Chapter Summaries

Miaomiao joined Matt on his night patrol in a Daredevil-inspired costume and proved she could keep pace with him. As they pursued leads about Kingpin, Matt remained uncertain who controlled Hell’s Kitchen, while Miaomiao promised they would expose him.

• Miaomiao showed Matt her Daredevil-inspired outfit and persuaded him to take her on night patrol by explaining that she had patrolled with Batman.
• Matt agreed to bring Miaomiao along but told her to stay behind him and not charge ahead.
• Miaomiao swiftly defeated several thugs, prompting them to mistake her for another Daredevil or one of Matt’s copies.
• Matt pursued his investigation into Kingpin, whose influence seemed to reach across Hell’s Kitchen and into the police, City Hall, and business circles.
• Miaomiao reassured Matt that she had already dealt with Gotham’s King of Crime, and Matt asked who that criminal was.

Miaomiao told Daredevil about her living arrangements at Wayne Manor and Avengers Tower, leading him to mistakenly believe she had been denied privacy by the adults caring for her. When he tried to reassure her and promised to make them pay, Miaomiao insisted that she was not human, leaving Daredevil stunned.

• Miaomiao described Gotham's Joker as a madman who hurt people for its own sake, and Daredevil agreed that he could not be understood.
• Miaomiao asked to stay with Daredevil instead of returning to the apartment Tony Stark had arranged for her, but he refused because she was a teenage girl and he was an adult man.
• Miaomiao explained that she lived at Wayne Manor and Avengers Tower, where her father and Uncle Nini had prepared rooms for her.
• Daredevil misunderstood her description of the rooms and angrily concluded that Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark had violated her privacy, then vowed to make them pay.
• As Daredevil tried to explain boundaries and reassure Miaomiao, she blurted out that she was not human, leaving him confused.

Miaomiao explained to Matt that she was a merfolk and clarified that her living arrangements with Bruce and Uncle Nini were separate rooms connected to swimming spaces. After Matt apologized for misunderstanding, Miaomiao insisted on going home with him, and he brought her to his stark, unlit home in Hell's Kitchen.

• Miaomiao showed Matt the scales on her arm and told him she was a merfolk with a tail.
• Miaomiao explained that she had her own room at Wayne Manor and Avengers Tower, with water passages and a swimming home built for her.
• Matt realized he had misunderstood, apologized, and accepted Miaomiao's explanation.
• Miaomiao insisted on accompanying Matt because his presence made her feel safe, and Matt agreed despite warning her that his home was basic.
• Matt led Miaomiao through Hell's Kitchen to a disguised entrance and brought her into his bare, unlit home.

Miaomiao saw the pain and loneliness Matt endured and helped him finally sleep, then accompanied him and Foggy to a black-and-white ball. The chapter left Foggy hoping to connect with Wilson Fisk as the powerful man approached.

• Miaomiao saw Matt's bleak apartment and the scars and painkillers that revealed how badly he was hurt.
• Matt described how his heightened hearing let him hear both the beauty and the suffering around him, and admitted he rarely slept well.
• Miaomiao pushed Matt to take a bath and sang him a lullaby, and he fell into a deep sleep.
• Matt and Foggy attended a black-and-white ball, where Matt used his hearing to locate Miaomiao and Karen among the guests.
• Ben Urich spoke with Matt about his article on Kingpin and gave him a business card.
• Foggy spotted Wilson Fisk approaching and hoped to make a connection.

At Fisk's banquet, Miaomiao recognized Fisk as a dangerous figure, while Matt refused to let Nelson and Murdock represent him. Foggy then spotted a beautiful woman on the second-floor balcony, who smiled when she saw them.

• Miaomiao asked Karen about Fisk and decided she did not like him after sensing his intimidating presence.
• Foggy brought Matt to meet Fisk and hoped his resources would help their struggling law firm.
• Fisk offered Nelson and Murdock his business card, but Matt refused to represent him because they only defended innocent people.
• Fisk replied that no one was innocent and left Foggy and Matt.
• Foggy noticed a woman in a silver gown on the second-floor balcony, and she smiled when she saw them.

