Chapter Summaries

Ririko caught up with Oswald before he left Gotham and agreed to travel with him to Metropolis. On the private charter, she relaxed in a new dress while Oswald learned she had encountered Bane and asked him for a massage.

• Talia chased Oswald's Rolls-Royce for nine blocks on a bicycle and asked him for an autograph, while Ririko caught up with them.
• Oswald signed Talia's notebook and drew a penguin before Ririko told her to head back.
• Ririko decided to accompany Oswald to Metropolis, and Butch stayed behind after the charter's passenger list could not be changed.
• On the plane, Ririko asked for caviar, champagne, and a pretty dress, and Oswald arranged them for her.
• Oswald asked where Ririko had been, and she said she had met Bane and that Fish Mooney later rescued her.
• Ririko rested her leg across Oswald's thighs and told him to massage her.

Ririko and Oswald arrived in Metropolis after Clark rescued their plane from attacking Alien Worms. Ririko went off with Clark for a meal, while Jeremiah watched them from a park bench.

• Ririko teased Oswald during the flight, and the crew stayed out of their way until the captain announced they had reached Metropolis.
• Alien Worms attacked the plane, but Clark steadied it and brought it safely down for an emergency landing.
• Oswald demanded an apology from Mayor Morrisroe, then discovered Ririko had gone shopping without him.
• Ririko met Clark on a shopping street and asked him to treat her to a meal.
• Jeremiah watched Ririko walk away with her arm linked through Clark's.

Ririko spent the evening with Clark, arranged to stay at his apartment, and met his unusually affectionate dog, Krypto. The chapter ended with Clark stopping Krypto from following Ririko into the bathroom.

• Clark took Ririko to an ordinary fast-food restaurant, where she learned he would accept an award at the Environmental Summit Forum the next day.
• Ririko agreed to stay at Clark's apartment after finding Metropolis hotels fully booked, and they agreed to split his prize money with most of it going toward two handbags.
• Clark hurriedly cleaned his apartment before letting Ririko inside.
• Krypto flew into Ririko's arms, obeyed her commands, and eagerly followed her toward the bathroom.
• Clark caught Krypto at the bathroom entrance and warned him not to watch Ririko shower.

Ririko attended the Second City Environmental Summit with Clark and Oswald, where Pamela Isley’s environmental proposal was brushed aside and Clark lost an award he expected to win. Ririko suspected Daily Planet editor Leslie Hammond had rigged the result and decided he would have to pay.

• Clark told Ririko he became a reporter to earn recognition through his own efforts, then secretly hand-washed and heat-dried her clothes.
• At the summit, Pamela Isley presented Mayor Oswald Cobblepot with her plant-based nuclear-waste remediation plan, but he dismissed it and hurried over to Ririko.
• Ririko watched Clark attend the media awards ceremony, where Jonathan Gray won the Environmental Reporting Award instead of Clark.
• Clark told Ririko that the editor in chief had said his report was nominated, while Ririko suspected Leslie Hammond had switched the winner and resolved to make him pay.

Ririko exposed Jonathan’s award-winning report as the result of a corrupt deal, and Clark confronted the Daily Planet’s editor-in-chief before deciding whether to resign. Hammond persuaded Clark to stay by agreeing to a competition with Jonathan for the senior reporter position.

• Ririko used her hypnotic command to make Jonathan admit that he had pressured Editor-in-Chief Hammond into giving him the award.
• Hammond silenced Jonathan and dismissed Clark’s objections, telling him to resign if he disliked the decision.
• The next day, Clark brought his resignation letter and belongings to work, but the HR director told him Hammond wanted to speak with him.
• Hammond praised Clark and offered him a promotion, but Clark said he would send his résumé to the Gotham Daily.
• Hammond revealed that an advertiser had placed a large order tied to Clark’s Superman reports, and Clark agreed to stay if he could compete with Jonathan for the senior reporter position.

Ririko searched for the missing Oswald with Clark and Krypto, but their trail through Central Park turned up only a bouquet and strange vines. After the park’s trees began shaking, Clark chose to take Ririko for sushi, leaving the mystery unresolved.

