where officers found a Joker doll and a dead man before a chemical bomb destroyed the building and killed ten officers.
• Joker watched the news report on the explosion and Gordon’s grief, then poured gasoline over Bikadina at Falcone’s unfinished high-rise.
• Batman reached the high-rise and struck Joker, who welcomed the arrest before electrocuting Batman through a rigged handshake.
• Batman recovered and punched Joker, but Joker dodged a later blow and drew the revolver he had used to kill an old woman over her cat.

Batman rescued Bikadina from the fire Joker set, while Joker escaped into the darkness. At the Gotham Police Department, Loeb agreed to let Arkham officers take Miao Mu back, then assigned Feras to lead the Major Crimes Unit as an additional post.

• Batman disarmed Joker, fought him, and was briefly distracted by a prank toy.
• Joker ignited the gasoline around Bikadina, and Batman wrapped her in his cape, freed her from the chair, and jumped with her into a water tank.
• Joker watched Batman rescue Bikadina, called him a hypocrite, and vanished into the darkness.
• Jerry led Arkham officers into the Gotham Police Department conference room and demanded that Miao Mu be returned to Arkham.
• Nygma explained that Arkham needed Miao Mu, and Loeb agreed to let the officers take him back.
• After the Arkham officers left, Loeb discussed Arkham’s disorder and assigned Feras to lead the Major Crimes Unit as an additional post.

After being released from the Gotham Police Department, Miao Mu organized a search for the Joker and went to check on Gordon, who had disappeared. Batman learned that Gordon might be at the seaside and left to find him, while Miao Mu stayed behind to tease Barbara.

• Miao Mu left the police station with Jerry and the Arkham officers after learning he had five days to catch the Joker.
• Miao Mu ordered the officers to check Gotham's chemical plants and went to Gordon's home while Nygma coordinated the search with Otis.
• Miao Mu met Gordon's daughter Barbara, learned Gordon had not returned, and left before she came back from the kitchen.
• Batman arrived at Gordon's apartment and asked Barbara where Gordon might be; she suggested the seaside, and Batman hurried off to look for him.
• Miao Mu reappeared on the stairs, scolded Barbara for opening the door to strangers, and jumped down while she protested that she was not a child.

Miao Mu survived an assassination attempt and discovered that his attacker belonged to the Assassin League. The assassin was left to die in agony while Miao Mu and his companions watched for other attackers, and Miao Mu reloaded his revolver, unsettled by the League’s threat.

• An assassin attacked Miao Mu outside his apartment, but Miao Mu shot him with his M500 and ignited the Holy Flame Hammer.
• Jerry and Nygma arrived, and Miao Mu wounded the captured assassin further while demanding to know who had sent him.
• The assassin swallowed lethal poison, but Miao Mu’s Immortal Wine kept him alive in agony as he identified himself with the words, “Justice must be carried out by ourselves.”
• Miao Mu recognized the assassin as a member of the Assassin League and questioned why the organization had targeted him, but the man only threatened that they would all die.
• Miao Mu left the assassin under surveillance with Nygma’s camera, then reloaded his revolver in the car while worrying about the League.

After a poisoned Assassin League member died, Miao Mu shared intelligence with Gordon and planned to lure the Joker into a trap at Arkham Asylum. He recruited Oswald to spread a false report about the Joker’s location and asked him to take over Zero Bar as a base for Miao Mu’s people.

• Miao Mu returned to the police department after the poisoned man died and spent the night recording intelligence and deductions.
• Miao Mu gave Gordon information about the Assassin League, and Gordon agreed to pass it to Batman while they discussed the Joker’s possible chemistry skills.
• Miao Mu proposed luring the Joker by staging a humiliating counterfeit Joker, and he and Gordon planned to trap him at Arkham Asylum after sealing off the district.
• Miao Mu urged Gordon to protect Barbara and said he would find helpers and spread news through the television stations.
• Miao Mu asked Oswald to publicize that the Joker was hiding at Arkham’s wastewater treatment plant, then asked him to take over Zero Bar as a base.

Hugo Strange examined the corpse of a police officer named Miao Mu and learned more about the Lazarus Pit from Talia. Elsewhere, the Joker ambushed gang members hunting him for the Roman’s bounty, then turned his gun on a businessman who had witnessed the killings.

• Strange told Talia that the police officer had died after enduring poison and severe injuries for over an hour, and said he had underestimated him.
• Talia gave Strange Miao Mu’s file and explained that the Lazarus Pit’s Fountain of Immortality only worked within the Pit.
• Jote and the other gang members pursued the Joker into an alley, where the Joker killed Jote with a knife and took his pistol.
• The Joker shot or wounded most of the gang, then killed the last gang member with a submachine gun.
• A businessman saw the Joker’s killings and tried to escape, so the Joker fired through the wooden door before pushing it open.

Joker found a television report about an impostor posing as him and set out to show Gotham what the real Joker was. Meanwhile, Gordon and Miao Mu waited at the wastewater treatment plant, where they had staged the fake Joker as bait and prepared to kill him.

