Chapter Summaries

Bruce outsmarted Victor in a training match, while Victor announced he was leaving to handle a personal matter. At the Wayne Christmas charity dinner, Ririko approached Sofia and Lazlo Valentin after seeing them arrive together.

• Bruce used his suit’s advantages to pin Victor, winning their match and refusing to reveal his master’s identity.
• Victor told Ririko he was quitting because Bruce had become too clever for him to kill anyone there, then kissed her before leaving.
• Thomas and Martha welcomed guests to the Wayne charity dinner, where Dick, Barbara, and Harvey discussed Bruce’s arrival and Gotham’s missing young people.
• Bruce and Ririko joined Dick, Barbara, and Harvey, and Bruce joked that he had begged Victor to let him attend.
• Sofia arrived at the dinner with Lazlo Valentin, and Ririko picked up champagne and went over to them.

Ririko confronted Sofia about Valentin, then attended Edward Nygma’s riddle auction, where he revealed a puppet connected to the disappearances. After Ririko won the doll and gave it to Dick, Barbara tracked Valentin as he left the banquet.

• Ririko checked Sofia’s face and warned her that Valentin could not be trusted, but Sofia defended him for helping her reclaim territory from Maroni.
• Ririko teased Sofia about being jealous and revealed that she had slept with the one-legged penguin.
• Edward Nygma hosted a riddle auction and directed a riddle about loss of humanity and control toward Ririko.
• Ririko answered that the riddle’s solution was a puppet, and Edward revealed that the disappearances were connected to the Puppet Doll.
• Edward declared that Ririko had won the doll with a donation of one hundred thousand, and she gave it to Dick.
• Ririko noticed Valentin had left, and Barbara told her she had planted a tracker on him.

On Christmas morning, Bruce gave Ririko a combat-model Batmobile registered in her name, but she wished he had given her jewelry instead. Later, Ririko joined Dick to watch Maroni’s office building, where they saw masked figures approach him.

• Bruce led Ririko to the basement and revealed WayneTech’s new Batmobile as her Christmas gift.
• Ririko pretended to like the car, while Bruce mistook her response for excitement and planned more bat-themed vehicles.
• Ririko sat in a café and regretted not telling Bruce she wanted jewelry, while admiring the more practical gifts from Barbara, Dick, and Harvey.
• Dick picked Ririko up in a pizza van and told her Valentin’s signal had stopped near Maroni’s office building.
• Ririko and Dick watched Maroni leave the building, then Ririko saw several stiffly moving people wearing strange white masks approach him.

Dick, Bruce, and Ririko fought Valentin’s puppet army and realized Wayne Pharmaceuticals was at risk if the police uncovered the truth. Ririko decided to seek Sofia’s help gathering evidence and arranged a pajama party.

• Dick fought a White-Clad Man and helped protect fleeing civilians as Maroni’s men battled the puppets.
• Bruce arrived and joined Dick in restraining a White-Clad Man, but removing its mask revealed a mangled face that later moved and reattached itself.
• Ririko realized Edward had given her a marionette because he knew the missing people had been turned into puppets controlled by Valentin.
• Back at the Dark Web, Bruce explained he lacked evidence to convince Wayne Pharmaceuticals’ board to act against Valentin.
• Ririko invited Sofia to a pajama party so she could ask for help gathering evidence, and Sofia agreed.

Ririko visited Sofia’s apartment, where her playful pajama-party antics gave way to a confrontation over her alliance with Oswald. She agreed to hear what Valentin had done if Sofia told her, then called Butch and ordered him to deliver Oswald tied up.

• Bruce dropped Ririko off at Sofia’s apartment, and she kissed his cheek before going upstairs alone.
• Ririko teased Sofia about pajamas, showed her a scrap of black lace, and dragged her into Sofia’s closet.
• Ririko spilled a pile of intimate accessories onto the closet bench, startling Sofia and prompting her to ask why Ririko had come.
• Sofia demanded that Ririko cut ties with Oswald, and Ririko said she would work with Sofia if Sofia revealed what Valentin had done.
• Ririko called Butch and ordered him to tie up Oswald and deliver him to her.