• Ririko found Oswald’s hotel room empty, failed to reach him by phone, and asked Clark to bring Krypto to help find him.
• Krypto led Ririko and Clark to Central Park, where they questioned a homeless man holding roses wrapped in paper decorated with penguins.
• Clark removed a vine from Ririko’s ankle while Jonathan secretly photographed them, hoping to uncover Clark’s secret and take his place at the newspaper.
• After searching the park, Ririko asked Clark to listen for Oswald’s cries for help and decided to get sushi.
• Krypto barked at a creeping vine, and when Clark snapped it, the park’s trees began swaying violently; Clark then agreed to go eat with Ririko.

Central Park’s plants grew into a dangerous, pollen-filled forest that attacked people and ensnared Mayor Cobblepot. Ririko entered the park with Krypto to rescue Oswald after the pollen incapacitated Clark and made him try to kiss her.

• Clark woke Ririko and took her to Central Park, where police warned that the rapidly growing plants had trapped several people.
• A vine grabbed Clark’s camera, but he pulled it free while the police described how the plants resisted chainsaws and fire.
• Clark heard Mayor Cobblepot calling for help, changed into Superman, and then collapsed after inhaling toxic pollen.
• The pollen made Clark confess his love for Ririko and try to kiss her, so Krypto tied him to a utility pole.
• Ririko followed Krypto through a gap in the vines and found Oswald bound and suspended from a huge tree.

Ririko confronted Poison Ivy after she trapped Oswald in vines, and Krypto helped free him before Ririko's monstrous hair devoured Ivy's plants. Oswald woke to find Ririko pinning the humiliated Poison Ivy in Central Park, and both women rejected his suggestion to take the fight back to the hotel.

• Ririko discovered that Poison Ivy had trapped Oswald in vines and confronted her over the attack.
• Poison Ivy blamed Ririko for distracting Oswald from his duties as mayor and declared she would make him protect the environment.
• Krypto freed Oswald by cutting through Poison Ivy's vines with laser beams, and Ririko grappled with Ivy.
• Ririko's hair spawned monstrous growths that devoured Poison Ivy's plants and left Central Park withered.
• Oswald woke and found Ririko pinning Poison Ivy, then suggested they go to the hotel, but both women told him no.

Ririko sent Oswald back to Gotham after his infatuation value fell, while Jeremiah Valeska killed Jonathan and discovered Clark Kent’s secret identity. After spending two days shopping in Metropolis, Ririko prepared to confront two Daily Planet men over her missing bonus.

• Ririko covered Pamela with her coat, then dragged Oswald toward the park exit as Krypto led the way home.
• Jonathan met Jeremiah Valeska in a Metropolis alley and demanded more money for information about Clark Kent.
• Jeremiah killed Jonathan with a fountain pen, took his photographs, and learned that Clark was Superman.
• Oswald reverted to his old self, but Ririko arranged for Butch to take him back to Gotham.
• Ririko shopped around Metropolis for two days, then prepared to visit the Daily Planet and confront the men who took her bonus.

Clark returned to the Daily Planet and found Jerome holding the newsroom hostage with linked Laughing Gas Bombs, demanding that Clark reveal he was Superman. As Clark struggled to protect his colleagues without endangering his family, Ririko arrived with Krypto and confronted the situation.

• Clark brought his revised article to the Daily Planet, where Jerome appeared on the newsroom computers and called him Superman.
• Jerome revealed that Laughing Gas Bombs were strapped to Clark's colleagues and showed a police officer dying from the gas.
• Jerome explained that removing any bomb would trigger them all and demanded that Clark admit his identity in front of everyone.
• Clark denied being Superman and offered to surrender, but Jerome rejected the offer, while Hammond pleaded with Clark to save the newsroom.
• Ririko arrived with Krypto, criticized Hammond for begging Clark after cheating him out of prize money, and asked Jerome why he had not invited her to the party.

Ririko exposed Jerome disguised as Editor-in-chief Hammond and Clark captured him before Gotham police took custody. Ririko headed back to Gotham with Harvey Dent, who planned to prosecute Jerome and asked what had happened to her.

