Recaps

Yang Ming, an underground doctor who could travel between the Marvel and DC universes, received a mission to save Bruce Wayne during his first attempt at fighting crime in Gotham. After finding and treating the wounded Bruce in an alley, Yang Ming faced approaching gangsters and corrupt police while his clinic was still two blocks away.

• Yang Ming finished treating a Russian gangster in his Hell's Kitchen clinic and used a hidden door to travel to his Gotham clinic.
• A mission system ordered Yang Ming to treat the critically injured Bruce Wayne in an alley on Lake Street within two hours.
• Yang Ming found Bruce bleeding and badly injured, but Bruce threw a knife that cut Yang Ming's cheek before collapsing unconscious.
• Yang Ming cut open Bruce's vest and applied hemostatic gel to his gunshot wound as police sirens and armed pursuers approached the alley.

Yang Ming used a camouflage blanket and his reputation as the Maloney Family’s miracle doctor to hide Bruce Wayne from armed gangsters. After the search party left, he discovered Bruce had only 24 minutes remaining and carried him toward his clinic.

• Yang Ming covered the badly wounded Bruce Wayne with an optical camouflage blanket as the Gang hitmen searched Alley 22.
• Yang Ming confronted Scarface and convinced him that his patient had died, then let the men search the alley.
• The Gang members found nothing and left without discovering Bruce beneath the blanket.
• Yang Ming uncovered Bruce, saw that his vital signs were worsening, and carried him toward his clinic.

Yang Ming raced to save Bruce Wayne from fatal internal bleeding in his hidden clinic, overcoming Bruce’s panicked attack to complete emergency surgery. The system rewarded him with combat muscle memory and a recovery potion, which he injected into Bruce as they waited for him to heal.

• Yang Ming carried critically injured Bruce to the Underground Clinic and diagnosed a ruptured spleen causing internal bleeding.
• Yang Ming opened Bruce’s abdomen and began surgery, but Bruce awoke in a trauma-induced panic and crushed Yang Ming’s forearm in his grip.
• Yang Ming shocked Bruce with a defibrillator to free himself, then clamped the bleeding vessel and completed the operation just before the countdown expired.
• The system declared the mission complete and rewarded Yang Ming with master-level combat muscle memory and a Specialized Medical Recovery Potion.
• Yang Ming endured the painful physical reconstruction, tested his new combat abilities, and injected the recovery potion into Bruce’s IV line.

Bruce Wayne recovered from his wounds in Yang Ming’s underground clinic, then attacked the doctor, suspecting him of being dangerous. Yang Ming defeated him and pinned him by the throat after revealing that he knew Bruce’s identity.

• Bruce endured the potion’s painful healing process and woke with his wounds healed and his tactical gear destroyed.
• Bruce sprang at Yang Ming with a powerful kick, but Yang Ming caught it without spilling his coffee.
• Bruce continued attacking, and Yang Ming struck him with a Bajiquan Mountain-Leaning Strike that sent him crashing into a surgical trolley.
• The two fought through the clinic as Yang Ming countered Bruce’s attacks, exploited an opening, and locked Bruce’s arm.
• Yang Ming called him Bruce Wayne and threw him onto the concrete, then pinned his throat with a knee.

Yang Ming revealed that he had recognized Bruce Wayne and demanded one million dollars for saving him and keeping his identity secret. Bruce paid and left Yang Ming’s clinic, while Yang Ming worried that Bruce would return and disturb his plans.

• Yang Ming explained how Bruce’s prototype Wayne Enterprises suit, physique, and recent return to Gotham had exposed his identity, then released him from the pin.
• Yang Ming demanded one million dollars for Bruce’s treatment and silence, and Bruce asked what he had been injected with.
• Yang Ming refused to discuss his medical methods and threatened to sell naked photos of Bruce to the Gotham Gazette unless he paid.
• Bruce transferred one million dollars from an anonymous Swiss Bank account, and Yang Ming promptly offered him spare clothes and coffee.
• Bruce left the clinic after warning Yang Ming he would be back, and Yang Ming reflected that the newly wealthy Batman would likely keep an eye on him.

