Chapter Summaries

Oswald returned to the Siren Club with his mind reduced to that of a frightened child, and Ririko decided to protect him and let him work while she considered how to help him. That night, she tried to coax him with chocolates, but he still treated her as a stranger.

• Edward and Ririko found Oswald eating luncheon meat in the storeroom, where he cowered from Edward’s knife and mistook them for ghosts.
• Klein assessed Oswald as having the mental capacity of a ten-year-old with little chance of recovery, while Ririko refused to let anyone harm him and arranged for him to stay and work.
• Edward won Oswald’s cooperation with candy and had him follow along while cleaning the club.
• After nightfall, Oswald hid in the Linen Room, finished his laundry tasks, and ate a mint as his reward.
• Ririko offered Oswald a chocolate, but he threw it back and said his mother had warned him not to take candy from strangers.

Ririko tried to draw Oswald into remembering his past, but he fled before she could kiss him. She then confronted Jeremiah, who was disguised as Philip Kane, and openly revealed that she knew who he was.

• Ririko used chocolate and praise to coax Oswald, who admitted he was scared and pushed her away before she could kiss him.
• Oswald hurried out of the linen room with the chocolates, and Ririko resolved to try again.
• Ririko met the disguised Jeremiah in a car after arranging the meeting to lure him out.
• Ririko flirted with Jeremiah as he posed as Philip Kane, and he asked whether she truly liked him or loved someone else.
• Ririko told Jeremiah she had not fallen for any madman, especially not one named Jeremiah.

Ririko confronted Jeremiah, who was disguised as Philip, and sought his help against Jacob Heller and the Order of St. Dumas. After she spotted Oswald buying heart-shaped chocolates, members of the Order attacked him, triggering a violent memory and a desperate counterattack.

• Ririko exposed Jeremiah’s disguise and asked him to help her deal with Jacob Heller.
• Jeremiah demanded that Ririko marry him in exchange for his help, and they kissed before she spotted Oswald outside a chocolate shop.
• Oswald bought heart-shaped chocolates and headed toward the Siren Club with them.
• Three black-robed men confronted Oswald, accused him of being a sinner, and knocked his chocolates onto the sidewalk.
• Oswald grabbed a discarded umbrella and stabbed one of his attackers in the arm.

Ririko and Jeremiah infiltrated the Order of St. Dumas to draw out Black Monk, after Jeremiah killed a guard and disguised them. Inside the monastery, Ririko learned that the order planned a grand sacrifice in three days, promising absolution to its followers.

• Oswald endured a beating from the black-robed men while protecting the two chocolates, and they dragged him toward an alley.
• Jeremiah persuaded Ririko to follow the men, then entered the Order of St. Dumas by offering a guard two bills as a donation.
• Jeremiah killed the guard, reclaimed his money, hid the body, and gave Ririko a black robe to wear.
• Ririko entered the monastery hall and heard a monk announce a sacrifice planned for three days later.
• The monk told the gathered believers that sacrificing a powerful sinner would absolve them, and the crowd welcomed the promise.

Ririko exposed Brother Matthew’s suspicious collection of offerings, then let him escort her to a room while she stole his key and went to free Oswald. She found Oswald shaken but recovered his resolve, and the chapter ended with him insisting that his tormentors had been in the wrong.

• Brother Matthew urged the congregation to surrender their possessions as offerings, but Ririko challenged him and made the people reclaim their money.
• Matthew became interested in Ririko and led her to a room, claiming she would need to pray for three days to meet High Priest Jacob.
• Ririko stole the key from Matthew and later disguised herself in a black robe to reach the cellar.
• Ririko unlocked Oswald’s cell, and Oswald rushed into her arms, asking if he had done many bad things.
• Ririko reassured Oswald, and he regained his clear-headed resolve, declaring that his tormentors had been in the wrong first.

Ririko helped Oswald escape his holding room and restored his confidence by reminding him that only he could reunite Gotham’s Mob against the Black Monk. The next day, she agreed to attend a monastery meeting ahead of the High Priest’s arrival, while planning to undermine the church and take its offering money.

