Chapter Summaries

Jason visited the abandoned church seeking food and met Roland, an irreverent priest who fed him noodles. After Jason left with the meal, Roland’s Goodwill Value reached 100, and his first lucky draw awarded him Caesar Gattuso’s Word Spirit: Kamaitachi.

• Jason prayed for food, and Roland advised him to steal and donate money to redeem his sins.
• Roland introduced himself as a Vatican-trained priest, then cooked noodles for Jason, who took them to his hungry companions.
• Roland gained 40 Goodwill Value from Jason’s visit and reflected on how difficult it had been to earn goodwill in Gotham.
• Roland started his first lucky draw after his Goodwill Value reached 100.
• The draw awarded Roland Caesar Gattuso’s Word Spirit: Kamaitachi.

Roland used Kamaitachi to discover that Jason had stolen the church’s Jesus statue, then found him among the Mad Hatter’s actors and abducted him during a shootout. Batman arrested the Mad Hatter and learned that a clergyman had taken the missing boy, while Roland carried the unconscious Jason away.

• Roland tested Kamaitachi, discovered the Jesus statue was missing, and followed the sounds of a nearby commotion.
• Roland confronted Jason and the Mad Hatter’s troupe, then joined their argument over who could play the Cheshire Cat.
• Police arrived and exchanged gunfire with the troupe, and Roland knocked Jason unconscious and carried him away.
• Batman captured the Mad Hatter and handed him to the police after questioning him.
• Batman found evidence that a clergyman had taken Jason, and Commissioner Gordon complained as Batman left without explanation.

Roland caught Jason Todd stealing a church statue and made him agree to unpaid work, but Batman arrived and ordered them to the Police Department to answer questions about the Mad Hatter. After Batman left, Roland and Jason set out on foot, with Roland planning to feed local street kids.

• Roland used the Mad Hatter's Brainwave Controller on Jason, who admitted stealing a small statue from the Church.
• Batman crashed into the Church, identified the hat as dangerous technology, and decided to take Roland to the Police Department.
• Jason agreed to work without pay at Roland's Church, and Batman said both of them needed to provide leads about the Mad Hatter.
• Batman left on his Batcycle, while Roland and Jason headed toward the Police Department on foot because they had no money.
• Roland asked Jason to find street kids for a meal the next day, and Jason stepped on a piece of an arm as they left.

Roland and Jason were caught in a subway attack by gunmen controlled by Mad Hatter’s hats. Roland used Kamaitachi to locate the attackers in the dark and incapacitated all sixteen, leaving them alive and writhing in pain.

• Roland and Jason found a severed arm near a manhole, then left it in place and continued toward the subway.
• Jason led Roland through Gotham’s grim subway, where they boarded a nearly empty train and saw a group of punk youths.
• Gunfire erupted in a neighboring carriage, and Roland and Jason hid as the shooting and screams drew closer.
• Roland smashed the lights and used Kamaitachi to locate a gunman, then tackled him while Jason knocked him unconscious.
• Roland crawled through the dark and struck sixteen attackers in the groin, leaving them howling on the floor.

Roland was arrested after using excessive force to stop armed attackers and was placed in a cell with Killer Croc. An anonymous employer bailed him out, and Roland began walking toward the Church through Gotham City’s dangerous streets.

• The police arrested Roland despite his claim that he had acted in defense of others, and he was sent to a detention facility.
• Roland met his cellmate, Waylon Jones, also known as Killer Croc, and told him he had smashed thirty-two attackers’ balls.
• Roland used his Goodwill Value to win Hawkeye’s Weapon: Cross Knife in a lottery.
• A guard told Roland that someone had bailed him out, and Roland left the detention facility after signing documents with Donar the Lawyer.
• Donar told Roland that an anonymous employer had paid for his release and would seek him out later.
• Roland walked toward the Church, dodging six separate altercations before he had covered half the distance.

Batman questioned Roland about the subway incident and arranged a car to take him back to the church, where Roland and Jason discussed making money. On Valentine’s Day, Roland picked wild roses with Jason’s friends but left the selling to them so he could go pick up girls.