After a disastrous patrol left Bruce Wayne injured and exposed, Yang Ming's healing drug and fighting skill convinced Bruce that Gotham demanded more than a disguise and fists. A bat breaking into Wayne Manor inspired him to become a symbol of fear, and he began planning his suit and a base in the cavern beneath the estate.

• Bruce returned to Wayne Manor with a blood-soaked tactical belt, and Alfred examined him after finding no serious injuries.
• Bruce told Alfred that Yang Ming had recognized him, defeated him, and healed his bullet wounds with a green drug; he asked Alfred to investigate Yang Ming.
• Bruce reflected on the failed operation against the Malone Crime Family and realized criminals and police alike had not feared his disguise.
• A bat crashed through the study window, stirring Bruce's childhood fear and giving him the idea to embody criminals' nightmares.
• Bruce sketched a bat-themed suit and ordered Alfred to contact Lucius Fox and arrange equipment for a base in the cavern beneath Wayne Manor.

Yang Ming posted notices in Gotham and Hell's Kitchen seeking a discreet medical assistant, then drove off a thug who suggested kidnapping candidates. After traveling uptown in Gotham to restock medical supplies, he heard someone shout that their wallet had been stolen.

• Yang Ming wrote and posted medical assistant notices at his clinics in Gotham and Hell's Kitchen.
• Vasily Grekov offered to spread the word, but one of his underlings suggested abducting nurses for Yang Ming to inspect.
• Yang Ming kicked the underling into a trash can and warned Grekov against using coercion to recruit an assistant.
• Yang Ming used the Anywhere Door to travel to Gotham and headed to a pharmacy to restock medical supplies.
• A person in the crowd behind Yang Ming shouted that their wallet had been stolen.

Yang Ming stopped Cat from stealing Benjamin’s wallet and returned it, directing Benjamin’s reward to an East End orphanage. Harleen Frances Quinzel witnessed Yang Ming’s reverse pickpocketing and became fascinated by him, deciding to study him.

• Cat stole Benjamin’s wallet, then tried to pick Yang Ming’s pocket as she passed him.
• Yang Ming used his combat reflexes and Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills to take Benjamin’s wallet from Cat without her noticing.
• Yang Ming returned the wallet to Benjamin and told him to donate his ten-thousand-dollar reward to an East End orphanage.
• Harleen Frances Quinzel watched the encounter from a café and recorded observations about Yang Ming in her notebook.
• Harleen lost sight of Yang Ming as he entered a medical supply store and decided he was a fascinating subject to investigate.

Selene discovered that Yang Ming had stolen Benjamin's wallet and set out to track him down. Yang Ming returned to his Underground Clinic unaware that Selene and a college student in Upper Town were closing in on him.

• Selene returned to St. Mary's Abbey and told Maggie that she had stolen enough money from Benjamin to cover the heating bills.
• Selene found Benjamin's wallet missing and recalled that Yang Ming had taken it when they crossed paths in Upper Town.
• Selene vowed to recover the wallet and left to search for Yang Ming.
• Yang Ming carried medical supplies back to his Underground Clinic and prepared instant noodles, unaware that Selene was looking for him.
• A blonde college student in Upper Town sketched Yang Ming's trench coat in a pink notebook as the paths of three dangerous people converged around his clinic.

Yang Ming interviewed a cash-strapped young woman for a job at his underground clinic in Hell's Kitchen. She was drawn to the five-thousand-dollar offer, and the chapter ended with her intent gaze as she seemed determined to get hired.

• Yang Ming opened his clinic and found a young woman waiting with his recruitment notice.
• The applicant surveyed the clinic and noticed that its operating equipment was far better than its shabby surroundings.
• Yang Ming offered a ten-thousand-dollar salary for an assistant with medical skills or five thousand for basic physical work.
• Yang Ming warned her that the clinic operated illegally and demanded absolute secrecy.
• The young woman thought of her overdue bills and her sister Trish's tuition, and fixed Yang Ming with a fierce, determined stare.