• Ririko helped Oswald replace himself with a bound monk, then brought him food and told him to rest instead of attacking the monastery.
• Oswald asked if Ririko considered him useless, and she told him Gotham’s Mob needed him to lead it against the Black Monk.
• Oswald regained his resolve and accepted that he had to rebuild his strength, then slept on the floor after Ririko refused to share her bed.
• Ririko heard believers and monks speculate that the Black Monk would reshape Gotham’s power, and she eyed the monastery’s offering box.
• Brother Matthew invited Ririko to a meeting about preparations for the High Priest’s ceremony, and she agreed to attend at eight that night.

Ririko and Jeremiah wiped out St. Dumas’s gathered leaders during a meeting about Oswald Cobblepot’s execution, clearing a path for Ririko to seize power. She left Jeremiah on probation and set out to collect the church’s ill-gotten gains.

• Ririko attended Matthew’s meeting, where the monks planned to burn Oswald Cobblepot at the stake and livestream the execution.
• Jeremiah entered disguised as a server, locked the conference room, and attacked the monks with a Chainsaw while Ririko hid beneath the table.
• After the slaughter, Jeremiah told Ririko that he had targeted St. Dumas’s roots so the person at the top would fall, and asked whether he had earned her acceptance.
• Ririko refused to end Jeremiah’s probation early, told him to clean himself up, and announced that she was going to collect the church’s ill-gotten gains.

Ririko and Oswald captured High Priest Jacob and replaced the intended sacrifice with him. Ririko announced Jacob’s self-sacrifice to the assembled believers, leaving the hall stunned.

• Jacob arrived at the Monastery and followed Ririko to the Lounge, where she distracted him.
• Jacob tried to grab Ririko, but she confronted him about the believers who had given up their wealth.
• Oswald tied Jacob to a chair, and Ririko told him he had volunteered to become the sacrifice.
• Black-robed figures carried the bound, covered Jacob into the Assembly Hall and placed him at the Pulpit.
• Ririko announced that High Priest Jacob would offer his life as the sacrifice, and the hall fell silent.

Ririko exposed the Order of St. Dumas's High Priest, Jacob Hearn, as the supposed sacrifice and forced him to proclaim his willingness to die before burning him alive. After Jacob's final cries cast doubt on the ritual, Tabitha Galavan appeared as the rightful successor, and the crowd turned against her and Ririko.

• Ririko removed Jacob Hearn's hood, untied him, and controlled him into telling the believers that he would atone for their sins.
• Oswald lit the fuel around the altar, and Jacob screamed that he had been framed and controlled by Ririko before the flames consumed him.
• The believers questioned where the monks had gone and who would lead the Order of St. Dumas.
• Ririko declared that Jacob had usurped the Order and that it was time to restore power to its rightful owner.
• Tabitha Galavan emerged in clerical robes, but the crowd protested that a woman could not be High Priest.
• A believer shouted, "Sacrifice them too!"

Ririko used Tabitha and Jeremiah’s Red Hood Robots to secure the Galavan Family’s control of the Church, then left with Victor and Oswald. After learning Oswald had far more money than she expected, she agreed to help him rebuild Gotham’s Mob.

• Tabitha killed three cultists who charged the Altar, silencing the crowd as Ririko asked whether anyone else objected.
• Jeremiah brought the Red Hood Robots into the Assembly Hall, and Ririko announced that the Kane Mechanized Forces would assist the Galavan Family in administering the Church.
• Ririko watched Victor load donated cash and jewelry into the Rolls-Royce, then met Oswald, who had escaped the Monastery.
• Oswald proposed opening a new Underground Iceberg Club and revealed that the assets the Court had frozen were only a small part of his fortune.
• Ririko agreed to discuss bringing Gotham’s Mob into line with Oswald, who suspected the Rolls-Royce was his, while Victor drove them away.

Ririko turned away Barry Allen at Wayne Manor, but he followed her into the basement and interrupted her reunion with Bruce. Bruce uncovered evidence linking the Court of Owls’ money to Burton Crown, while Barry appeared before them, embarrassed by having interrupted their private moment.