• Batman met Roland in Gotham City’s East End, questioned him about the subway incident, and called him a car home.
• Roland returned to the church and found Jason making breakfast; they talked about Jason’s meager earnings and planned to sell wild roses on Valentine’s Day.
• On February 14, Roland picked wild roses, and Jason gathered his friends to wrap the bouquets and sell them.
• Roland told Jason he would leave the selling to the others so he could go pick up girls.

Roland went to a restaurant with Jason, hoping to meet a lonely young woman, but a flower seller ensnared him with a strange power. He awoke bound beside Bruce Wayne in a garden, where Pamela Lillian Isley confronted Bruce and Roland tried to talk his way free.

• Roland recruited Jason as his wingman and went with him to a restaurant, where he spotted a pianist beside Bruce Wayne.
• A masked flower seller distracted Roland with a sermon and used a green flash to put him in a daze, then sold roses to Bruce.
• Jason followed the dazed Roland into an abandoned garden and saw Bruce enter after him.
• Roland regained his senses and found himself bound in vines beside Bruce, while Pamela Lillian Isley revealed her grudge against Bruce over her firing and research.
• Roland insisted he had done nothing to Pamela and asked her to free him so he could help her attack Bruce.

Roland and Bruce rescued Natalia from Mad Hatter after Pamela was defeated, and Bruce’s identity as Batman came up during the police ride. The chapter ended with Gordon sending Bruce and Natalia off together while Roland complained that he was the only one spending Valentine’s Day alone.

• Roland freed himself with the Cross Knife, then cut Bruce loose, and Bruce knocked Pamela unconscious.
• Roland used Kamaitachi to locate Natalia and heard Mad Hatter trying to abduct her.
• Bruce attacked Mad Hatter after he injured Natalia, beating him unconscious and leaving him seriously hurt.
• Roland told Commissioner Gordon that Batman had beaten Mad Hatter, and Bruce confronted Roland about recognizing his identity.
• Bruce said he had made Pamela and Mad Hatter lose some of their recent memories, while Roland insisted that knowing Bruce was Batman was not a problem.
• Gordon let Bruce and Natalia leave together, then returned to spend Valentine’s Day with Barbara as Roland lamented being alone.

After the Falcone couple were killed and their ledger disappeared, Roland suspected the Holiday Killer but focused on protecting his street companions as Gotham grew dangerous. At Gotham City Hospital, a Falcone enforcer learned that the man in a photograph was Dormouse and questioned Mad Hatter about the missing ledger.

• Gordon received word that a man and woman from the Falcone family had been found dead in Crime Alley, and Roland left the car to look for a late Valentine’s Day date.
• Roland and Jason discussed the killings, the Holiday Killer legend, and the money they had made, while Roland arranged to feed Jason’s young companions and other hungry people.
• Jason’s underling reported that Simone Falcone had been killed and that his missing ledger had thrown Gotham into chaos, so Roland offered the group food and shelter.
• A Falcone enforcer entered Mad Hatter’s guarded hospital room, paid off the police, and showed him a photograph.
• Mad Hatter identified the man in the photograph as Dormouse but denied knowing where the ledger was, and the enforcer ordered his men to hurt him.

After the Roman arranged the release of the Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, and the Riddler, Gordon and Harvey Dent suspected the Falcone family was worsening Gotham’s chaos. Roland returned to the church with potatoes after beating up a Falcone extortionist, and he expected Batman to act soon.

• The Roman had the Mad Hatter discharged and sent away, while Commissioner Gordon learned that Poison Ivy and the Riddler had also been bailed out.
• Gordon and Harvey Dent connected the Falcone releases to the Valentine’s Day deaths and discussed the similar holiday murders before plotting their next move.
• Roland confronted a Falcone thug who demanded an atonement fee, knocked him down, took his cash, and bought a sack of potatoes from a farmer.
• At the church, Roland learned that Alena and Manuel had gone out to find food and worried about their safety amid the chaos.
• Jason doubted Batman could stop the Falcone family, but Roland predicted Batman would make a move soon.

