Chapter Summaries

Nightwing investigated a series of unexplained disappearances in Blüdhaven with Miaomiao, who sensed a hostile presence hidden in the mist. After Miaomiao protected him from its mind-affecting power, a vampire revealed itself from the shadows.

• Nightwing explained that a local thug had vanished without leaving evidence, and that he had continued investigating despite pressure to drop the cases.
• Miaomiao sensed a cold, clammy presence in the alley and stopped Nightwing from moving closer to the darkness.
• Miaomiao detected that the spreading mist carried a mental ability that made people sluggish and vulnerable.
• Miaomiao sent spiritual power through Nightwing's hand, clearing the fog's influence from his mind and body.
• Nightwing's mask could not detect a figure through the mist, and he suspected the unseen attacker was an undead vampire.
• Two scarlet points of light appeared in the shadows as the hidden presence praised Nightwing for resisting its power.

Nightwing confronted a vampire who admitted to abducting and killing 37 people in Blüdhaven, then fought him with his Kali Sticks. The vampire attacked both Nightwings after the second one distracted him, and the fight continued with the vampire enraged.

• Nightwing questioned the brown-haired vampire about Blüdhaven’s missing people, and the vampire confessed that he had killed all 37.
• The vampire mocked Nightwing and his appearance, then dodged his attacks and struck him hard enough to split his hand.
• The vampire hit Nightwing with a psychic shock wave, but a girl’s voice from the mist distracted him.
• Nightwing used the opening to strike the vampire’s nose with an electrified Kali Stick, briefly injuring him before his healing restored it.
• The vampire roared that he would tear both Nightwings apart and charged at them.

Miaomiao and Nightwing cornered the brown-haired vampire in an alley and overcame his mental powers and physical strength. The vampire was trapped with no way to escape as Nightwing taunted him.

• The brown-haired vampire failed to control Miaomiao, who bound his mental power and stopped his attack.
• Miaomiao blocked the vampire’s claws and tore open his chest with her own claws.
• The wounded vampire tried to flee but collided with the spiritual net Miaomiao had woven around the alley.
• Nightwing revealed that he had distracted the vampire while Miaomiao sealed the alley, then taunted him to smile again.

Miaomiao and Nightwing fought a brown-haired vampire who detonated himself rather than be captured, leaving them unharmed but without their lead. Back at Dick's apartment, Dick stopped Miaomiao from removing her torn suit, and she explained that she only wanted to scratch an itchy spot on her back.

• Miaomiao cornered the brown-haired vampire and confronted him for attacking Nightwing.
• The vampire pushed his power past its limits and exploded, while Miaomiao shielded Nightwing and the mermaid silk net protected the alley.
• Miaomiao and Nightwing found the vampire reduced to ashes and concluded that he had accomplices behind Blüdhaven's disappearances.
• They searched the neighborhood but found no further signs of activity, then returned to Dick's bachelor apartment.
• Dick wrapped Miaomiao in a blanket when she tugged at her torn imitation Nightwing suit, and Miaomiao clarified that she only wanted to scratch her back.

Dick discovered Miaomiao’s suit had been badly damaged by Brian’s self-detonation, but she was unharmed thanks to her shield and Merfolk scales. Elsewhere, vampires discussed Brian’s death and Nightwing’s survival, then heard that two Nightwings had appeared in Blüdhaven.

• Dick examined Miaomiao’s torn suit and feared she had been injured by the explosion.
• Miaomiao showed Dick her uninjured skin and explained that her shield and Merfolk scales had protected her.
• Dick reassured himself that Miaomiao was safe and offered her the bed for the night.
• Vampires in an underground bar discussed Brian’s death and learned that Nightwing had likely survived his self-detonation unharmed.
• A young vampire revealed that two Nightwings had appeared in Blüdhaven that night.

Miaomiao woke at Dick’s apartment, shared a simple breakfast with him and Hayley, then went downtown while Dick headed to work. After he dropped her at Halyard Square, she eagerly rushed into a Hong Kong-style café, where another family was about to enter.

