Chapter Summaries

Ririko and her allies gathered in the Basement, where Cyborg helped Bruce and Steve erase A.R.G.U.S.'s files on superhumans. After receiving notice of a meeting with Elizabeth Crown, Ririko planned to use Cyborg to locate Burton Crown and asked Bruce for lubricant and metal polish to persuade him.

• Ririko, Steve, and Cyborg arrived at Bruce's hangar, and Ririko asked Steve to explain what had happened before she went to shower.
• At dinner, Cyborg explained that he could eat ordinary food and had an Xbox built into his arm, while Ririko asked him how he used the toilet.
• Steve proposed deleting A.R.G.U.S.'s records of superhumans, and Bruce and Cyborg worked through the night to erase the files.
• Steve called Diana to tell her the task was done, Barry returned to Central City, and Bruce offered Cyborg a place to stay and an Xbox display.
• Ririko received Elizabeth Crown's notice of a nine o'clock meeting and decided to use Cyborg to find Burton Crown through Elizabeth's network.
• Ririko asked Bruce for a can each of Wayne's latest Lubricant and Metal Polish to offer Cyborg as a sweetener.

Ririko persuaded Cyborg to help her take down the Court of Owls, then sent him into the Court’s network during a meeting. He uncovered that Burton Crown was critically ill on Lian Yu, so Ririko called Dick and announced they were going to claim the inheritance.

• Ririko asked Cyborg to alter bank accounts, then convinced him to join her against the Court of Owls by framing the plan as a way to protect the world.
• Ririko attended the Court’s virtual meeting, where Elizabeth Crown warned that Batman was gathering superhumans and assigned new tasks to contain them.
• Cyborg infiltrated the Court’s encrypted network, but the intrusion was detected and the meeting participants were disconnected.
• Cyborg told Ririko that Burton Crown was recuperating on Lian Yu and that his organs were failing.
• Ririko called Dick and told him to pack so they could visit his dying great-grandfather and collect the inheritance.

Ririko, Dick Grayson, and Oliver Queen traveled to Lian Yu to reach the Sanatorium and contact William Cobb, with Cyborg providing remote support. After entering the compound, they discovered about twenty people standing motionless in a pool.

• Ririko, Dick Grayson, and Oliver Queen approached Lian Yu by submarine while Cyborg warned them that Talon Assassins guarded the island.
• Ririko said they needed to contact William Cobb, who had returned to the organization as her undercover agent.
• The three landed on Lian Yu and followed Oliver's concealed jungle trail toward the Sanatorium.
• Oliver and Dick offered to secure Ririko to their climbing ropes, but she descended the cliff on her own line.
• Ririko and Dick spotted roughly twenty silent, motionless people standing submerged in a pool inside the Sanatorium walls.

Ririko, Dick, and Oliver escaped pursuing Talon Assassins and found Burton Crown preserved as a living head in a life-support container. When Ririko insulted him, Burton awoke and declared he did not care about his great-grandson.

• Dick, Oliver, and Ririko disturbed the Talon Assassins in a pool and fled as the assassins pursued them.
• Oliver disabled the leading Talon with an Electric Arrow after Dick warned him not to kill the trafficked orphans.
• Cyborg guided the trio through a concealed door and revealed that Burton Crown was nearby.
• Ririko, Dick, and Oliver found Burton Crown's head suspended in a container and connected the Activation Key to the control panel.
• Burton Crown awoke after Ririko called him ugly and said he did not care about his great-grandson.

Ririko entered Burton Crown’s mind with Cyborg and discovered that he had spent a century searching for her after meeting her in an earlier timeline. Burton agreed to transfer his assets to her, but Elizabeth Crown arrived with six Talon Assassins as Ririko declared herself in control of the Court of Owls.

• Ririko ordered Cyborg to add Dick to the Crown family assets and transfer the Court of Owls’ funds to her.
• As Burton fought the data transfer, Ririko connected to Cyborg’s device and entered Burton’s mind.
• Burton recognized Ririko as the woman he had met at a coffee shop in an earlier timeline and said he had searched for her for a hundred years.
• Ririko remembered giving Burton an owl brooch, then asked him to transfer all his assets to her, and he agreed.
• Elizabeth Crown broke into the room with six Talon Assassins as Dick and Oliver moved to protect Ririko.
• Ririko stepped forward and told Elizabeth that she controlled the Court of Owls.

Ririko took control of the Court of Owls after Elizabeth’s schemes collapsed, while Dick became the Klein Family’s new head. On the return trip, Ririko learned that Cyborg had transferred only about a hundred million from the Court’s vast fortune, leaving her furious and her plans for a lavish retirement out of reach.