Yang Ming recognized his prospective clinic employee Jessica Jones and hesitated to hire her because her future brought danger from Kilgrave. A mission promising a Haki integration seed convinced him to hire her, and Jessica started work immediately.

• Yang Ming questioned Jessica about her age, work history, drug use, criminal record, and ability to handle trouble.
• Jessica introduced herself as Jessica Jones, and Yang Ming realized she was the future superhero whose story involved the mind-controlling Kilgrave.
• Yang Ming prepared to reject Jessica to avoid getting drawn into Kilgrave's conflict, but a system mission required him to hire and train her in medical skills in exchange for a Three Types of Haki integration seed.
• Yang Ming decided the reward was worth the risk and offered Jessica the job at five thousand dollars a month without probation.
• Jessica signed the employee form, and Yang Ming told her to start immediately.

Yang Ming and Jessica faced their first emergency at the clinic when two Russian mobsters brought in a dying man named Boss Ivan. Yang Ming began treating his tension pneumothorax while Jessica learned to fetch the instruments he needed.

• Two bloodied Russians forced their way into the clinic with Boss Ivan, who was struggling to breathe.
• Yang Ming diagnosed a tension pneumothorax and ordered the Russians to place Boss Ivan on the operating table and remove his shirt.
• Yang Ming scrubbed in and ordered Jessica to retrieve instruments from the cabinet.
• When a bald Russian grabbed her, Jessica crushed his wrist and warned him not to interfere.
• Yang Ming told Jessica to follow the cabinet’s color-coded labels, and she brought him a puncture needle, drainage tube, hemostat, and lidocaine.

Yang Ming saved Boss Ivan from a tension pneumothorax with Jessica assisting, then began training her as his medical apprentice. Jessica accepted the demanding study plan and started memorizing human anatomy.

• Yang Ming performed an emergency chest decompression and drainage, stabilizing Boss Ivan as Jessica handed him instruments.
• The bald Russian paid Yang Ming with two stacks of cash, and Yang Ming instructed the men to bring Ivan in for daily dressing changes.
• Yang Ming saw that Jessica’s assistance had only advanced her long-term teaching mission to 5% and gave her money to buy coffee and clean the clinic.
• Jessica returned with coffee, cleaned the blood and medical waste, and listened as Yang Ming explained why she needed to learn anatomy.
• Yang Ming gave Jessica Netter’s Atlas of Human Anatomy and assigned her to memorize all 206 bones in Latin and English by the next morning.

Selina Kyle broke into Yang Ming’s Underground Clinic to recover the money he had taken from her, but he caught and subdued her. After threatening to dissect her, he forced her to reveal her name, leaving her bound on the operating table.

• Yang Ming returned to Gotham’s Underground Clinic and rested after injecting himself with concentrated glucose.
• Selina Kyle found the clinic, evaded its guards, and picked the lock to search for the money.
• Yang Ming revealed he had been awake and caught Selina as she tried to rob him.
• Selina attacked Yang Ming, but he defeated her in seconds and bound her to the operating table.
• Yang Ming questioned Selina and threatened to dissect her, so she gave him her name: Selene, Selina Kyle.

Yang Ming discovered that Selina Kyle had stolen to pay for treatment for her seriously ill sister, Maggie. After explaining that black-market antibiotics would not save Maggie, he left Selina waiting to hear what he would do next.

• Yang Ming recognized Selina Kyle, released her from the operating table, and asked why she had tried to steal Benjamin's money.
• Yang Ming noticed signs that Selina had been handling asthma medication and coal, then deduced that someone at home was sick.
• Selina revealed that her sister Maggie had congenital asthma and a severe lung infection, and that she needed money for medicine and oxygen equipment.
• Selina explained her rules for stealing and said she had targeted Benjamin because he profited from exploiting the poor.
• Yang Ming warned that substandard antibiotics could worsen Maggie's condition and that she needed precise treatment and professional medical equipment.

Yang Ming agreed to treat Maggie Kyle for free if Selene Kyle worked as his runner and informant, fulfilling the recruitment part of a system quest. He gave Selene medicine for the night and followed her through Gotham’s rain to protect the treatment and the quest.