• Miaomiao woke up and found Dick preparing instant oatmeal for breakfast.
• Dick reassured Miaomiao that the oatmeal was safe to eat and prepared goat milk powder and dog food for Hayley.
• Dick agreed to take Miaomiao and Hayley downtown, reminding Miaomiao to keep her phone, communicator, and money with her.
• Dick dropped Miaomiao off at Halyard Square before going to work at the Blüdhaven Police Department, where he was working to dismantle Commissioner Redhorn’s corruption network.
• Miaomiao hurried into a Hong Kong-style café, while another family stopped outside to go in.

Miaomiao noticed a strikingly beautiful family enter the dessert shop and learned that Edward could not hear her thoughts, just as he could not hear Bella’s. The family watched Miaomiao with curiosity and suspicion, while she cheerfully waved at Rosalie.

• Miaomiao saw a pale, golden-eyed family enter the dessert shop and soothe Hayley when the puppy whined.
• Carlisle led his family to a corner table, where Alice teased Edward and Bella about his interest in Miaomiao.
• Edward told his family he could not hear Miaomiao’s thoughts, making her the only person besides Bella whose thoughts he could not read.
• Alice admired Miaomiao, while Rosalie warned that the family had no need to eat dessert and remained wary of her.
• Miaomiao waved cheerfully at Rosalie, briefly making Rosalie struggle to maintain her cool expression.

Miaomiao approached the beautiful family at the dessert shop and introduced herself and Hayley to the Cullens. The Cullens introduced themselves in turn, while Alice and Edward exchanged knowing looks about Bella; the meeting ended with Carlisle noting that it was their first time in Blüdhaven.

• Miaomiao noticed the Cullens arrive and waved to Rosalie, who turned away, flustered.
• Carlisle ordered the same desserts Miaomiao had chosen, and she happily took Hayley over to greet the family.
• Carlisle introduced himself, Esme, and the rest of the Cullens to Miaomiao.
• Alice teased Edward with a gesture about Bella, and Edward held his wife's hand more tightly.
• Miaomiao complimented the Cullens' beauty, and Hayley sniffed them before quietly watching from Miaomiao's arms.
• Carlisle told Miaomiao that the Cullens were visiting Blüdhaven for the first time.

Miaomiao joined the Cullen family for dinner in Blüdhaven and discussed the city’s vigilantes, Gotham, and Superman. The conversation turned to why vigilantes were needed, but Esme redirected everyone to enjoy their vacation and the desserts.

• Esme welcomed Miaomiao to the table and asked her for recommendations in Blüdhaven.
• Miaomiao and the Cullens discussed Nightwing, Batman, and Superman, and Miaomiao described meeting Superman.
• Emmett asked why cities with governments and police needed vigilantes, and Carlisle, Rosalie, and Bella explained how criminals and dangerous threats could overwhelm the authorities.
• Emmett comforted Rosalie when the discussion affected her, and Esme changed the subject to their vacation.
• Miaomiao urged the family to try the desserts, especially vanilla ice cream wrapped in a warm muffin.

The Cullen Family left Miaomiao’s dessert shop after pretending to enjoy food they could not digest, then discussed Bella and Edward’s daughter, Renesmee, and the danger the Volturi still posed. Carlisle said their trip to Blüdhaven was partly to test the Volturi’s attitude, leaving open whether Renesmee could safely join them there.

• Carlisle and the Cullen Family praised Miaomiao’s ice cream and muffins, then said goodbye as fog rolled over Blüdhaven.
• After reaching an empty alley, the Cullen Family spat out the food they had pretended to eat, and Alice said she had only done it to avoid disappointing Miaomiao.
• Bella said she missed Renesmee, while Esme and Edward explained that the Volturi might still threaten her and that Jacob and the wolves were guarding her in Forks.
• The chapter recounted Renesmee’s extraordinary birth and Bella’s transformation into a vampire after Edward saved her.
• Carlisle said the family had come to Blüdhaven to scout a place to live and test the Volturi’s attitude, so Renesmee might join them on a future trip if it was safe.