Batman attacked Falcone and warned him to control his men, prompting Falcone to put a bounty on Batman while police also called for tips. Several copies of the Falcone family's ledger surfaced across Gotham, and Falcone revealed he had received seven of them that day.

• Batman broke into Falcone's bedroom, beat and humiliated him, and threatened to return unless he controlled his men.
• Falcone offered ten million dollars for Batman, while Commissioner Gilliam B. Loeb urged the public to report him; Roland and Jason discussed the news and ways to earn money.
• Manuel brought Roland a notebook that appeared to be the Falcone family's ledger after a man fell from a building and coughed blood on him.
• A child gave Killer Croc an identical notebook, but Killer Croc ordered it burned and told his followers to focus on taking in people from above.
• Riddler quizzed Mad Hatter about a tea-party riddle at the Falcone family residence, and Poison Ivy gave Falcone another ledger; Falcone said it was the seventh copy he had received that day.

Falcone blamed Harvey Dent for the Holiday Killer’s attacks, while Riddler prepared an ambush at the zoo for International Seal Day. Roland donated blood, used the goodwill he earned for a ten-pull, and gained Kirei Kotomine’s Bajiquan, leaving him with a powerful new martial art.

• Falcone accused Harvey Dent of being the Holiday Killer and offered a higher reward for capturing the killer.
• Riddler announced that he had arranged an ambush at Gotham City Zoo for International Seal Day.
• Roland and Jason discussed selling goods at the zoo’s festivities without paying protection money to a gang.
• Roland donated blood at the Thomas Wayne Memorial Clinic and gained seventy goodwill points.
• Roland used his goodwill for a ten-pull and received Kirei Kotomine’s martial art, Bajiquan.
• Roland tested the new techniques by striking a roadside tree and snapping it in two.

Roland prepared to sell souvenirs at Gotham Zoo, while the Riddler, the Falcone family, and Harvey Dent made plans and preparations surrounding March 1st. At the zoo, Roland headed to confront the tough men guarding a rival stall near the Aquarium.

• Roland tested his new martial arts strength, then arranged souvenirs for sale at Gotham Zoo.
• The zoo director and finance officer discussed the event’s sponsor and schemed to inflate the advertising bill.
• The Riddler supervised people setting up devices in the Aquarium.
• Alberto Falcone’s father forbade him from joining the family business and ordered guards to keep him confined on March 1st; Alberto privately thought he was meant to be bait for the Holiday Killer.
• Harvey Dent examined his scars and recalled his abusive father, while reflecting on the divided sides of human nature.
• On March 1st, Roland set up a mobile stall at the zoo and went to confront the men guarding a rival souvenir stand by the Aquarium.

Roland took over a suspicious souvenir stand at Gotham Zoo and uncovered what appeared to be an anesthetic-based human trafficking operation. After Commissioner Gordon arrested the men, Gordon encountered a man who looked like Harvey but acted differently.

• Roland knocked out Danilo and the other three men guarding the stand, then took their weapons and set up his own souvenir cart.
• Roland found green liquid and a water-gun-like device hidden in the cart, woke Simon, and used the liquid to confirm it was a powerful anesthetic.
• Roland called Commissioner Gordon to report the suspected crime, and Gordon arrived at the zoo despite Barbara's cold reaction to him.
• Gordon identified the suspects as likely members of an Italian-American crime family, warned Roland about Gotham's criminals, and took the four men into custody.
• Gordon noticed Barbara had left, then collided with a man who looked like Harvey but ignored him and walked away.

Roland was mistaken for the Holiday Killer during Riddler’s staged reveal at the zoo, then joined the real Holiday Killer, Harvey, in hiding from Falcone’s mob. They concealed themselves inside a female elephant, and Roland realized it was elephant mating season.

• Riddler announced the Holiday Killer at the Aquarium and pointed the spotlight at Roland, mistaking him for the culprit.
• Gunfire erupted, and Roland fled through the zoo while mobsters blocked the entrance.
• Roland ran into Harvey, who admitted he was the Holiday Killer but claimed the Holiday Killer was not him.
• With the zoo surrounded and its electrified walls impossible to climb, Roland convinced Harvey to hide inside a female elephant.
• Harvey and Roland hid inside the elephant, and Roland realized it was March, when elephant mating season occurred.