• Elizabeth ordered the Talon Assassins to seize Ririko and the others, but William Cobb turned against her and said he needed to avenge his daughter.
• Ririko revealed she had leverage over the Court’s members and sent William to drag Elizabeth outside toward the pools.
• Dick, Oliver, and Ririko left the Sanatorium after Dick inherited the Klein Family leadership and Cyborg opened its electronic locks for him.
• Dick discussed upgrades for his Aircraft, while Ririko urged him to spend his fortune on a luxurious life instead of fighting crime.
• Ririko asked Cyborg how much money he had transferred from the Court of Owls, and he said it was about a hundred million because the system locked after the old man died.
• Oliver and Dick offered support and help managing the fortune, but Ririko remained upset that she had not gained enough money to retire or hire people to keep Jeremiah or Jerome in line.

Ririko learned that Superman had been gravely injured by Doomsday and became stranded in Metropolis, while Batman and Lex Luthor joined forces to try to save him. Superman appeared at Oliver’s villa with Doomsday’s personality taking hold, leaving Ririko and Krypto facing him.

• Ririko saw news that Superman had fallen, and Oliver changed the submarine’s course to Metropolis despite her objections.
• Batman told Lex Luthor that Superman was mutating from the doomsday virus, and the two agreed to monitor him while Batman administered a suppressant.
• Ririko arrived in Metropolis and stayed at Oliver’s villa with Krypto while Oliver and Dick went to find Bruce.
• Superman landed in the villa’s lawn with red, unstable eyes, and Ririko saw that his personality was 40% Doomsday.

Clark succumbed to the Doomsday Virus after telling Ririko he had come to see her one last time. Doomsday trapped Ririko in a bone cage, but Deathstroke rescued her and fled while Bruce and the others confronted the monster.

• Clark’s transformation advanced as Ririko and Krypto dragged him into sunlight, slowing the Doomsday Virus.
• Clark told Ririko he had sacrificed himself to stop Doomsday from devouring Earth and planned to enter a black hole.
• Doomsday took over Clark’s body, trapped Ririko in a bone cage, and said he wanted her regenerative body.
• Deathstroke cut through the cage, pulled Ririko onto his shoulder, and escaped into the woods as Bruce and others arrived.
• Ririko tried to use her control ability on Deathstroke, but he kept running without reacting.

Ririko used her newly unlocked body fusion skill to absorb the Tomie inside her, then woke in Deathstroke’s body after he tried to kill her. She told Krypto to keep her transformation secret.

• Deathstroke captured Ririko and tried to take the power of the Tomie Organization by strangling her.
• Ririko activated her new body fusion skill and encountered another Tomie in a blank inner space.
• Ririko embraced the other Tomie until the woman’s body merged into hers.
• Krypto woke Ririko, who discovered she had become Deathstroke and told him not to tell anyone.

Ririko used her fusion with Deathstroke to enter the Kryptonite Field and draw the Doomsday Virus out of Clark and into Deathstroke’s body. The transfer left Clark recovering, while the virus discovered that Deathstroke’s body did not have the unlimited proliferation it expected.

• Ririko tested Deathstroke’s enhanced body and weapons, then ran toward the Kryptonite Field with Krypto as the fusion countdown continued.
• Batman’s Aircraft crashed after Lex Luthor’s fleet attacked, and Bruce ordered Dick to activate the Contingency Battle Plan while Cyborg maintained the field containing Doomsday Superman.
• Ririko charged through the bone spikes into the field, prompting Bruce and Cyborg to question why Deathstroke had entered it.
• Ririko taunted Doomsday Superman and let it pin Deathstroke’s body with bone spikes, causing the Doomsday Virus to transfer from Clark into Deathstroke.
• The virus consumed Deathstroke’s body, but its bone growth stopped and its keratin began to crack when the expected unlimited proliferation vanished.

Ririko helped Clark defeat the Doomsday Virus, then spent several days with Bruce in Metropolis before deciding to leave because her influence made his infatuation dangerous. As she packed, Jerome appeared and abducted her by jumping from the hotel terrace with her.

• Ririko escaped the Doomsday Virus before it could take over her, and Clark regained control of himself.
• Clark carried the lifeless Deathstroke away while Bruce found Ririko and took her in his arms; Krypto followed them.
• Bruce remained in Metropolis for three days, spending most of his time with Ririko and considering a future with her.
• Ririko realized Bruce’s infatuation was nearing a dangerous threshold, so she packed to leave without telling him first.
• Jerome appeared outside Ririko’s hotel terrace, grabbed her, and leapt over the railing with her before opening a parachute.

Diana rescued Ririko from Jerome and explained that the Amazon Gold Ririko had touched caused mental contamination. She gave Ririko a protective ring that could suppress her influence and possibly restore those affected, leaving Ririko uncertain whether to wear it.

• Diana caught Jerome and Ririko with the Lasso of Truth, rescued Ririko, and bound Jerome in the parachute.
• Diana told Ririko that the Amazon Gold she had helped buy caused a frightening upheaval on Themyscira after hair and bodies grew from it.
• Diana explained that the gold carried mental contamination that could drive people into obsessive infatuation.
• Diana gave Ririko a ring reforged from the gold that could suppress her influence and possibly return those affected to normal.
• Ririko hesitated to put on the ring when she realized Jerome, Bruce, Oswald, and others might stop loving her.