Ririko arranged for Butch to deliver Oswald, bound and blindfolded, to Sofia's apartment, where she declared she would leave him and then acted intimately with Sofia in front of him. Oswald was overwhelmed by what he heard and was returned to the mayor's Mansion unconscious, while Butch assumed Sofia had tortured him.

• Oswald prepared to send Ririko a romantic message before Butch burst in and tied him up, saying Ririko had ordered him delivered to Sofia's apartment.
• Oswald imagined Sofia had taken Ririko hostage and urged Butch to hurry so he could save her.
• At Sofia's apartment, Ririko told Oswald she belonged to Sofia and would no longer see or help him, then reassured him that she had chosen this herself.
• Ririko kissed Sofia and began touching her while Oswald sat bound and blindfolded nearby, leaving him bewildered and overwhelmed.
• Butch brought Oswald back to the mayor's Mansion unconscious with a bloody nose and pitied him, believing Sofia had tortured him.

Sofia confronted Valentin about his puppets, but he incapacitated her with neurotoxin and declared he wanted her face for his collection. Worried when Sofia disappeared, Ririko went with Dick to Valentin's clinic and broke into his operating room, where they found surgical tools.

• Sofia asked Valentin how he controlled his puppets, and he explained that he used a neurotoxin to make them obey and ignore pain.
• Valentin put on a pig mask, released neurotoxin into the room, and knocked Sofia unconscious.
• Ririko learned that Oswald had awakened without memories of the incident and grew concerned when Sofia failed to contact her.
• Bruce told Ririko he was going to expose Valentin at a Wayne Enterprises board presentation, while Ririko decided to investigate Sofia's disappearance.
• Ririko and Dick entered Valentin's clinic using a key card Barbara had made and found an operating room stocked with surgical instruments.

Ririko and Dick uncovered a hidden operating room while Bruce confronted Valentin at a Wayne Pharmaceuticals board meeting. Valentin took Bruce hostage and gassed the board, as Ririko and Dick found Sofia strapped to an operating table in the underground laboratory.

• Ririko and Dick discovered a concealed cabinet, and Dick knocked out the lab-coated man who emerged from it.
• Bruce accused Valentin of illegal human experimentation and showed records linking missing people to Valentin’s beauty clinics.
• Valentin’s masked puppets surrounded the board members with guns, and Valentin demanded Bruce in exchange for their lives.
• Bruce agreed to go with Valentin, who gassed the boardroom and left everyone unconscious.
• Ririko and Dick searched the underground lab and found Sofia strapped to an operating table as a surgeon prepared a laser instrument.

Ririko was trapped by Valentin, Professor Pyg, after Dick escaped with Sofia, and he prepared to scan her face for his collection. The scanner malfunctioned under Ririko’s influence, and she ordered Valentin to cut off his own face.

• Ririko found a hologram of a silver tube and became trapped in the locked room.
• Valentin’s puppets took Ririko to his collection room, where Bruce sat unconscious beside her.
• Ririko tried to lure Valentin within range of her power, but he started scanning her face instead.
• The scanner displayed multiplying faces that tormented Valentin, and its puppets collapsed.
• Valentin’s pig mask fell off, and Ririko commanded him to cut off his face.

Ririko, Bruce, Dick, and Sofia escaped the underground clinic after Valentin transformed into a monster, and Sofia destroyed the site with explosives. Two days later, Bruce described his kidnapping at a Wayne Enterprises press conference, where Theo Galavan announced his appointment as vice president and Harley Quinn appeared beside him.

• Valentin injected himself with the monster drug and transformed, forcing Ririko and Bruce to flee as gunfire failed to stop him.
• Ririko found Dick in the corridor, and he joined Bruce in holding Valentin back while they escaped through the underground passage.
• Sofia led the group out of the clinic, detonated her bombs, and drove them away as the building collapsed.
• Gordon arrived at the ruins, and Jeremiah spotted Ririko in the Ferrari; Sofia transferred Ririko five million, while Ririko joked about taking any grievance to the labor department.
• Two days later, Bruce spoke at a Wayne Enterprises press conference about Valentin and the underground laboratory.
• Theo Galavan announced that Wayne Enterprises' board had appointed him vice president, and Harley Quinn winked at Ririko from his side.

