The Long Halloween

"Hey, sis, I'm her mother. What's wrong with taking her with me now?"

"Everything! You think you can raise her when all you care about is fighting?" the Landlady snapped. "If you wanted what was best for her and sent her to the United States to study something with a future, that would be one thing. But going there to study martial arts? Are you insane? All you know is fighting and killing. What kind of future will this girl have?"

"She's my daughter!"

"How many days have you actually spent raising her?"

"She's my daughter!"

"So what? Do you even care about her?"

"She's my daughter!"

The two argued in the streets of Hong Kong. For all Lady Shiva's martial prowess, she could hardly use it on her own family. Cassandra watched the commotion from the sidelines and earnestly told the milk tea shop owner, "Another coconut jelly milk tea. Less ice, extra coconut jelly, extra taro balls, and milk foam too."

In the end, the Landlady still failed to win the argument with her younger sister and could only bid Cassandra a tearful farewell.

"Mo—Mom, where are we going?" Cassandra asked Lady Shiva after boarding the plane.

"Is this because of your father's observation method?" Seeing how hard her daughter found it to speak, Lady Shiva understood. "It's all right. You'll get better with practice. I'll teach you."

"Our destination is Gotham City. Your father is there too. We'll train you—

"I hope you can defeat me, my daughter."

Gotham City.

"I have a feeling a fine show is about to begin." Ra's al Ghul stood atop the church spire in Gotham City. It was so high that he could almost see the workings of the entire city.

"Master, Lady Shiva is coming with Cassandra. Their plane