• Ririko arrived at Wayne Manor with a cake and told Barry Allen, who was seeking Bruce, to leave.
• Ririko found Bruce in the basement, where he showed her financial records tracing Court of Owls funds to Burton Crown and other powerful figures.
• Bruce reassured Ririko that he had backed up the memory-card data, and they flirted until they heard a sound in the basement.
• Barry revealed himself as the intruder, explaining that he was from Central City and had been referred by Superman.
• Barry admitted through his nervous expression and awkward explanation that he had tried to leave after catching Bruce and Ririko in an intimate moment.

Barry asked Bruce to make him a suit capable of withstanding his super-speed, but Bruce said he would need proof that Barry could control his powers and use the suit responsibly. Ririko arranged a Halloween date with Jeremiah and agreed to visit the Orphanage with Bruce, Dick, and Jason earlier that day.

• Barry explained that Reverse-Flash had killed his mother and that he needed a more durable suit to match the future speedster; Bruce refused to help until Barry proved his judgment and commitment to justice.
• After Barry left, Bruce and Ririko shared a kiss in the Basement.
• Ririko messaged Jeremiah to schedule their date for Halloween, and he eagerly agreed.
• Bruce invited Ririko to join him, Dick, and Jason in visiting the Orphanage on Halloween.
• Ririko and Bruce settled on a morning visit, while Ririko set her date with Jeremiah for 8 p.m.

Ririko visited the Wayne orphanage with Bruce and encouraged Dick to claim his inheritance from the Crown family. The children then described strange noises and a clown-like figure at the orphanage, leaving the source of the sightings unknown.

• Bruce, Ririko, and Dick brought Halloween candy to the Wayne orphanage, where Jason wore a Robin costume.
• Ririko told Dick that his grandmother was the Crown family’s eldest daughter and urged him to claim his inheritance so he could stand on equal footing with Bruce.
• Dick agreed to figure out how to obtain the inheritance, imagining that it might let him openly express his feelings for Ririko.
• Jason told the children about hearing someone in the bathroom at night despite finding it empty.
• A girl reported similar bathroom noises, and a boy said he had seen a pale-faced, purple-clad clown sitting on a courtyard swing before it vanished.

Ririko searched the orphanage for the mysterious clown and found Matt Hagen, who escaped as Clayface. She caught Jerome frightening a child and brought him to the basement, where he encountered Clayface and learned that Matt had come seeking Bruce Wayne’s help.

• Bruce questioned the children about the white-faced clown and suggested searching the building for clues.
• Ririko found Matt Hagen hiding beneath the stairs, but he melted into sludge and fled.
• Ririko found Jerome frightening a child, then dragged him to the basement and scolded him for arriving early to their date.
• Jerome mistook Clayface, who had copied his appearance, for a ghost and struck him with a shovel, but Clayface regenerated his severed arm.
• Matt told Ririko he had been waiting for Bruce Wayne to ask WayneTech to cure his condition, and she joked about Bruce treating men’s health problems.

Ririko persuaded Clayface to impersonate her and accompany Bruce while she took Jerome shopping for Halloween. Their outing was interrupted when The Flash mistook Jerome for the wanted criminal and began detaining him.

• Matt told Ririko that the Mob had disfigured him and that he hoped Wayne Enterprises could restore his body, so she arranged for him to impersonate her and spend Halloween with Bruce.
• Clayface transformed into Ririko and went upstairs with Bruce while the real Ririko left the orphanage with Jerome.
• Jerome drove Ririko to Gotham's shopping district, where a vendor praised his clown costume and Ririko asked for rainbow ice cream.
• Barry Allen rushed up, grabbed Jerome, and accused him of being the notorious criminal Jerome, but Ririko said he had the wrong person.
• Jerome emptied a collection of weapons from his pockets while searching for his driver's license, leaving Barry dumbfounded.

Jerome escaped Barry by handing him a live grenade, then Jeremiah took over during his date with Ririko and revealed that he had helped her escape Arkham. Ririko accepted Jeremiah’s hand, but their romantic moment ended when fish and an octopus fell onto the table and Jeremiah’s head.