• Yang Ming received a system quest to cure Maggie and recruit Selina Kyle, with a 100-cubic-meter subspace storage ring as its reward.
• Yang Ming described Maggie’s treatment and warned Selene that taking Benjamin’s money could put her and her sister in danger.
• Selene accepted Yang Ming’s offer to work for him in exchange for Maggie’s free treatment.
• Yang Ming gave Selene a Stark Industries cell-activating spray and told her to bring Maggie to the clinic at daybreak.
• Selene left for St. Mary’s Abbey, and Yang Ming followed her through the rainy East End.

Yang Ming followed Selene to St. Mary's Abbey, where the Rat Gang had attacked Maggie and demanded Selene join them. As Selene fought back to protect her sister, Yang Ming watched from the shadows, waiting to judge her abilities and intervene.

• Yang Ming secretly followed Selene through the rain to St. Mary's Abbey, hoping to rescue her at a desperate moment and recruit her.
• Selene found the abbey's backyard door smashed in and heard Maggie coughing inside.
• Yang Ming identified three Rat Gang thugs tormenting Maggie and saw them burn her hands with spilled oatmeal as her asthma worsened.
• Selene rushed into the hall and broke the lead thug's nose with a flying knee.
• Two thugs drew switchblades and threatened to take Maggie, while Selene shielded her sister and prepared to fight with a dagger.

Yang Ming rescued Selene and Maggie from the Rat Gang, treating Maggie’s asthma attack and inviting the sisters to his clinic. Selene agreed to work for him, while Yang Ming warned the gang’s leader Fiss to stay away from 22 Lake Street.

• Selene’s injured leg failed her during a fight, and a thug cut her waist as Maggie’s asthma worsened.
• Yang Ming threw a scalpel into an attacker’s wrist and disabled the last standing thug with his umbrella.
• Yang Ming used relief spray to stabilize Maggie and told Selene that the girl needed treatment at his clinic.
• Selene offered her life in exchange for Maggie’s cure, and Yang Ming told her he needed a rule-following employee rather than a killer or thief.
• Yang Ming warned the injured gang leader to tell Fiss to stay away from 22 Lake Street, then led Selene and Maggie toward his clinic.

Yang Ming treated Maggie’s pulmonary fibrosis with a targeted medication and a Stark Industries hyperbaric chamber, saving her life. Selina Kyle swore loyalty to him, then warned that the Rat Gang would retaliate; Yang Ming remained unfazed and threatened to wipe them out if they came after him.

• Yang Ming injected Maggie with targeted medication and placed her in the hyperbaric chamber, where her breathing and oxygen levels quickly returned to normal.
• Yang Ming told Selina Kyle to bring Maggie to the clinic nightly for a week so her damaged lungs could recover.
• Selina knelt to thank Yang Ming and pledged her life to him, completing his quest and earning a 100-cubic-meter Subspace Storage Ring.
• Selina warned Yang Ming that Fiss and the Rat Gang would seek revenge and might be backed by powerful gangs involved in an organ black market.
• Yang Ming dismissed the threat and said he would erase the Rat Gang if Fiss came after him, while Selina began cleaning the clinic.

Yang Ming tested the storage ring that let him move heavy supplies between Gotham and New York, then continued training Jessica Jones in anatomy and wound care. Jessica began practicing sutures on pork, and the chapter left her trying to control her strength after she snapped a needle.

• Yang Ming stored and retrieved a three-hundred-pound operating table with his new ring, confirming its 100-cubic-meter capacity.
• Yang Ming traveled through the portal to Hell's Kitchen and quizzed Jessica on upper-limb anatomy, paying her for a correct answer.
• Yang Ming demonstrated how to stitch a simulated gunshot wound in pork and explained the need to close deeper tissue layers.
• Jessica tried to suture the pork but snapped the needle with her superhuman strength.
• Yang Ming gave Jessica a fresh needle and coached her to relax her wrist and use finesse.

Yang Ming prepared to defend his Underground Clinic after Selene warned him that Fiss and the Rat Gang were coming with a heavily armed force. He left Selene and Maggie locked inside and went out alone to face them.