Foggy reflected on Matt and Elektra’s budding relationship while struggling to secure work for their law firm, and Miaomiao offered to help with money. The chapter ended when Miaomiao heard a commotion near Matt and called for her dad.

• Foggy recalled how Matt had noticed Elektra at a café, approached her, and fallen for her despite Foggy’s attempt to discourage him.
• Foggy explained Elektra’s privileged background to Karen and Miaomiao, who questioned why money and status should matter if two people liked each other.
• Wesley rejected Foggy’s pitch to Fisk Corporation with an insult, and Foggy admitted the firm was struggling to make enough money.
• Miaomiao offered to hire Foggy and pay him, but he said Matt would not accept money from her without reason.
• Miaomiao decided to call Bruce and Uncle Nini for help, then heard a commotion near Matt and called for her dad.

At Nicholas Natchios’s ball, Fisk’s threat prompts Natchios to take Elektra away, but Bullseye ambushes their car while Daredevil and Miaomiao try to intervene. The car explodes as Bullseye’s stolen baton flies toward Natchios, leaving Daredevil unable to tell where it is.

• Nicholas Natchios leaves the ball after Fisk threatens him through an ominous farewell, and Elektra insists on going with him.
• Matt sends Foggy, Karen, and Miaomiao home, but Miaomiao joins him as he follows Elektra and her father.
• Bullseye attacks Natchios’s limousine, killing its driver and bodyguard before the car crashes into a Daily Bugle delivery truck.
• Daredevil confronts Bullseye, who steals Daredevil’s baton during their fight.
• Miaomiao frees Elektra and Natchios from the wreck, then discovers the leaking gasoline just as Bullseye throws the stolen baton at Natchios.
• The car explodes, disrupting Daredevil’s hearing and leaving him unable to locate the baton.

After Bullseye’s attack made the world believe Nicholas Natchios had been murdered, Elektra learned that Miaomiao and Batman had helped fake his death to protect him. The group waited for Natchios to wake and reveal what he knew about Kingpin as Matt joined them.

• Bullseye’s attack left Nicholas Natchios gravely wounded, and Elektra fired at Daredevil before he fled.
• News outlets reported Natchios’s apparent murder and debated whether he was Kingpin and whether Daredevil was involved.
• Miaomiao told Elektra that Batman’s plan was to fake Natchios’s death so Kingpin and the hidden killers would lower their guard.
• Elektra agreed to the plan, and Miaomiao used her Illusion Song to make the assassination and death appear real.
• Elektra questioned whether her father was Kingpin and whether her mother’s death had truly been an accident.
• Matt visited Elektra and her recovering father, and Elektra thanked him and Miaomiao before recognizing him as Daredevil.

Elektra and Matt shared the painful memories that had shaped them, including Elektra’s mother’s murder and Matt’s childhood blindness. Matt explained how his father and heightened senses helped him overcome fear, leaving the two comforting each other over their pasts.

• Elektra recalled watching her mother get murdered and explained that the trauma led her to practice martial arts.
• Elektra blamed herself for being unable to protect her father and said Miaomiao had taken a blow meant for him.
• Matt comforted Elektra and told her about growing up poor in Hell’s Kitchen with his father, Jack Murdock.
• Matt described discovering that Jack collected debts for Fallon and running away before chemicals spilled into his eyes and blinded him.
• Matt recounted developing heightened senses, training with a blind old man, and learning to fight the bullies who had once tormented him.

Matt told Elektra about finding a rose beside his murdered father, and Miaomiao connected its scent to the night Nicholas Natchios was attacked. At Nicholas’s funeral, Miaomiao spotted Wilson Fisk placing a matching red rose on the grave, leaving them to wonder whether Kingpin was behind both killings.