• Ririko challenged the newspaper staff for neglecting Clark, then recognized Editor-in-chief Hammond as Jerome and exposed him as the bomber.
• Krypto and Clark stopped Jerome as he tried to flee, and Clark removed his disguise to reveal his painted face.
• Gordon sent a large police escort from Gotham to Metropolis, where Clark handed Jerome over in a secured cage.
• Ririko returned Krypto to Clark, teased him about their kiss and the prize money, and asked Harvey Dent to carry her luggage.
• Harvey drove Ririko toward Gotham and said he intended to send Jerome to Blackgate Penitentiary, then asked her what had happened while she was away.

Ririko returned to Gotham and told the Waynes that Bruce had gone abroad, then moved into Harvey’s rented place. Back on campus, she caught up with Dick and accepted Harvey’s invitation to a charity dinner where she expected to encounter Gotham’s wealthy families.

• Ririko told Harvey that Bruce had gone abroad to study and accepted his offer to stay at his place.
• Ririko repeated the story to Thomas, Martha, and Alfred, who arranged for her belongings to be moved.
• Ririko returned to Gotham University, where Dick greeted her and told her about Harvey’s prosecutions and the growing gang conflict.
• Tommy Elliot approached Ririko, but Dick blocked him and later explained that Tommy had been spreading rumors about Bruce and the Waynes.
• Ririko received Harvey’s invitation to a charity dinner at City Hall and agreed to attend with him.

At Gotham City Hall’s charity banquet, Ririko spent the evening with Edward and Harvey, who told her Jerome’s case was headed toward a conviction. As she and Harvey shared dinner, Tommy Elliot approached their table.

• Edward showed Ririko the charity projects and artwork, including Pamela Isley’s vegetation pollution project and the collections from Gotham’s great families.
• Harvey arrived and told Ririko that Jerome’s evidence and witnesses were in place, with a verdict expected next month and a room prepared for him at Blackgate Penitentiary.
• Harvey used his lucky coin as an excuse to ask Ririko to dance, and she noticed Tommy Elliot watching them from across the hall.
• Ririko repeatedly changed places on the dance floor to avoid Tommy, and Harvey offered to take her home, but she chose to stay for dinner.
• Harvey gathered Ririko’s favorite foods for her, and as they sat down to eat, someone stopped beside their table.

Ririko learned that Harvey was connected to the Elliott family through Maroni’s case, then turned him away when he tried to confess his feelings. The next morning, Harvey was arrested on suspicion of murdering Charles Elliott, and Ririko resolved to keep him out of prison so he could continue handling Jerome’s case.

• Tommy confronted Ririko and Harvey at the banquet, then left after his father, Charles Elliott, arrived to speak with Harvey.
• Edward told Ririko that Maroni had offered to expose a powerful figure with financial ties to him, implicating the Elliott family in Harvey’s case.
• Harvey apologized for neglecting Ririko at the banquet, spoke of reforming Gotham’s judicial system, and tried to confess his feelings, but she sent him home.
• Dick showed Ririko a report that Harvey had been arrested on suspicion of murdering Charles Elliott, whom witnesses had seen leave with Harvey.
• Ririko feared Harvey’s arrest would disrupt Jerome’s case and expose him to Hugo Strange, so she declared that Harvey could not go to prison.

Ririko sought Pamela Isley’s help to uncover Charles Elliott’s killer and clear Harvey Dent, while Dick fell under the influence of Pamela’s plants. Pamela agreed to reveal what the garden plants had seen if Ririko secured protected status for land where Mayor Cobblepot planned to build an Iceberg Lounge branch, leaving Ririko needing to win him over again.

• Barbara showed Ririko and Dick evidence placing Harvey with Charles Elliott before the murder, and Ririko insisted Harvey was innocent.
• Ririko took Dick to Pamela Isley’s greenhouse at Gotham University, where a plant’s scent made him strip and try to approach her before she ordered him back to his dorm.
• Ririko asked Pamela to identify Charles’s killer, and Pamela agreed in exchange for having a plot of land designated a protected nature reserve.
• Pamela warned Ririko that Penguin planned to build an Iceberg Lounge branch on the land, and Ririko realized she would have to win Mayor Cobblepot over again.