The Cullen family discussed whether Gotham or Blüdhaven could become their new home, weighing the cities’ gloomy weather against their dangers and vigilantes. Edward ended the conversation thinking about the girl whose mind he could not read.

• Emmett, Alice, Bella, and Edward described Gotham’s gloomy weather and its residents’ tolerance for unusual beings.
• Esme explained that Gotham’s hostility to newcomers and Blüdhaven’s human-blood-drinking vampires could make both cities difficult homes for the Cullens.
• Carlisle warned that Batman and Nightwing protected their cities, and Edward cautioned Emmett not to underestimate them.
• Alice teased the family about Nightwing’s famous butt, prompting jokes and disapproval from Rosalie and Esme.
• Edward recalled meeting a girl whose thoughts he could not read and wondered whether she had the same ability as Bella.

Miaomiao and Hayley ran into Dick while he was on patrol with his partner, Gannon Malloy, and shared desserts with them during their lunch break. Dick then told Miaomiao that he had found the Police Station’s records on the vampire from the previous night.

• Miaomiao followed Hayley’s excitement to a Blüdhaven alley, where she found Dick on patrol.
• Dick introduced Miaomiao to his partner, Gannon Malloy, and clarified that Miaomiao was his sister.
• Gannon took Miaomiao’s desserts and went to buy burgers and fried chicken, leaving Dick and Miaomiao to talk.
• Dick stroked Hayley and told Miaomiao that he had compared files and found records on the vampire from the previous night.

Dick recounted Marijé Brian’s troubled life and compared him with Jason, but Miaomiao argued that Jason’s choices and inner strength set him apart. Dick accepted that their similar hardships had led them down different paths, and the chapter left Brian lost to darkness while Jason remained true to himself.

• Dick described Brian’s orphanhood, failed adoptions, escape from the orphanage, and life as a gang thug in Blüdhaven.
• Dick compared Brian to Jason, noting their similar childhoods and volatile tempers, but said Brian had been less fortunate.
• Miaomiao explained that Jason had helped weaker children, resisted joining gangs in harming others, and sought help when he uncovered the Boarding School’s crimes.
• Miaomiao said Jason would not have become like Brian even without Bruce, and Dick agreed that they were fundamentally different people.
• Dick reflected that Brian had lost himself to darkness while Jason’s inner core kept him from doing the same.

Miaomiao told Dick about meeting the unusually beautiful and kind Cullen Family, including Edward, who had glanced at her. Dick warned her to stay away from Edward, whom he suspected of having ulterior motives, but Miaomiao challenged his advice by bringing up his own first relationship with Barbara.

• Miaomiao told Dick that Carlisle Cullen and his family seemed beautiful, kind, and somewhat like Marijé Brian, though unlike Brian they did not feel hostile or smell strongly of human blood.
• Miaomiao mentioned that Edward had glanced at her several times, prompting Dick to suspect Edward was a bad boy with romantic intentions.
• Dick lectured Miaomiao to avoid Edward and insisted she was too young to date or marry.
• Miaomiao asked Dick how old he had been when he started dating Barbara, and Dick blushed as he remembered they had begun dating when he was twelve.
• Dick tried to distinguish his relationship with Barbara as proper and mutual, but his defense sounded guilty.

Dick questioned Miaomiao about the unusually beautiful Cullen family, whose aura reminded her of vampires, and asked Barbara to investigate them. Barbara confirmed that the family lived in Forks and had an odd, reclusive reputation, leaving Dick to wonder whether they were vampires and why they had come to Blüdhaven.

• Miaomiao clarified that Edward had only looked at her a few times and described the Cullen family's appearance, personalities, and relationships to Dick.
• Dick concluded that the Cullen family seemed to be an unknown group with unusual abilities or origins and sent their names and address to Barbara for investigation.
• Barbara told Dick that Carlisle Cullen was a surgeon in Forks and that the family was locally known for being beautiful, intelligent, and unusually insular.
• Dick noted that Forks was gloomy and damp and wondered whether the Cullen family stayed there to avoid sunlight and had come to Blüdhaven for its climate.