• Matt recounted how his father won a boxing match for him before being murdered, with a rose left at the scene.
• Miaomiao revealed that Nicholas Natchios had carried the faint scent of a fresh rose when he was attacked.
• Elektra held Nicholas’s funeral and told Matt she wanted revenge, while rain hid her from Matt’s sight.
• Miaomiao smelled roses at the funeral, recognized Wilson Fisk, and watched him place a red rose on Nicholas’s grave.
• Matt said the rose alone was not reliable evidence, and Elektra questioned why Fisk would kill her father.

Natchios woke in the hospital and accepted Matt as someone who could protect Elektra after learning he was Daredevil. He revealed that Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin, ordered the attempt on his life because Natchios had once helped him launder money and then tried to leave.

• Elektra and Matt greeted Natchios as he woke, and Miaomiao introduced herself as the person who had saved him.
• Natchios recognized Matt as Daredevil, and Elektra moved to shield him, but Natchios said he understood and approved of their relationship.
• Natchios asked Matt to look after Elektra, and Matt solemnly promised he would.
• Natchios identified Wilson Fisk as the man behind the attempt on his life.
• Natchios confessed that he had helped Kingpin launder money through his diplomatic position and had been attacked after trying to quit.

Natchios feared Kingpin would target Elektra after Matt revealed that Kingpin killed an informant and threatened the families of those who crossed him. Miaomiao rejected fleeing and proposed confronting Kingpin, leaving Matt reluctant to call on her powerful father and uncle.

• Matt told Elektra and Natchios that Lisa Tazio had been killed after learning about Kingpin, and that Duncan Jackson had been framed for her murder.
• Matt revealed that a police officer had warned him Kingpin would target the families of anyone who betrayed him, and Natchios urged Elektra to flee.
• Elektra refused to leave her wounded father, insisting they should escape together or stay together.
• Miaomiao argued that fleeing would not solve the problem and said they should face Kingpin and Bullseye instead.
• Miaomiao said she came from Gotham City and could call her father and Uncle Nini for help, but Matt suggested they handle the situation themselves.

Matt warned Miaomiao not to involve her family in the fight against Kingpin, and she agreed while seeking Natasha’s intelligence on Bullseye. Natasha explained that Bullseye was a deadly assassin who would pursue anyone who dodged one of his attacks, leaving Matt in grave danger.

• Matt persuaded Miaomiao not to call her father or Uncle Nini, and promised to avoid getting seriously hurt while they planned how to deal with Kingpin.
• Miaomiao called Natasha to ask about Bullseye, whom Kingpin might send after Elektra.
• Natasha described Bullseye’s identity, lethal throwing accuracy, and brutal methods, then warned that Elektra was in serious danger.
• Miaomiao revealed that an uncle had dodged Bullseye’s dart, and Natasha warned that Bullseye would hold a grudge against him to the death.

Bullseye manipulated Elektra into attacking Daredevil, and she discovered that the masked hero was Matt only after stabbing him. Elektra then confronted Bullseye while Matt lay badly wounded and unable to help.

• Bullseye met with Fisk, vowed to make Daredevil afraid, and was told to target Elektra first.
• Bullseye used bats to overwhelm Daredevil’s hearing, allowing Elektra to ambush him and attack over her father’s death.
• Daredevil tried to explain that Bullseye had killed Elektra’s father, but Elektra refused to listen and stabbed him through the chest.
• Elektra removed Daredevil’s mask, recognized Matt, and realized she had wounded the man she loved.
• Bullseye taunted Elektra from a neighboring rooftop, and she charged him with lethal intent while Matt lay helpless below.

Elektra was overwhelmed by Bullseye until Miaomiao and Daredevil revealed that her apparent defeat and Daredevil’s injury had been staged to trap him. With Bullseye surrounded, Miaomiao demanded that he cooperate as a witness or face her claws.