• Fiss armed more than twenty Rat Gang killers with Thompson submachine guns and Remington shotguns, ordering them to attack Yang Ming at 22 Lake Street.
• In Hell's Kitchen, Yang Ming made Jessica Jones practice suturing and checked Maggie's improving condition in the hyperbaric chamber.
• Selene rushed into the Underground Clinic and warned Yang Ming that Fiss's men had surrounded Lake Street and would arrive within minutes.
• Selene offered to draw the gang away while Yang Ming escaped with Maggie, but Yang Ming refused and prepared his scalpels and umbrella.
• Yang Ming ordered Selene to lock the Roll-up Door and stay silent, then went outside alone into the rain.

Yang Ming used optical camouflage and surgical precision to ambush the Rat Gang after its members trapped him in an alley. When Fiss spotted a flaw in the camouflage and fired a shotgun, Yang Ming left the gang boss stunned by conjuring a heavy operating table to block the blast.

• Fiss ordered the Rat Gang to open fire on Yang Ming, but Yang Ming had already concealed himself with the Optical Camouflage Medical Blanket.
• Yang Ming silently killed one thug and wounded or killed others as he moved through the alley, turning the gang's search into a chaotic massacre.
• Fiss spotted the camouflage's outline in the rain and aimed his Remington shotgun at Yang Ming.
• Yang Ming summoned a three-hundred-pound operating table from his storage ring, and it absorbed the shotgun blast without moving.
• Fiss stared in disbelief at the operating table that had appeared between them.

Yang Ming crippled Fiss, the Rat Gang boss, after Fiss revealed his ties to the Falcone Family’s organ-smuggling operation. Yang Ming collected the gang’s corpses and planned to use the Falcone Family’s underground medical supply network as a source of equipment.

• Fiss fired his shotgun at Yang Ming, but Yang Ming emerged from behind a conjured surgical bed and severed both of Fiss’s wrists.
• The remaining Rat Gang thugs fled after seeing Yang Ming disarm and cripple their boss.
• Fiss threatened Yang Ming with the Falcone Family and revealed that one of its officers ran the East End Underground Organ Black Market.
• Yang Ming severed Fiss’s spinal cord, leaving him quadriplegic but conscious, and said he was being punished for trafficking homeless people and harvesting their organs.
• Yang Ming stored the gang members’ corpses in his Storage Ring and decided the Falcone Family’s medical supply network could provide illicit equipment.

Yang Ming cleared the Rat Gang corpses from a Gotham alley and used two bodies to train Jessica Jones in surgery. At a Kingpin-owned pier, Frank Castle prepared to destroy a weapons shipment while Matt Murdock discovered him and tried to stop him.

• Yang Ming stored the Rat Gang corpses and weapons in his ring’s subspace before returning to his clinic.
• Yang Ming tested Jessica Jones’s work stitching pork, then produced two corpses and ordered her to practice ligating an artery.
• Gangsters unloaded drugs and Stark Industries weapons at Kingpin’s Container Pier No. 47.
• Frank Castle aimed at an explosives crate, intending to ignite the shipment and kill the gangsters.
• Matt Murdock heard Frank chamber a round and recognized that he had to stop him from firing.

Matt stopped Frank from detonating the explosives near civilians, but the two men entered warehouse 47 in pursuit of their separate goals and fell into a trap that exploited Matt’s heightened hearing. Matt collapsed as the searchlights overwhelmed his senses, leaving Frank and the hidden attackers inside the warehouse.

• Matt struck Frank’s rifle barrel, stopping him from firing at the explosives, and confronted him on the crane.
• Frank and Matt fought above the docks until Frank threw a grenade toward the weapons; Matt knocked it away with his baton and detonated it over the water.
• Frank descended to continue destroying the contraband, while Matt followed him to search for Kingpin’s smuggling ledger.
• Matt sensed dozens of hidden people and warned Frank that warehouse 47 was a trap.
• The attackers switched on powerful searchlights whose electrical hum overwhelmed Matt’s hearing, collapsing his radar sense and dropping him to his knees.