• Jerome showed Barry his valid license, slipped him a grenade with its pin removed, and fled with Ririko while Barry threw it into Gotham Harbor.
• Jeremiah took over at eight o’clock, removed Jerome’s clown makeup, and asked Ririko whether she wanted to know if he loved her.
• Ririko asked who had given her the Clown Doll in Arkham, and Jeremiah revealed that he had seen her in the Lower East Side and helped her escape.
• Jeremiah said he had wanted to see Ririko smile, and she withdrew her hand from the Controller and accepted his hand.
• A fish fell into their ice cream platter, and an octopus landed on Jeremiah’s head.

Ririko and Jeremiah fled Gotham’s sudden flood, which Ririko recognized as an attack by the Sea Folk seeking the Trident of the Sea God. She rode the Trident toward Gotham Harbor with Barry Allen and found Orm directing the flood with a powerful orb.

• Seafood rained from the sky as floodwaters swept through Gotham, and Ririko identified the Sea Folk as the cause.
• Ririko and Jeremiah climbed to the roof, where Jeremiah threatened the other evacuees, but Ririko jumped into the flood and escaped on the Trident of the Sea God.
• Ririko rode the Trident toward Gotham Harbor and picked up Barry Allen, who could not run underwater.
• Ririko and Barry reached the flooded harbor and saw Orm inside a glowing orb, using his scepter to drive seawater into the city.

Ririko and Barry confronted Orm as he tried to steal her trident, while Bruce fought Black Manta’s mercenaries. Arthur rescued Orm from Ririko’s supernatural attack, leaving her to rebuke him for arriving late.

• Ririko asked Barry to use a billboard as a surfboard and create a whirlpool to trap Orm.
• Ririko pinned Orm to the seabed with her trident, but Black Manta and his mercenaries arrived to seize it.
• Bruce attacked Black Manta’s forces from his bat-shaped underwater vessel while Ririko faced Orm again.
• Pale, reanimated limbs overwhelmed Orm, and Ririko taunted him as he succumbed to their visions.
• Arthur rescued Orm and drove off the mercenaries, and Ririko criticized him for waiting so long to arrive.

After helping stop Orm’s attack on Gotham, Ririko was captured by A.R.G.U.S. and held in a monitored cell. Amanda Waller finally visited and offered her release in exchange for a routine physical examination, which Ririko accepted while planning to get close enough to control her.

• Arthur took Orm to face trial in the Seven Seas court, while Bruce warned him he would be responsible if Orm attacked people on land again.
• Ririko noticed The Flash was missing, but Barry suddenly warned her as A.R.G.U.S. captured them both in electrified nets and carried them away by helicopter.
• Ririko demanded to know why A.R.G.U.S. had detained her, and Colonel Amanda Waller explained that the organization registered and oversaw superhumans.
• Ririko spent several days confined in a transparent room, receiving food through a mechanical arm and finding no way out.
• Amanda Waller visited Ririko and offered to release her if she cooperated with a routine physical examination; Ririko agreed while planning to control Waller.

Ririko escaped A.R.G.U.S. with help from Steve Trevor, Barry Allen, and Cyborg after learning that Deathstroke had taken control of the organization to capture and study superhumans. They flew to Wayne Manor for shelter and descended into its underground hangar.

• Amanda Waller tried to take Ririko to a lab, but Ririko escaped and followed a uniformed man who identified himself as Diana's boyfriend, Steve Trevor.
• Steve, Barry Allen, and Cyborg helped Ririko escape A.R.G.U.S. by helicopter as their pursuers fired at them.
• Steve told Ririko that Slade Wilson, also known as Deathstroke, had seized control of A.R.G.U.S. and was capturing superhumans to search for a particular gene.
• Cyborg broke Ririko's handcuffs, and the group chose to seek shelter at Wayne Manor after Cyborg disabled the helicopter's tracking system.
• Ririko contacted Wayne Manor for help, and the helicopter landed on the east lawn before the group descended into the underground hangar.