Ririko sprang up from her seat.
She stared hard at Harley Quinn. She had never expected to see her here, much less standing beside Theo Galavan.
From the timelines she had reset, she remembered that Galavan came from some mysterious, ancient family.
In the last reset, Galavan had appeared out of nowhere and suddenly announced his candidacy for mayor, fighting Penguin tooth and nail...
In the end, the two had thrown all of Gotham into turmoil, turning the election into a vicious factional struggle.
This time, he had actually given up on becoming mayor and come to Wayne Enterprises as its vice president.
From political power struggles to corporate infighting-how many rungs down the ladder was that?
Was this Harley's doing again?
But what concerned her more was that Harley, who had shot her at the Chemical Plant, had to know where Jerome was.
The reporters noticed Ririko abruptly rising to her feet.
Their flashing cameras swung away from Galavan and toward her face.
Galavan's gaze settled on her too. Smiling, he extended one hand in an inviting gesture.
"Miss, do you have a question?"
Ririko raised her chin slightly and asked in a cold, haughty voice:
"What qualifies you to be vice president? Where did you work before? What projects have you handled? What have you accomplished?"
Galavan smiled, faint lines spreading at the corners of his eyes as he revealed his white teeth.
He turned toward the reporters holding cameras and phones and spread his hands, as if to say, "Did you hear that?"
"It seems that even after accepting the board's appointment, I still have to pass this young lady's interview before I can take office."
The reporters all laughed.
Bruce rested his hand on the edge of the podium, leaned forward slightly, and spoke into the