Recaps

Zuo Ci built a profitable shop in Gotham and used its strange wares to survive clashes with Joker, the Falcone Family, and Deathstroke. As he prepared to target the Maroni Family, Batman investigated disappearances tied to the sewers and questioned Jack about a Rat-Man.

• Zuo Ci fell into Gotham, tricked robbers with his gadgets, and sold Batman a fatigue-clearing coffee bean before Batman began investigating him.
• Zuo Ci foiled the Joker’s bank robbery with a projection drone and gadgets, then helped Batman rescue Harvey Dent from the Joker at the Red Dragon Restaurant.
• Zuo Ci used a divination crystal ball to identify the Court of Owls, then bought and opened Old Dad’s General Store.
• Zuo Ci defied Falcone’s protection demand, survived a bounty-hunter attack by Deathstroke, and later forced Falcone to promise five million dollars in monthly payments.
• Zuo Ci gave Gordon, Harvey, and Batman edited recordings of Falcone and Maroni leaders to help provoke a feud, while admitting he hoped to acquire businesses left behind.
• Deathstroke traded with Zuo Ci for custom pistols, and Falcone’s men delivered five million dollars while Mark told Zuo Ci about the Maroni Family’s upcoming ship banquet.
• Zuo Ci upgraded his system after reaching three million in assets and considered visiting the Maroni Family.
• Batman investigated blood traces erased from a sewer, suspected several criminals including Zuo Ci, and confronted Jack after hearing his story about a Rat-Man and the Crocodile King’s kingdom.

Zuo Ci recruited Jack, clashed with the Maroni Family’s agents, and helped homeless people through the winter while building wary ties with Gotham’s criminals and Batman. After Jack entered an underground fight club, Zuo Ci and Batman uncovered a drug-related threat and began interrogating its boss.

• Batman confronted Waylon, who explained that he had gathered homeless people to help them survive winter and reported that soldiers had entered the sewers.
• Emily tried to deceive Zuo Ci for the Maroni Family, but he captured her and learned of its plot to bankrupt his shop.
• Zuo Ci threatened the Maroni Family, then humiliated its members with a pink-smoke prank and toys coated in chili powder and mustard oil.
• Zuo Ci recruited Jack Hanma, gave him strength-enhancing pills, and hired him to work at the store and act as muscle.
• Jack defeated Poison Ivy after she targeted him for the Maroni Family, and Zuo Ci forced her to work off a debt at his shop.
• Zuo Ci rescued a sick boy and helped shelter homeless people, then persuaded Batman to arrange aid through Wayne Enterprises.
• The Penguin brought Zuo Ci gold and asked for his help, while Catwoman stole Jack’s wallet and Zuo Ci captured and tricked her before Batman took her away.
• Jack fought in an underground arena, where a drugged fighter lost control, and Batman, Zuo Ci, and Jack subdued the situation before Zuo Ci began questioning the arena boss.

Zuo Ci, Batman, and Jack uncovered Bane’s experiments on abducted people and fought to stop his attacks on Gotham. After the crisis, Zuo Ci turned toward reforming the city by working with Penguin, Gordon, Harvey Dent, and Batman against The Roman’s mob.

• Batman, Zuo Ci, and Jack traced the kidnappings to Bane’s Venom project, found Bane’s prison cell empty, and tracked him into the sewers.
• Bane released muscular test subjects against Batman, but Jack defeated Bane while Zuo Ci distracted the subjects with Hypno-shrooms and music.
• Bane detonated his bombs and escaped, while Zuo Ci and Batman helped Gordon locate his hideouts and rescue Penguin and Poison Ivy.
• Zuo Ci used fertilizer to help Poison Ivy restrain the Experiments, then flew her to the damaged dam, where her waterweed sealed its leaks.
• Jack fought Solomon Grundy, defeated him, and collapsed after using all his Super Strength Serum.
• Zuo Ci confronted Bane at his shop, defeated Bane and Killer Croc, and carried them to Gotham Square, where he healed the injured and Jack.
• Zuo Ci gave gifts around Gotham, shared his troubled childhood with Jack, and proposed that they earn money through underground fights.
• Zuo Ci and Batman suspected the Elliot Family had funded Bane’s operation, and Zuo Ci later proposed working with Penguin, Gordon, Harvey Dent, and Batman to remove The Roman’s mob.

Zuo Ci built an alliance to investigate the invitations and Hush’s organization, while Batman and the Riddler infiltrated the villains’ plans. Zuo Ci raided Hush’s hidden base, where Batman uncovered two Hush impostors and Thomas recognized Batman as Bruce Wayne.

• Zuo Ci gathered Batman, Gordon, Harvey Dent, Penguin, Riddler, and Jack to investigate the invitations, then assigned Riddler to go undercover.
• Zuo Ci made a business deal with Penguin and equipped Riddler with a safeguard before Riddler infiltrated Hugo Strange’s group.
• Riddler fed Hush’s organization false intelligence while Zuo Ci and Batman staged a plan to investigate its members.
• Hush’s attack left Zuo Ci weakened and frozen, but he escaped and began raiding the organization’s base.
• Scarecrow’s fear toxin terrified Killer Croc and Solomon Grundy, while Jack attacked Scarecrow and Zuo Ci searched the villains’ facilities.
• Zuo Ci incapacitated Falcone’s men and blew up the base, while Batman defeated Tetch and worked with Riddler to take down Deadshot and Deathstroke.
• Zuo Ci used magnets to haul Hush’s hidden base out of the ground, rejected Hush’s offer, and joined Batman in confronting the group.
• Batman defeated the two Hushes and discovered that one was Mr. Zsasz and the other wore Bruce Wayne’s likeness, while Thomas recognized Batman as Bruce Wayne.