Ririko challenged Theo Galavan’s appointment as Wayne Enterprises vice president, then urged Thomas and Martha Wayne to fight back instead of leaving on vacation. The Waynes and Bruce agreed to draw up a plan and confront Galavan at the board meeting the next day.

• Ririko questioned Theo Galavan’s qualifications at his press conference, and Bruce also challenged how he had secured the board’s appointment.
• Galavan claimed his family had a long history in Gotham and promised to reform Wayne Enterprises and increase its revenue.
• At Wayne Manor, Thomas and Martha proposed a family vacation while Bruce protested that Galavan was trying to force them out of the company.
• Ririko scolded Thomas and Martha for giving up and urged them to create a better plan and send Galavan away at the next day’s board meeting.
• Bruce backed Ririko, and Thomas and Martha left to begin planning their response.

Ririko learned that the Waynes had left for a holiday, leaving her and Bruce to handle the family and company. She recruited Daily Planet intern Clark Kent to publish evidence against Theo Galavan, setting up a media challenge to his takeover.

• Bruce told Ririko he planned to work with Commissioner Gordon to find Maroni, and she warned him that Harley Quinn was close to Jerome and might cause trouble at the company.
• Alfred told Bruce and Ririko that Mr. and Mrs. Wayne had flown off on holiday, leaving them a letter entrusting them with the company.
• Clark Kent approached Ririko at a garden restaurant and asked her for an interview about Gotham and Theo Galavan's reforms at Wayne Enterprises.
• Ririko asked Clark to publish any dirt she found on Galavan, and Clark promised to report the truth.

Ririko offered to get close to Galavan and uncover the forces backing him after he cut the Robin Initiative’s funding, while Bruce welcomed her help in the basement. Later that night, Galavan arrived at a private club and noticed an unfamiliar woman at the bar.

• Ririko found Bruce in the basement after he was thrown out of a board meeting, and he explained that Galavan had cut funding for the Robin Initiative.
• Ririko offered to approach Galavan and expose the forces supporting him, and Bruce agreed that she could investigate.
• Bruce and Ririko began kissing beside the Batcycle, but Alfred interrupted to announce that Harvey, Dick, and Barbara had arrived and reminded them about the security cameras.
• Bruce explained that he wanted to move the Dark Web’s base from campus to the basement and discuss the situation with Harvey, Dick, and Barbara.
• Galavan went to a secluded private club to meet a corporate director and asked the manager about an unfamiliar woman in a silver gown at the bar.

Ririko used Galavan’s attraction to secure an internship at Wayne Enterprises, then went to Human Resources the next morning while Dick worked undercover as a cleaner. The chapter ended with Dick carrying coffee toward the Human Resources director’s office as Ririko faced a dismissive receptionist.

• Galavan approached Ririko at the club, and she teased him about needing a date despite being a CEO.
• Ririko said she was looking for an internship, and Galavan told her to choose one at Human Resources the next day.
• Ririko arrived at Wayne Enterprises with a résumé Barbara had prepared and told the receptionist that Galavan had sent her.
• The receptionist refused to give Ririko priority, while Dick, disguised as a cleaner, flirted with her and defended her claim.
• Dick picked up the receptionist’s coffee and headed for the Human Resources director’s office after exchanging a glance with Ririko.

Ririko joined Galavan’s company as a public relations intern while waiting for a chance to plant a listening device in his office. Galavan brought her there after work, and she challenged his intentions as they sat together in his luxurious office.

• Ririko received her intern badge and learned from Dick that Galavan and Harley’s Strategic Executive Committee was firing employees who resisted its strategy.
• Ririko ignored her assigned work and left as soon as the clock passed five, then encountered Galavan in the elevator.
• Galavan escorted Ririko through security and into his office, where she admired the view and relaxed on the sofa.
• Ririko asked Galavan whether he was speaking to her as an employer or a friend, then accused him of making employees keep him company after hours.