Roland and Harvey escaped the Gotham City Zoo after hiding inside an elephant, then Roland returned to Church and learned that the East End First Street Gang had stolen his money. He went to confront the gang, kicking open the door to their hideout.

• Falcone realized the Holiday Killer might have left the zoo among the departing guests and ordered his men to investigate them.
• Roland used Kamaitachi to listen for the mobsters, then escaped the elephant with Harvey and parted ways with him.
• Roland returned to Church and learned that the East End First Street Gang had extorted his people and taken the money.
• Roland asked Jason to lead him to the gang's hideout, where he heard more than thirty people inside.
• Roland kicked open the hideout's door, tore off its handle, and threw it through the chandelier while complaining about the noise.

Roland beat up a group of men who had stolen money from Jason and took far more cash than they owed. Meanwhile, Batman investigated Harvey Dent after noticing a strange smell and discovered evidence that left him wondering about Harvey’s unusual private life.

• Roland stormed into the men’s room, beat them with a belt, and forced them to hand over their money.
• Roland returned to Jason with more than ten thousand dollars and said he would use it to feed children and homeless people.
• A bat-shaped figure watched Roland and Jason leave, then went elsewhere instead of following them.
• Batman visited Harvey, noticed a strange smell, and found a sticky substance on Harvey’s clothes in the bathroom.
• Batman told Gordon that Harvey was safe but ill, then began investigating what he suspected was Harvey’s unusual fetish.

Roland planned to reopen the abandoned church and asked Commissioner Gordon to introduce him to District Attorney Harvey for legal advice. Poison Ivy attacked him and Jason, but Batman intervened; Roland regained consciousness afterward as Batman questioned his sudden mastery of kung fu.

• Roland told Jason he wanted to fix up the abandoned church and asked Commissioner Gordon to connect him with District Attorney Harvey about the paperwork.
• Poison Ivy appeared and attacked Roland, blaming him for her memory loss and the beating she had suffered.
• Poison Ivy knocked Roland unconscious with toxins and bound Jason with vines.
• Batman subdued Poison Ivy, checked Roland, and freed the two men.
• Roland woke up, and Batman challenged his claim that his kung fu skill came from only a few days of practice.

Roland met Batman after a robbery and discovered Batman had planted a tracker on him, while Joker and Harley escaped Arkham and planned to kidnap Commissioner Gordon. Roland later met Harvey Dent to seek legal advice about an abandoned church, but Harvey’s questions exposed how little Roland had prepared.

• Batman confronted Roland about robbing a gang and revealed he had planted a tracker on him.
• Batman brought Poison Ivy to Arkham, learned Joker and Harley Quinn had escaped, and left to hunt for them.
• Joker planned to surprise Batman by kidnapping Gordon, while Gordon suffered nightmares about dentists.
• Roland found Gordon exhausted at the police station and accompanied him to meet Harvey Dent at a café.
• Roland and Harvey awkwardly acknowledged their previous meeting before Roland explained his plan for an abandoned church.
• Harvey questioned Roland about believers, clergy, organization, and funding, then asked what Roland was actually trying to do.

Roland discussed how to get a renovation permit for his church, then organized a meal for homeless people. Harvey Dent offered to help with the permit, but violently attacked a man who slapped a child, and Roland later heard that Batman was humiliating Joker.

• Roland asked Harvey and Gordon about renovating the church without meeting the permit requirements, and Harvey suggested asking the Church for help.
• Roland returned to the church and organized a meal for the homeless, earning Goodwill Value as people collected food.
• Harvey visited Roland, praised his charity work, and offered to look into getting a renovation permit.
• A homeless man slapped a child serving food, and Harvey beat the man before Roland stopped him and ordered the crowd to keep quiet.
• Roland sent Kamaitachi to investigate a nearby commotion and learned that Batman was humiliating Joker.