• Elektra attacked Bullseye, but he exploited her inexperience, wounded her weapon hand, and drove her into a corner.
• Bullseye cut Elektra’s throat with a playing card and prepared to kill her with her fallen sai.
• Miaomiao appeared and distracted Bullseye while Daredevil rose behind him, revealing that his chest wound had been an act.
• Elektra got up unharmed, and Bullseye realized the three had staged the fight to capture him.
• Miaomiao offered Bullseye a chance to cooperate as a prosecution witness, then threatened to scratch him.

Miaomiao and Elektra helped Daredevil defeat Bullseye and learned that Fisk had hired him to kill Natchios and Elektra. After Elektra threw Bullseye from the rooftop, Fisk prepared to face Daredevil alone at his headquarters.

• Bullseye exploited Daredevil's sensitivity to loud sounds and attacked, but Miaomiao absorbed his darts without injury.
• Miaomiao crippled Bullseye's hands, and he confessed that Fisk had hired him to kill Natchios and Elektra.
• Elektra threw Bullseye from the rooftop, leaving his survival to chance as police arrived below.
• Wesley told Fisk that Bullseye had failed, and Fisk predicted Daredevil would come to his headquarters.
• Fisk sent the guards away, removed his suit jacket, and waited by the window for Daredevil.

Daredevil and Miaomiao entered Fisk's empty tower, where Fisk awaited Daredevil for a one-on-one fight. Daredevil refused Miaomiao's help, and the battle began with Fisk proving far stronger.

• Daredevil and Miaomiao reached the top floor, where Fisk waited alone in the hall.
• Daredevil attacked Fisk with his baton, but Fisk caught it and dragged him to the floor.
• Miaomiao tried to intervene, but Daredevil insisted that the fight was between him and Fisk.
• Fisk mocked Daredevil for bringing Miaomiao, and Daredevil warned him not to touch her.
• Daredevil landed a flurry of punches, but Fisk barely reacted before striking Daredevil in the midsection.

Daredevil fought Fisk through the office, where Fisk overpowered him and revealed that he had killed Matt Murdock’s father and girlfriend as part of his business. Matt used the building’s water pipes to gain an advantage, then struck at Fisk’s knee joints.

• Fisk battered Daredevil and threw him into the floor and window while Miaomiao watched anxiously.
• Fisk ripped off Daredevil’s mask, recognized Matt Murdock, and admitted that Jack Murdock and Matt’s girlfriend had died because of his business.
• Matt sensed the water pipes in the hall and broke one with his baton, drenching Fisk with a torrent.
• Matt used the water to map Fisk’s movements and slipped behind him as Fisk charged.
• Matt aimed a full-force strike at Fisk’s knee joints.

Matt defeated Fisk but spared his life, only for Fisk to take Miaomiao hostage and demand that Matt break his own hand. Miaomiao freed herself and slammed Fisk onto the floor, leaving him incapacitated.

• Matt broke Fisk's knee and chose not to kill him, saying he had no right to take a life.
• Miaomiao ran to check on Matt, but Fisk grabbed her by the neck and threatened to kill her.
• Fisk demanded that Matt break his own hand or watch Miaomiao die.
• Miaomiao seized Fisk's arm, dislocated his joint, and threw him onto the floor.
• Fisk lay in the water from a broken pipe, unable to move as he tried to understand what had happened.

Matt faced Fisk’s threat to expose his identity without fear as police arrived to arrest Fisk as Kingpin. After leaving with Miaomiao, Matt listened as Fisk was taken away and honored his father with a red rose.

• Fisk told Matt that police were coming and threatened to expose him as Daredevil, but Matt said he was no longer afraid.
• Matt told Fisk he would be waiting for him and dropped the Crystal Cane, declaring that justice had been served.
• Matt took Miaomiao’s hand and left before the police arrived.
• Matt listened from a rooftop as the police arrested Fisk and dropped a red rose in memory of his father.