• Joker broke into a toy warehouse, terrorized the merchant, and rummaged through toys before finding a television.
• Joker watched a live report of a clown impersonating him and threatening hostages at the wastewater treatment plant, then shot the television in anger.
• Joker decided to gather supplies and make Gotham recognize Uncle Jack as the real Joker.
• Gordon worried that the staged provocation at the wastewater treatment plant could go wrong, while Miao Mu insisted Joker would come.
• Miao Mu ordered the assembled police forces to kill Joker, and he expected Batman to appear after nightfall.

Miao Mu and the police stopped a burning tanker driven by a disguised hostage, only to discover it carried a Joker prank bomb. When the truck turned out to be a diversion, Miao Mu realized Gordon was still at the sewage treatment plant and raced back toward him.

• Miao Mu and the Rapid Response Unit tried to stop the Joker's burning tanker, following Nygma's advice to use police cars and shoot out its tires.
• Jerry and the officers pulled the masked driver from the cab and discovered he was a hostage strapped to a fake bomb.
• Batman opened the gift box, took a spring-loaded punch, and was blasted away when the Joker doll exploded.
• Jerry told Miao Mu that the driver was not the Joker, and Miao Mu realized the tanker was a diversion.
• Miao Mu sprinted back toward the sewage treatment workshop, suspecting that Gordon was in danger.

Miao Mu found Renee Montoya and the other Major Crimes Unit members trapped in the wastewater workshop, then learned the Joker had taken Commissioner Gordon to a rooftop for a livestream. As Miao Mu and Otis rushed to stop him, the Joker prepared to shoot Gordon and fired on a swarm of rats climbing the stairwell.

• Miao Mu found the Major Crimes Unit members tied beneath a tarp, and Nygma identified the apparent bomb on Renee Montoya as a potato wrapped in wires and tape.
• Renee Montoya told Miao Mu that the Joker had taken Gordon with a reporter, and Miao Mu became trapped as wastewater flooded the workshop.
• Miao Mu and Otis headed for the neighboring rooftop while Nygma tried to shut down the Joker's livestream.
• The Joker revealed Commissioner Gordon, mocked him on camera, and aimed a pistol at him as Gotham TV staff chose to keep broadcasting for higher ratings.
• An explosion shook the building, and the Joker put on an oxygen mask before firing a submachine gun at rats rushing up the stairwell.

Miao Mu and Otis fought Joker on a rooftop, where Joker’s gadgets and traps nearly killed them before Miao Mu overpowered him. Joker deliberately fell to his death, while a hospital patient named Mase Curtis panicked after seeing Joker’s final smile broadcast on television.

• Miao Mu reached the rooftop, kicked Joker away from the stairwell, and tried to shoot him, but Joker shocked him with a device hidden in his hand.
• Joker attacked Miao Mu with a knife and concentrated acid, but Otis rushed in with a hunting fork and Miao Mu recovered enough to fight back.
• Miao Mu tripped Joker, then punched and slammed him until Joker rolled off the rooftop; Joker died when he hit the ground.
• A camera broadcast Joker’s final smile across Gotham City, and Zhan Yi left the rooftop as Miao Mu went to Gordon.
• Mase Curtis saw Joker’s smile on television at a Gotham hospital and screamed in terror, prompting a doctor to order morphine and have the television turned off.

Jason reluctantly went to school while Miao Mu drove to Falcone’s villa, where he collected a reward for the Joker’s death and refused Falcone’s offer of employment. At Arkham Asylum, the newly arrived Jeremiah Arkham asked Hugo Strange to explain the Joker’s case.

• Miao Mu sent Jason to school, then drove off in his new police cruiser as Gotham’s youngest captain.
• Miao Mu visited Falcone, admitted he had thrown the Joker from a building, and accepted a ten-million-dollar check and a bronze key as his reward.
• Falcone offered Miao Mu a paid position, but Miao Mu refused and left; Falcone ordered that he be added to the second-tier payroll and revealed that the Assassin League had accepted a contract.
• Jeremiah Arkham introduced himself to Hugo Strange as the asylum’s new doctor and asked to study the Joker’s case.
• Strange agreed to show Jeremiah the Joker’s research materials.

Hugo Strange discovered that Jeremiah Arkham had been hired to obtain the Joker’s corpse, then knocked him unconscious. Miao Mu visited Nygma with Falcone’s ten-million-dollar payment, leaving him to continue deciphering the Voynich Script.

• Hugo Strange took Jeremiah Arkham to the morgue and revealed the Joker’s corpse.
• Strange threatened Jeremiah until he admitted that someone had promised him the Arkham inheritance in exchange for the Joker’s corpse.
• Strange realized Jeremiah was still concealing something and knocked him unconscious.
• Miao Mu visited Nygma, who was struggling to decipher the Voynich Script.
• Miao Mu handed Nygma Falcone’s ten-million-dollar check.