Ririko planted a listening device in Galavan’s office after using her powers to make him swim, then left Wayne Tower with Dick. Harley Quinn ambushed them on the road, but Ririko stopped her car with her uncanny hair, and the pair decided to take the unconscious Harley back to question her about Jerome.

• Ririko learned that Galavan had returned to Gotham to protect his sister, then compelled him to swim fifty laps while she planted Barbara’s listening device beneath his desk.
• Ririko left Wayne Tower with Dick, and they discussed how smoothly the operation had gone.
• Harley Quinn pursued Ririko and Dick in a Maserati and fired at their car.
• Ririko used a cut lock of her hair to jam Harley’s wheels, causing the car to crash into a wall.
• Ririko told Dick to take the unconscious Harley back so they could question her about Jerome, and Dick began unfastening Harley’s seat belt.

Ririko interrogated Harley about Jerome and rejected her warning that Galavan's forces would bring down the Waynes. The next morning, Ririko learned Jeremiah Valeska had joined Wayne Enterprises as a consultant and insulted him just as he appeared behind her.

• Dick and Ririko brought the unconscious Harley to Wayne Manor, where Bruce had her secured in the basement.
• Ririko questioned Harley about Jerome, but Harley claimed he had been dead for a long time and warned that Galavan would soon topple the Waynes.
• Ririko stunned Harley after refusing to believe her claims, and Bruce said Harvey recommended sending Harley to Blackgate.
• Ririko, Bruce, and Dick decided to focus on removing Galavan from office while keeping Harley under surveillance.
• Ririko learned Jeremiah Valeska had been appointed a Wayne Enterprises consultant, called him a sick bastard, and heard him ask who she meant.

Ririko was forced to write promotional copy for Jeremiah Valeska, who rejected her sarcastic draft and ordered her to rewrite it. After delivering documents to a strategy meeting, she stayed to take the minutes beside Theo Galavan, pointedly ignoring Jeremiah.

• Jeremiah visited the Public Relations Department and told Ririko to write promotional copy about him, threatening to keep her at work until he approved it.
• Ririko wrote a sarcastic piece praising Jeremiah, but he replied, "Unsatisfactory. Rewrite," and she deleted the message and shut her laptop.
• A coworker asked Ririko to deliver meeting documents to the strategy conference room, where she saw Theo Galavan and Jeremiah at opposite ends of the table.
• Ririko carelessly tossed Jeremiah his documents, but he caught them and told her to be more careful.
• Galavan asked Ririko to take the meeting minutes, and she sat beside him with Harvey's diamond pen while avoiding Jeremiah's dark gaze.

Ririko helped Galavan justify harsher Wayne Enterprises reforms while Jeremiah grew jealous of her attention toward Galavan. Weeks later, she accompanied Galavan to a Lower East Side publicity event, where explosions and laughter broke out and she searched the smoke for Jerome.

• At a Wayne Enterprises meeting, Jeremiah proposed punishing underperforming departments with death, and Ririko suggested sending failed workers to the Nuclear Reaction Testing Zone.
• Wayne Enterprises' layoffs and strict reforms boosted its stock while worsening unemployment and crime in the Lower East Side.
• Ririko altered PR documents to mock Jeremiah and accepted Galavan's invitation to accompany him to a publicity event.
• Ririko and Galavan arrived at Central Square, where supporters and protesters gathered for Wayne Enterprises' event.
• Explosions scattered the crowd, and Ririko took off her sunglasses and searched the smoke for Jerome.

Ririko reunited with Jerome during the chaos at Galavan’s rally, then escaped his grasp and fell from the airship. Bruce caught her, and the chapter ended with Ririko teasing him about his tight pants.

• Ririko searched the rally crowd for Jerome while a whip-wielding woman protected Galavan from gunfire.
• Jerome appeared and lifted Ririko onto an airship’s rope ladder, where they reunited and she refused to fly away with him.
• Jerome fired at Bruce as he raced beneath them on the Batcycle, but Ririko distracted Jerome with a kiss and unclipped herself from the ladder.
• Bruce leapt from his motorcycle and caught Ririko, cushioning their fall with his cape.
• Ririko asked Bruce why his pants were so tight, and he awkwardly replied that they had not been tight before.