Ririko put on the ring, which erased Krypto’s memory of her but did not make Oswald forget her. Oswald reunited with her and hurried her home, while Ririko brought Krypto along and asked for a Christmas present.

• Ririko worried that the ring would make Krypto forget her, then put it on and watched him greet her with the same affection as before.
• Oswald Cobblepot found Ririko at an outdoor café and demanded to know where she had been and why she had not visited his club.
• Oswald took Ririko’s hand and pleaded with her to come home, promising he would agree to anything she wanted.
• Krypto barked at Oswald, who argued about where the dog would sleep before offering him a room of his own.
• Ririko linked arms with Oswald and led him home with Krypto, asking Oswald to get her a Christmas present.

Harley took charge of the Court of Owls while Ririko left for a date with Jerome, riding with Victor through Gotham traffic. Jerome kidnapped the mayor for attention, but released him when Ririko complained that the airship had caused a traffic jam, then hurried off to meet her.

• Harley presided over the Court of Owls meeting and flirted with Ririko afterward, while Ririko said she had a date that night.
• Ririko rode with Victor through a traffic jam, and the two admitted they both remembered what had happened between them before reaching for each other's hands.
• A purple airship appeared over downtown Gotham, where Jerome held the mayor hostage and claimed he deserved a statue more than Batman did.
• Ririko called Jerome to complain about the traffic, and Jerome promised to take care of the problem before hanging up.
• Jerome pushed the mayor from the airship, and Batman caught him in a net launched from the Batmobile.
• Jerome applied the Dior 999 lipstick Ririko had given him and accelerated the airship toward his date.

Ririko and Jerome spent a date at a haunted house, where Jerome sought reassurance before they decided to visit a new amusement park in Metropolis. Meanwhile, Bruce felt increasingly hollow and sensed that someone important was missing from his life.

• Ririko rejected Jerome's demand to say whether she loved him more than Jeremiah, then reassured him that she held him whenever she held his body.
• Jerome flirted with Ririko on a fake bed, and she ran off with his clothes, leaving him to chase her in a half-mannequin costume.
• Ririko agreed to go with Jerome to Metropolis's new amusement park and asked to go shopping with Jeremiah's card.
• Bruce recalled Clark and Dick telling him about their relationships and realized he felt that someone important was missing.

Bruce recognized Ririko at a charity exhibition and confessed that he still loved her, while she tried to keep her distance because of her power and secrets. After Bruce stopped her car in the rain and vowed to wait, Ririko embraced him and agreed to return to Wayne Manor with him.

• Bruce saw Ririko at the Gotham Art Museum and struggled to remember her name until he called her by it.
• Ririko told Bruce that he had plenty of choices and did not need her, then explained that his parents were alive because of her and walked away.
• Bruce chased Ririko in his Lamborghini, stopped her car, and confessed his love, promising to wait as long as it took.
• Ririko embraced Bruce and joked that he had taken away her only day off, and Bruce invited her to Wayne Manor to meet his parents again.
• Ririko asked Bruce to have Alfred prepare Caviar Pudding as they headed back to Wayne Manor.

Ririko rejected Oswald’s proposal and sought a way for him to give birth, obtaining a Cloning Gun from Hugo Strange. After Jerome followed her to his hideout, he found the gun in her bag and fired it at himself.

• Oswald proposed to Ririko and asked to marry her and have a baby, but she refused and teased that she would find a way for him to give birth.
• Ririko asked Hugo Strange for a way for a man to give birth, and he gave her a Cloning Gun that could duplicate its target.
• Jerome called Ririko after blowing up a sewer beneath the Mayor’s Office, then followed her car to invite her to eat barbecue.
• Ririko and Jerome ate at his furniture-store hideout, where she urged him to find something more meaningful to do.
• After Ririko left the room, Jerome found the Cloning Gun in her bag and fired it at his forehead.

Ririko discovered that the Valeska twins had become two separate people after a cloning accident, with Jeremiah trying to eliminate Jerome and both fighting over her. The brothers agreed to compete for her affection, and Ririko was left trapped between them.

• Ririko returned to find Jeremiah impersonating Jerome and caught him after his roast-chicken-free mouth revealed he was not the real Jerome.
• Ririko found the real Jerome tied up in a wardrobe, and he escaped before the brothers grappled across the floor.
• Ririko retrieved the Cloning Gun and tried to call Hugo, but the two Valeskas grabbed her and demanded to know which she liked more.
• Ririko threatened both brothers until they stopped fighting and told them they had to get along.
• The Valeskas kissed and embraced Ririko together, insisting they would compete to make her happier until she chose between them.