Oswald tracked the shifting criminal territories in Gotham and followed Ririko after she appeared at his meeting. When Ririko retrieved her hidden savings and prepared to leave, Oswald asked whether he meant nothing to her.

• Pamela resumed her Poison Ivy form and spoke of using a plot of land to develop a stronger neurotoxin and turn Gotham into a paradise for plants.
• Oswald learned that Sofia, Fish Mooney, and the Mask Party had taken territory, and he ordered his subordinates to protect a strategic harbor plot.
• Ririko brought Oswald sparkling water during his meeting, and he left the conference room to follow her.
• Ririko retrieved the twenty-three thousand dollars and coins she had hidden in her old dorm room.
• Oswald confronted Ririko as she tried to leave, and he asked whether he was nothing to her.

Ririko negotiated with Oswald for a role in his business, and they agreed to inspect the land planned for a new club branch. At the site, Ririko noticed the underground stream might connect to the League of Shadows and its sacred pool.

• Ririko asked Oswald to let her handle the club's new branch, but he initially refused because the land was tied to his plans.
• Oswald said he would be the boss in business matters, and Ririko teased and seduced him until they reached an agreement to inspect the land together.
• The next morning, Oswald and Ririko visited the undeveloped plot with Butch and an architect, who explained that an underground stream would make construction more expensive.
• Oswald decided to build the new club branch despite the added cost.
• Ririko compared the survey plans with a map of Gotham and realized the underground stream seemed to lead toward the League of Shadows' location.

Ririko learned that Tommy Elliot murdered his father and framed Harvey, while the Court of Owls ordered Tommy to reclaim the land Oswald bought. She left Pamela flustered after asking her to help offset Ririko’s carbon emissions.

• Ririko advised Oswald to turn the overgrown land into a botanical park and learned the Elliott family had bid against him for it.
• The Court of Owls admitted Tommy Elliot as a member and tasked him with reclaiming the land for the Court.
• Harley Quinn and Galavan suspected that Tommy had killed his father after discussing the elder Elliott’s murder.
• Ririko persuaded Pamela to reveal that Tommy Elliot killed his father and framed Harvey.
• Ririko teased Pamela and removed her glasses, causing Pamela to retreat and raising her infatuation value to 6/100.

At Old Elliott's funeral, Ririko left with Tommy to investigate why he had killed his father and what he was trying to gain. At Elliott Mansion, Tommy asserted control over her and admitted to himself that Old Elliott's death had been worth the price.

• Ririko watched Tommy interact with the Waynes at Old Elliott's funeral, then waited until the mourners had dispersed to speak with him.
• Tommy offered to let Ririko stay with the Elliott family if she cut ties with the Waynes, and she agreed to go with him so she could learn why he had killed his father.
• Tommy brought Ririko to Elliott Mansion, introduced her to the servants, and warned them not to disrespect her.
• Tommy told Ririko that his mother was unwell and held her while thinking that his father's death had been worth it.

Ririko distracted Tommy while Dick and Barbara infiltrated his home, but she discovered a room where his injured mother was being treated. After his mother screamed and Tommy sedated her, Tommy dragged Ririko to a bedroom and declared that she belonged to him.

• Ririko rejected Tommy's advances and changed into a red gown while Dick and Barbara prepared to enter the house disguised as servants.
• Ririko heard strange sounds from the room where Tommy's mother recuperated and suspected the fourth vial might be hidden there.
• At dinner, Tommy asked whether Ririko would choose him if Bruce were not in the picture, and she silently rejected him.
• A scream from upstairs interrupted Tommy as he grabbed Ririko; he rushed to his mother's room and injected her with medication.
• Ririko spotted Dick hiding on the ceiling, then learned Tommy's mother had been injured in a car accident that Thomas Wayne had interrupted.
• Tommy dragged Ririko into another room, pushed her onto the bed, and declared that she was his alone.