Miaomiao learned that Blüdhaven’s authorities had dismissed a series of disappearances as ordinary incidents while announcing stronger night patrols. After hearing local rumors about vampires, she wondered whether Mayor Melinda Grayson-Lin was connected to the Grayson family.

• Dick placed the Cullen family under close observation but told Miaomiao to be careful around them.
• Miaomiao walked Hayley home, stopping robberies and thefts and beating up four gangs collecting protection money.
• A televised statement from Mayor Melinda Grayson-Lin blamed the disappearances on ordinary causes and announced increased nighttime patrols.
• A shopkeeper and a customer speculated that vampires might be behind the disappearances in Blüdhaven.
• Miaomiao recognized something familiar in Melinda Grayson-Lin’s appearance and wondered whether her surname was more than a coincidence.

Dick told Miaomiao that Melinda Grayson-Lin was his older half sister and explained how she escaped the legacy of Tony Zucco, the man who killed Dick’s parents. Miaomiao learned how Melinda overcame years of oppression and became Blüdhaven’s mayor.

• Miaomiao asked Dick about Melinda after seeing her on TV, and Dick revealed that she was his older half sister.
• Dick explained that Melinda’s mother, Mary Lin, had been abducted and forced to marry Tony Zucco before escaping to meet John Grayson.
• Mary and John fell in love, but Zucco’s men took Mary back, and she later gave birth to Melinda, who grew up under the Zucco name.
• Dick told Miaomiao that Melinda rose to become mayor of Blüdhaven and secretly dismantled Zucco’s gang network before taking the name Grayson-Lin.

Dick explained to Miaomiao why he and Melinda Grayson-Lin kept their sibling relationship secret, then Miaomiao set out to search Blüdhaven for the vampires’ base. She left Hayley resting at home and began considering the city’s abandoned and hidden places as possible vampire hideouts.

• Dick told Miaomiao that the Zucco name still drew enemies and scrutiny toward Melinda, and that being publicly linked to Nightwing could endanger them both and undermine her work as mayor.
• Dick said he and Melinda knew they were each other’s closest blood relatives, even though they stayed publicly distant to protect one another and Blüdhaven.
• The next day, Miaomiao found Hayley too tired to play and decided to look for vampires while Dick was at work.
• Miaomiao left food and water for Hayley, took her bag and communicator, and headed out to search for the vampires’ base.
• Miaomiao considered abandoned docks, warehouses, industrial factories, and drainage systems as possible places to investigate.

Miaomiao met the Cullen Family again in Blüdhaven's abandoned harbor, where her remarks about sunlight and her constitution made them suspect she might be a vampire. Edward questioned her about whether she felt different from ordinary people, and her reference to humans deepened their suspicions.

• Miaomiao walked through the foggy harbor with a backpack and a cookie, and the Cullen Family spotted her.
• Carlisle and the others greeted Miaomiao, who explained that she had come alone because her brother was working and she was bored.
• The Cullens mistook Miaomiao's inability to attend school regularly for an illness, and Carlisle offered to examine her.
• Miaomiao explained that sunlight and dry air troubled her, prompting the Cullen Family to suspect she might be a vampire.
• Edward asked Miaomiao whether she felt different from ordinary people, and she said she enjoyed human food before referring to humans as a separate group.

Miaomiao asked the Cullen family about their unusual auras and learned that they were vampires who survived on animal blood instead of humans. The family revealed that they had suspected she might be a vampire because another girl among them had a similar situation.

• Carlisle asked Miaomiao about vampires, and she said she had recently met one who was unfriendly.
• Esme checked Miaomiao for injuries after learning she had encountered a vampire, and Miaomiao said she was unharmed.
• Miaomiao told Carlisle that she sensed the Cullen family's auras resembled the vampire she had met and asked whether they were vampires.
• Carlisle admitted that the Cullen family were vampires and explained that they called themselves vegetarians because they drank animal blood.
• The Cullen family indicated Bella and Edward and explained that another girl in their family had a situation similar to Miaomiao's.